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Jan Seiden: Memory of Time

By Keith Hannaleck

Artist: Jan Seiden
Title: Memory of Time
Genre: World-Native American
Label: FluteJourney Records
Website: www.flutejourney.com

Jan Seiden has her own niche in the world of music. She is a renowned Native America flute player that has performed at important powwows across the U.S. and shared stages with Grammy award winners Joanne Shenandoah, Mary Youngblood, Tito LaRosa, and NAMA-winner Jeff Ball.

This tranquil and healing event is the first recording of the Anasazi flute release by a female artist. The CD features American flutes, bone and clay whistles accompanied by congas and Haitian Marimbula. In addition to the originality of sound created on Memory of Time each of the instruments were handcrafted including Jan’s Anasazi flute, which is a replica of an 800-year-old archeological relic.

There is a lot of history and meaning behind this CD. Anyone interested in the Native American culture and music would find great interest in this recording. From a relatively inexperienced viewpoint with music like this, such as my own, I found this to be very relaxing and it had the ability to encourage a meditative focused state of mind. Personally, I have always had a deep respect for the Native American traditions and beliefs. This CD helped me to feel a little more connected to all of that.

I do not think this is the kind of CD you would pop in while driving to work, although if you happen to commute in rush hour traffic it would probably help and be a good equalizer to your stress level. I do not have that kind of life anymore so I tend to listen to more energized music before going to the office and music like on Memory of Time helps me to unwind in the evening and inspires my creative thinking. To each his own but in any event this is the kind of CD that is worth having a listen to a few times to see what kind of healing powers can summoned from within.

Reviewed - March 29, 2008

Tracks:

01. Future Past
02. Synergy
03. Long Ago Yesterday
04. Natural World
05. Singing Earth
06. Remembrance
07. Highland Heather
08. Big Water
09. Lone Star
10. Midnight Sun
11. Eyes In The Dark
12. Butterfly

About the Author:

Keith Hannaleck, known as “MuzikMan” is a Journalist specializing in independent and major music reviews and the promotion of artists via the various media outlets flourishing online. He has worked closely with artists, management, publicity directors, and webmasters to provide some of the best and far-reaching coverage an artist could have. Focusing primarily on the internet as a medium for his work, Keith has been a pioneer in the industry changing the way a reviewer with his various talents are used by many artists, PR folks, and labels. He has provided strong and valuable work to labels, artists, and publicity people, writing reviews, press releases, and biographies and much more over the years, giving the people he works with the maximum amount of exposure through several top-notch websites that post his content on their sites.

Hannaleck built and maintained his own website in 1998 while networking and building his reputation through thousands of reviews and interviews, creating a special niche for himself. Through many years of dedication and hard work, he has reached a respected level of competence and knowledge that is frequently sought by the music industry today. Known for his speaking from the heart interpretations of music and being able to put it in layman’s terms for music fans, his work is found everywhere in cyberspace and in traditional print media, from press kits to quotes from reviews in magazine advertisements.