As an empath herself, Stephanie Red Feather has experienced firsthand the challenges of being extremely sensitive to subtle energies and the emotions of others. She knows that it can be overwhelming and cause you to lose yourself and doubt who you are. With this guide for anyone who’s ever felt out of place because of their sensitivity, Red Feather offers advice on how to manage life’s difficulties as an empath as well as insight into how these qualities are vitally important to the future of humanity.

Affirming that being an empath is a real thing and you are not alone in your experience of the world, Red Feather offers practical exercises to help you understand, control, and fully manifest your gifts. She explains how to clear your energy field, stop energy leaks, and reclaim your sense of self. She warns of the pitfalls of being an empath, such as employing your gifts in unhealthy ways, and stresses the importance of embracing both the Divine Masculine, to create boundaries and safety, as well as the Divine Feminine, to practice radical self-care and live authentically from your own center.

Red Feather explains not only that there are now more empaths than ever before, but that this surge in numbers is no coincidence. With the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, empaths represent the new human blueprint. They are the way-showers for the next step in human evolution, and they have a cosmic mission: to usher in a higher level of human consciousness, centered in the heart chakra. Red Feather also explains the impending reactivation of dormant levels of consciousness and cosmic memory, which will upgrade our human operating systems to function at a higher frequency. This shift is already acutely felt by empaths and will allow us to reclaim the lost powers of our ancestors.

With this hands-on guide, Red Feather provides empaths the tools they need to empower themselves and embrace their essential role in the next step of humanity’s evolution and ascension into the frequency of heart-centered consciousness.

About the Author: Rev. Stephanie Red Feather, Ph.D., is the founder and director of Blue Star Temple. An ordained shamanic minister, she holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and master’s and doctorate degrees in shamanic studies from Venus Rising University. She is also a mesa carrier in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Peru, having studied with Don Oscar Miro-Quesada and his lineage since 2005. She lives near Kansas City, Missour

BELLA SKYLLER

Lost in a world full of prototypes, rights and wrongs, Bella Skyller chose to go against the norms and found her sound by combining different styles and made it to her own. With a sense of perfection, warm tones, insightful words, rich melodies, she has found herself in dark-pop and electro-pop. Her lyrics about love, life as young and restless girl, her emotional and passionated vocals, make her appear as an artist that would fit in most genres. 

Captivated by music since a very young age, the Swedish singer and songwriter started to sing English songs at the age of four, without knowing the meaning of the words. With a great memory for songs, she knew every single song that was on the radio. Not only singing has been warm to her heart, instrument was something she was very fascinated about. At the age of ten she decided to learn the guitar by her self, and nowadays she plays the piano too. Music was a big part of her childhood and she participated in musicals, dance classes and lessons for various instruments.

She has always been influenced by her parents, two musicians themselves. Her father played in a band and when she was old enough she joined as the lead singer and guitarist. The band called Garage 11 have done many gigs in Sweden. From small intimate performances with acoustic vibes, where the sound of guitars along with plentiful voices smoothly elapse among the audience, to big events where the wild audience sung along to the songs, but Bella was always longing for something bigger. 

Bella Skyller shines the most during her live performances when she gets to show her emotions and passion for her own songs and sounds. She does not have to be in the middle of the spotlight to be seen or heard. Her fresh sound, warming spirit and meaningful connection with her audience makes her live performances memorable, rare and powerful. 

Since she released her first single Love Me Louder in February 2018, her music has only grown. She now works with producers both in America and in Sweden. After releasing a remix of her original single, a music magazine based in New York, Elicit Magazine, made a reportage about the song. During the summer 2019 she  released another single called “Our Show” with the same producer. She is now working on her first album and writes songs for a Swedish producer at the same time. Since she moved to Los Angeles to chase her dreams, she almost drowns in her own creativity. Previous year has been full of surprises and the next to come will be even more exciting.

BRANDI VEIL

Starting with one, you can change many, impact a nation and even the world.”

