Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast

Deirdre Granville is a talented harpist from Dingle, Ireland. In this episode, we discuss her educational and performance background and her work with the organization Harp Ireland. We talk a bit about the Irish language, Gaeilge, and listen to beautiful music from her latest album, recorded with her sister Aoife, called Ceo Draíochta.

"Aoife Granville and Deirdre Granville are sisters from Dingle and their music is firmly rooted in...

Season 4. Episode 1. 

Opening The Harp Chakra - The Podcast returns for a new season!

 On my recent trip to Ireland, we traveled to Northern Ireland to visit with Ursula Burns at the Harrison Hotel in Belfast. We spoke about her Harping origin story, her past performances as "The Dangerous Harpist", her upcoming book, and her connection to Scotland's Dougie MacLean. She also played a live version of the title track from her...

Season 3 Episode 9

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Today we chat with Glasgow, Scotland based Ailie Robertson. When we recorded this interview,  she was planning on releasing a new collection of technical exercises for the Celtic Harp. This new method is now available. You ca...

Season 3 Episode 8

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Fellow Massachusetts resident and founder of Harp and Wellness  Nicole Anderson joins me to discuss the benefits of Therapeutic Harp Music and her work with Seniors. We talk about the wonderful offerings on her YouTube channe...

Season 3 Episode 7

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Trine Opsahl talks with us from her home in Denmark. We discuss her early adventures in music eventually leading to the Harp, her involvement with the International  Harp Therapy Program and her work as a Therapeutic Harp Pra...

Season  3 Episode 6

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Today we have a phone conversation with Chiara Capobianco, who is known as “The Unconventional Harpist”.  We will discover why, talk Harp, discuss her journey from Italy to the United States and enjoy her lo...

Season 3 Episode 5

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Christina Tourin is the director of The International Harp Therapy Program and founder of Rainbow of Sound/Color My World Harp Circles. In this episode we talk about Therapeutic Music, Music Therapy and the magical/healing qualiti...

Season 3 Episode 4

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Kristin Rebecca talks about her music,  her upcoming album Realm of Enchantment and we listen to some of her beautiful songs.

To learn more about Kristin…
Website: https://www.kristinrebecca.com/
Face...

Season 3 Episode 3

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

A conversation with Julia Mascetti about her Harp driven Art Pop project The Lonely Harps Club. Also selections from her new cd Long Game.

To learn more about Julia…
Website: https://lonelyharpsclub.com/
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Season 3 Episode 2

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

A conversation with Therapeutic Musician  Laurence Furr and music from his cd Deep Peace.

To learn more about Laurence Furr…
Website: https://www.laurencefurr.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauren...

Season 3 Episode 1

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Season 3 opens with The Willow Trio, a Glasgow-based Clarsach trio featuring
Romy Wymer
Sophie Rocks
Sam MacAdam
Conversation and music from their debut EP Oyster Catchers.

To learn more about The Willow Trio.....

Season 2 Episode 13 

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This is the final episode of Season 2.  Coming soon: Season 3!

In March of 2021 Loreena McKennitt wrote an article called “Is the streaming experiment failing artists?”.  She joins Jay Michaels to discu...

Season 2 Episode 12

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

On this episode; Kathleen Finnegan.  We talk about playing Harp at Renaissance Festivals, Faeries, Motherhood and we listen to music from her latest cd There in the Quiet Greenwood.

To learn more about Kathleen Finnegan
W...

Season 2 Episode 11

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This weeks episode features Robbin Gordon-Cartier.  We talk about Cultural Diversity,  an Instagram group promoting Harpists of African descent called Ennanga Harp, her time studying at the Irish Academy in Dublin, her passion ...

Season 2 Episode 10

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Harpist Keziah Thomas joins us from her London studio with her Concert Harp. She will play two selections from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s Scheherazade.  We talk about arranging music f...

Season 2 Episode 9

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This episode features a fascinating conversation with Amy Camie:
Her musical background
The Harp as a healing instrument
The healing power of music
Her research and her journey of self discovery
The difference between Mu...

Season  2 Episode 8

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

Jessica  Browning lives on a sailboat in the Caribbean with her husband, newly born son and two Harps. She joins us, from the boat, to talk about her new cd Into Me Sea. We also discuss Harps, Motherhood, life at sea, caring fo...

Season 2 Episode 7

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This episode features Merit Zloch from Berlin, Germany. We talk about her latest CD Stand der Dinge and feature some music from it.  We will also discuss her musical influences and her Harp.

To learn more about Merit Zloch:

Season 2 Episode 6

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This episode features Verlene Schermer. She talks about the Harp as a healing instrument, offers tips for Harp newbies, and more. We will also listen to some of her lovely music.

To learn more about Verlene Schermer:
https://ver...