Founder and CEO of Being Investments specializing in developing holistic business ventures and a mindful leadership culture for global change.

Brandi’s executive coaching and CEO Mentorship program not only helps her clients in business development but sets a mindful practice as the foundation for success. With over a decade working in the Hollywood hospitality and entertainment industry, Brandi saw a need for a shift in mainstream business leadership. One that would put mindfulness, spirituality and business development at the forefront of all her business development and training.

In her previous work at CEO and founder of event location and production agency, she has worked with many well-known entertainers curating, producing, managing and edutainment events with Michael Beckwith, Pink, Steve Aoki, Lebron James, Jackie Chan and many more producing and developing events, marketing, pr and educational platforms as edutainment.

She is a true believer in the new economy, sustainable, whole systems including digital currency and rewards systems to help promote the global marketplace. She has spent her life studying western to eastern philosophies, she is a certified holistic health practitioner; in Yoga and meditation, quantum field energetics including Reiki, and (NLP) NeuroLinguistics Integrative Therapy. Brandi is a visionary and futurist helping balance the fate of our future by educating groups on the importance of daily practice as a step towards social and global goals for a better world.

Her vision for helping leaders achieve their goals is based on personal development principles, neuroscience, and mindful practice. She is a big thinker, she believes everything is energy, which can be applied with technology for social change. Her philosophy is “starting with one, you can change many and impact global a nation and even the globe. Founder of Being Investment and Being Media Group has spoken at TEDx NYC Women’s Conference, United Nations and many other platforms on ancient wisdom, wellness, meditation, leadership, social impact, and empowerment.

JILL GURR

Jill is originally from East Meadow, NY. She has traveled and lived all over the world and is fluent in Spanish, French and Italian. ​She is the CEO of the nonprofit organization Create Now, which she founded in 1996. Jill has devoted the last 23 years of her life helping more than 48,000 at-risk and high-risk youth in Los Angeles to heal and thrive through therapeutic programs in the arts.

She is a produced screenwriter, having adapted the book Hit and Run by James Hadley Chase into the screenplay “Rigged,” which stars George Kennedy. This film was distributed internationally by Kodiak Films. She also wrote “Socrates,” a PBS pilot that stars Ed Asner. Several of her original screenplays were optioned. One of Jill’s scripts placed as a Quarter-Finalist in five different writing competitions, and also as a Finalist in an international writing contest.

Jill graduated from Boston University with a B.S. degree in Broadcasting and Film. She worked for many years in the film industry as a Script Supervisor on international productions with famous actors and directors.

She founded Create Now in 1996 and serves as the CEO. Jill was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°. She was one of eight people in the U.S. selected to be in an exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance called “Everyday Heroes.” She was chosen by the British Council to participate in their Global Xchange program in South Africa and Northern Ireland in 2010, where she shared best practices with 25 other leaders from six countries. Jill gives presentations to global diplomats through adjuncts of the U.S. State Department.

She received a standing ovation after giving a TEDx Talk in Beverly Hills on October 29, 2016. Jill published a comprehensive book, Mentor Youth Now: A Guidebook for Transforming Young Lives, which is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and through other retailers. She’s available as a consultant, trainer and a speaker.

Want to unlock your unique life purpose? My guest is Lia Dunlap, known as the Oracle on Purpose.  Lia is an Intuitive Business Architect with 25 years of experience guiding entrepreneurs to unlock & capitalize their Business Genius to find purpose, process and prosperity at their business sweet spot.  Lia’s inspired programs and practical services have helped thousands of clients in over 76 countries align their unique life purpose with their business strategy to create the impact they were born to make.  She helps leaders avoid the mistakes that keep them frustrated while doing shallow work and anxious about having their gift die within them.  Lia helps conscious leaders who are determined to have a major impact on the world, yet are still struggling with overwhelm and a lack of clarity, understand their next steps. 

Palter Ego features Jesse Palter on Vocals and Sam Barsh on Keys.

Jesse Palter’s blazed a lot of trails in her life. Growing up she performed musical theatre, played piano, trumpet and oboe, and created tracks with legendary musicians Andrew Gold and the Grammy winning Bass Brothers. Establishing herself as a jazz singer, she studied at the University of Michigan School Of Music, won Outstanding Jazz Vocalist at three consecutive Detroit Music Awards, shared the stage with genre legends and headlined at legendary clubs like NYC’s Blue Note.

Honing her chops as a singer-songwriter, she recorded and toured as half of Palter Ego with keyboardist Sam Barsh. All of these musical trails laid the foundation for her emergence as a solo recording artist in her own right with her full-length debut album on Artistry Music (a division of Mack Avenue Music Group), featuring her most vulnerable, brave and brutally honest songs yet. Palter Ego is the brainchild of soulful/jazz-tinged singer-songwriter Jesse Palter and keyboardist/producer Sam Barsh, who join forces to create their own blend of upbeat pop, jazz and soul. 

Palter is a 5x Detroit Music Award Winner who recently released her debut album “Paper Trail” on Mack Avenue Records. Barsh’s work with the likes of Norah Jones, Avishai Cohen, Aloe Blacc and Kendrick Lamar has garnered 3 GRAMMY Awards and reached the top of the Billboard Charts. Together they have headlined major festivals in the US and abroad, and their music has been featured prominently in nationally-aired commercials and television.

CAPTAIN (RET) DAN WILLIS

Captain (ret) Dan Willis served for nearly 30 years for the La Mesa (CA) Police Department as a crimes of violence – child molest-sexual assault-homicide detective, SWAT Commander, Wellness Unit Coordinator, and retired as a captain in 2014. He was Officer of the Year twice and nominated for Detective of the Year in California.

He is a graduate of San Diego State University in Criminal Justice as well as the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia where he studied emotional survival.

Capt. Willis is the author of the award-winning emotional survival and wellness guidebook, Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responders Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart (19th annual M.S. Books for a Better Life award in New York City, and the Al Cole People of Distinction Humanitarian Award). The book is now required reading at the FBI National Academy.

Captain Willis travels North America providing training to first responders on Trauma, PTSD, and the Process of Healing, having giving over 230 presentations in 30 states and in Canada. He has 5 step-children and lives in San Diego.

TAIT ALEXANDER and CHAKRA 8

CHAKRA 8 is rock band currently made of lead singer Tait Alexander and Drummer Rick Mabery.

Tait Alexander is a Shamanic Entertainer. He is channeling vibrations and sounds with the intention of healing and inducing mediative and astral states in ecstasy. Being inspired by rain, the ocean, the sun, feathers, and glitter, this soul shares trippy doo wop style loops with the cochlea and subconscious caves of the youth. 

WONIYA THIBEAULT

My name is Woniya Thibeault, and I am the woman behind Buckskin Revolution.

A love for the natural world has always been a part of me, as has a drive to make things with my own two hands, and a longing for earlier times and more land-based lifestyles. Discovering a community of people who practiced and taught ancestral skills when I was 19 opened up my world and inspired me to devote myself to these skills. I have been studying, practicing and teaching them since the mid 1990s. 

With both a Masters degree in Environmental Science and a hands on education in ancestral skills, I strive to combine knowledge of and love for the natural world with the physical skills of our human ancestors.

I have spent a lot time living off grid and incorporating wild foods and handmade goods into my daily life. I had a powerful test of my skills when I was selected as a participant for Season 6 of Alone on the History channel, where I spent 73 days living by myself in the arctic, hunting, gathering and trapping. The skills that allowed me to stay so long were not however, just the physical ones, but the mental, emotional and spiritual skills of long-term survival practices for connection, gratitude, curiosity, communication, positivity and reciprocity.

I teach a wide range of topics, but I call my business Buckskin Revolution not only because I love making, wearing, and teaching about brain tanned buckskin, but because of what it represents.

It is a reminder, a link to our human past. We can all trace our lineage back to ancestors who wore buckskin, or something very similar. It speaks to that place inside us that remembers what it feels like to know the world around us intimately, to shape the substance of our lives from the raw materials around us.  It reminds us what it is to be human and connected to the wild within and around us.

The Buckskin Revolution is not just making buckskin clothing, or harvesting wild foods or survival skills, it is about inspiring and enabling people to do more for themselves and to be freer, healthier, wilder, more connected human beings.

CLARE MEANS

Clare Means’ latest album, Sidewalk Astronomy, is a cohesive patchwork of musings on life in Los Angeles, love, forgiveness, and the recent loss of her estranged father.  Sidewalk Astronomy debuted at #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts and #66 (right below Kanye’s recent album) on the iTunes All Genres Chart. As Clare says, “Most of the songs on Sidewalk Astronomy were written over the course of a couple years and were sparked by a variety of moments in my life… the day I found out my father was sick, when I fell in love, when I knew my relationship was doomed, when I got my heart broken, the day my father died, and when I woke up from a strange dream about sheep.”  Clare’s quirky take on life is fresh and comforting at the same time. 

Part of what makes Clare stand out as a performer is the unconventional path she has taken. Always a hustler, Clare has made a name for herself as one of LA’s most popular, hardest working street performers. She’s built a dedicated following by being one of the very few performers to perform almost exclusively original music. While most depend on covers to stop foot traffic, Clare learned to work on her songwriting craft and challenged herself to capture audiences using her own songs.  Clare’s street performances are musical experiments in which she interacts with the colorful and chaotic scene of the environment.

In September of 2015 Clare began live streaming her daily performances on Periscope. She is now one of Periscope’s most watched musicians and has made it onto the Periscope trending list multiple times and has over 100,000 followers on the app. Clare has independently sold thousands of copies of her albums through her live streaming, street performances and while playing shows at various venues across Los Angeles and touring the US, Canada and Europe.

Clare has also been featured in many popular online blogs and magazines including Billboard, No Depression, PopMatters, American Songwriter Magazine, Buzzbands,LA,  Yay LA! and Digital Music News.  Also, you may have read about her and her live streaming success in the two top selling books How To Make It In The New Music Business: Practical Tips On Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living As A Musician, Editions 1 and 2. 

In February, 2010, I visited a medium who looked straight at me and said, "Do you know you have abilities?"

I had no idea what she was talking about. I thought to myself, I'm an attorney, not a medium.   However, I was very excited and interested. I lost my father at a very young age but was always able to communicate with him while growing up.  I now realize that when I was asked that question, the "switch" was turned on for me.

Things started happening. Our doorbell had been broken for several months, and we would hear a computerized voice saying "Install Cover," anytime someone rang the bell. On the day of my birthday in June, someone rang the doorbell, but instead of hearing the computerized voice, I heard the song "Happy Birthday" playing. I knew immediately it was Spirit. The next day, the computerized voice was back! Countless experiences like that began occurring.  Now that I was open, Spirit could communicate with me.   

 Shortly after, I completed a sixteen-week mediumship course. I learned so much, and finally received clarification on what was happening to me.  I also sharpened my abilities. The progress felt unreal. I also learned that my grandmother had been an incredible medium. This was something I had never known. 

I have been performing professional readings ever since, and it has changed my world. Communicating with Spirit and relaying beautiful messages to people has given me feelings I have never experienced in my life. I plan to continue learning and growing this ability. Recently, I also completed an eighteen-week training course in Clairvoyance. It is amazing! My life changed in February 2010, and I would not trade anything for this magical new world.

Dr. Cheryl Scott is a PhD prepared nurse who has enjoyed a 40-year nursing career in Northern California.  Dr. Scott has worked in many hospitals in Northern California as a registered nurse in many areas of Maternal-Infant health:  Neonatal Intensive Nurseries, postpartum units, antepartum labor and delivery and outpatient pediatric clinics. 

As an Adjunct Research Investigator for Stanford, Kaiser Permanente and University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Scott has assisted on many research topics pertaining to infant health. 

Dr. Scott is a published author of her clinical research and many magazine articles pertaining to holistic support of the mother infant dyad.  She has also enjoyed a very active career for 18 years as an national and international speaker on the topic of Human Lactation and Clinically Evidenced Based Maternal Child Health Care practices. 

Cheryl’s primary love is working at the bedside of mothers and babies in the postpartum and NICU units assisting newly delivered mothers and their newborn babies.  

Cheryl has two feet planted firmly in two divergent worlds of health care.  For 40 years, she has been working in the American Medical model of care and for 25 years she has been a strong advocate of holistic medicine.  She is a Certified Family Herbalist.  Her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees are in Holistic Health.  Her career goals have been on the integration of many holistic modalities into Western medicine.  

Cheryl also established the Volcano Ubuntu Center in her village of Volcano in Northern California, where she conducts workshops on holistic self care, energy healing, self-empowerment, innovative gardening and self-sustainable practices.   She provides workshops on Alternative Energy sources and zero-point energy devices and modalities and has notable guest speakers such as Ralph Ring who helped with the development of Otis T Carr’s OTCX1.

Gary Rubens is a Serial Entrepreneur, Start-Up Investor, Philanthropist and Real Estate Developer based in the Seattle area. Having started and sold 2 companies, as well as acquired and merged 5 companies, including selling ATGStores.com to Lowes in 2012.  Most recently, Gary has become President and CEO of Athlete Intelligence, a head-impact monitoring and performance tracking solution for coaches and Athletic Trainers.  Gary views everyday as a new opportunity to change the world in some way, his goal is to be a positive and inspiring addition to people’s lives.

As a personal trainer for over 20 years and battling MS for over 13 years, I bring a deep knowledge of functional, corrective & adaptive training specific to the MS and chronically conditioned community. In 2008 when I received my MS diagnosis and weighed close to 300lbs, I decided to focus on nutrition and exercise to fight the disease after I was hospitalized for 2 weeks. After one year and over 117lbs later, I realized that with proper nutrition and correct exercise methods, you can and will get stronger and healthier while fighting MS.

I'm now a Master Trainer and Co-Owner of Thrive Fitness Studio in Warren, Rhode Island alongside Lauren Smith, who also battles MS and is a Barre Instructor and Personal Trainer. We continue to help those with MS, Cerebral Palsy and other chronic conditions while providing hands on training to other certified trainers to help them better understand how to use appropriate training methods.

Utilizing my multiple certifications and education through AFAA, ACSM, ACE, NASM and NFPT, I have developed many exercise and nutrition strategies to help my clients over the years and I look forward to a continued future with Lauren by my side, training those who are chronically conditioned.

CHAOS TO CLARITY: SACRED STORIES OF
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
BY REV. PATRICIA CAGGANELLO & KATHLEEN O’KEEFE-KANAVOS
FOREWORD BY DR. BERNIE SIEGEL (NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR)

Pain doesn’t have to define us; it can instead transform us.

Real people. Real pain. Real hopelessness. Real healing. A global voice of authors bare their souls.
Welcome to the heart of our shared humanity. Offering their expertise in spirituality and psychology authors Cagganello and Kanavos share
personal challenges of change; divorce and death, and those of thirty men and women from around the world who faced change head-on.
Through their adversity, learn how they became stronger and happier and went on to inspire and help others.
Topics of Change: Battling a life-threatening illness. Surviving an abusive relationship. Overcoming
addiction. Suffering the heartbreaking loss of a child. Wrestling with self-sabotaging thoughts. Losing and
finding love. The painful death of a parent... and more!
“This outstanding book contains everything a reader could want: emotionally gripping,
encouraging, hope-filled, powerful writing, engaging personal stories...so much packed into
it. Pain is part of the human experience that we can all relate to. But finding hope and
healing through the pain—that is a precious gem that this book uncovers. A must-read!”

– Pamela Cangioli, literary reviewer and editor
Kathleen offers these 3 Key Discussion Points from a Psychological Perspective
1. Metathesiophobia is fear of change and evolutionary in humans. We crave routine.
2. The Butterfly Effect of change is part of Universal Oneness.
3. Change is good for us. It can be a coming-of-age situation that allows for growth.
Patricia offers these 3 Key Discussion Points from a Spiritual Perspective
1. How change is a catalyst for spiritual transformation.
2. Why the deep emotion triggered by significant change is a gift.
3. It's time to change the paradigm of spiritual transformation through trauma, to one of joy.
For Interviews Please Contact: publicity@sacredstoriespublishing.com or katkan@comcast.net

November 2019
Sacred Stories Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-945026-61-4
Paperback: $16.99, 314 pages, 6x9
Electronic ISBN: 978-1-945026-62-1

KATHLEEN O’KEEFE KANAVOS is accredited in Psychopathology and Special Education, taught Psychology at USF, Ft. Myers Branch, serving the severely emotionally handicapped for ten years and heading the Special Education Department Head for two years before retiring. Kat, an international speaker and author, is also known as The Queen of Dreams in her syndicated columns and as a PR Guru, video podcaster/radio show host of Dreaming Healing, where she promotes patient advocacy and connecting with divine guidance through dreams. A three-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness, she also is a multi-award-winning author and dream expert who has been seen on Dr. Oz, Doctors, NBC, and CBS. Kat and Duke University Radiologist Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote the 2018 Nautilus Award Winner Dreams That Can Save Your Life. Kat also authored Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing.

REV. PATRICIA CAGGANELLO is CEO and
Founder of Sacred Stories Media, a
conscious online media network. As an
ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister
Patricia believes every story is a sacred
story. She is ordained from One Spirit

Interfaith Seminary in New York.
Patricia, who holds a Masters of Arts in Education and a Bachelors
of Science in Business, has worked in the corporate and
educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a
sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Patricia has authored God is in the Little Things: Messages from the
Animals and God is in the Little Things: Messages from the Golden
Angels and is co-author Scanning For Signal, a book of poetry.
Sacred Stories Media includes Sacred Stories Publishing, an
award-winning traditional publishing and marketing company:
Garnet Press, a self-publishing book division; and Sacred U, an
online course division.

Michelle Santana was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She spent her childhood in Atlanta and the surrounding area. She is divorced and has two adult children and two precious grandchildren. She found peace in the North Georgia Mountains where she is now with her rat terrier, Mary Jane. By writing "To Hell and Back," she has conquered her demons and has changed from the inside out into a beautiful woman. She has found happiness that resides deep in her soul. Through her many struggles and heart aches, she has become a strong and vivacious woman. She hopes that her book will encourage others to seek professional help and support. Healing and living a rich life and fulfilling life is possible.

She has been asked to speak to PTA groups on "Ending the Silence" a program through NAMI (National Alliance On Mental Illness). She helps law enforcement officers better understand the trauma that families face when sexual child abuse is brought to the officer's attention. She speaks to law enforcement officers through the CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Trainings in Georgia. She attends Georgia DBHDD (Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disability) counsel meetings and speaks about the need to provide an avenue for better mental health services to children of sexual abuse. 

Michelle has a vision to open a non- profit factory that will employ men and women recovering from mental illness, but will not re-victimize others. The factory will produce and distribute angel dolls and Aslan Lions. These toys will be given to children of abuse. The making of the toys will give an empowering effect on those involved.

Author of TELL IT ALL MY SON, and To Hell and Back

Known as “The SMART Guy” Success Means Acquiring Right Thoughts 

 Anthony DeNino is the Founder and President of CORe – Creating Our Reality, Inc. Working with both For-Profit companies and Non-Profit organizations, his talks and training/workshops are targeted, interactive presentations, that are always customized to fit the specific needs of the client. He speaks for major corporations, smaller companies, and NPOs. He works with troubled teenagers, and loves to discuss ways in which he can help you and your company/organization. Prior to creating CORe, he worked for 25 years in the corporate world, which has allowed him to offer powerful insights during his talks and workshops, while also providing the foundation for the consulting work he does. Some of the topics he covers include: Leadership, Sales, Customer Service, Effective Communication, Workplace Environment, and Perspective.  He has been speaking at company events since 2008 and have been the Keynote Speaker for State and National Conferences.

Anthony is a spiritual person, believes in the amazing power of God and how He is always speaking to us, always wants us to succeed and always, always loves us...no matter what the circumstances are. 
                                           
Highlights Include:

• Partial Client List -  Taco Bell, NC Department of Public Safety, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, UTC Aerospace, Heartland Payment Systems, National Partnership for Juvenile Services, Emory University, CBS Radio and Speedway Motor Sports;
• Co-Developer of  “The CORe Project™” - a 7–16-week self-esteem, social-skill building curriculum for kids and teens utilized in Teen Courts, Schools, and Community-Based Programs in North Carolina, Virginia, and California;
• Published Author - “The Power of Giving and Gratitude!”

A N D Y

T I L L I S O N

BRITISH KEYBOARDIST-SINGER-SONGWRITER

FOR

PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND

'T H E    T A N G E N T'

The Tangent is a Progressive Rock Band from Northern England, based around keyboards player, composer and idiosyncratic vocalist Andy Tillison Diskdrive.

Their music is cinematic and lyrical, full of narrative, often telling stories or making observations about the world we live in - often choosing subject matter more associated with Anarcho-Punk bands than with the genre in which the band choose to base themselves. "No Hobbits or Orcs in our songs" The band have released a steady output of well-regarded albums through their record label Inside Out Music.

The band has changed personnel many times and has used this fluidity to keep ideas fresh and lucid. The debut album released in 2003 The Music that Died Alone was often referred to as a "supergroup" project, though Tillison has always eschewed this title, preferring to go for the less obvious "a good idea".

In twelve years, the group has had close affiliations with Swedish progressive legends The Flower Kings, and Jonas Reingold (bass) from that band remains in the Tangent to this day despite the departure of Roine Stolt from the Tangent ten years ago now. David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator) was heavily featured on that debut album, Jakko Jakszyk (now of King Crimson) has been a frequent collaborator along with Theo Travis (Steven Wilson Band, Soft Machine Legacy, Gong etc.). Guy Manning, Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), David Longdon (Big Big Train) have all played key roles in the band's development and the band was instrumental in bringing the talents of the astonishing young guitarist Luke Machin (Maschine) to the world for the first time.

Tangent philosophy has been to embrace other more contemporary bands. Whether overtly progressive themselves (Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Argos, Magenta etc.) or completely away from the official boundaries of the genre into metal, Jazz, modern pop, soul, disco and film music, the Tangent do not follow the prog rock rule book.

"It's more what we don't do that sets us apart" Tillison said in a 2007 interview... "we've always avoided doing the 12 string acoustic stuff, and in fact anything that gets too Genesissy or Floyd-like usually (not always) gets binned.. that's not to say that there aren't influences.. just that we don't like the idea of being confined to the styles of those particular figureheads. The spirit of progressive rock music was carried by lots more people than Genesis. I think that too many of us (new bands) use the obvious source - i.e. the 70s bands and forget to look around us and see what our contemporaries are up to!"

Over the years the band has had many manifestos, all of which are still relevant to the future of the Tangent..

Andy Tillerson’s progressive bands have been "A New Opera" 1978 - 1986, "Gold Frankincense & Diskdrive" 1987 - 1995, Po90 (Parallel Or 90 Degrees) 1996 - 2010 and The Tangent 2002 - the present. With over 20 albums released out there - Andy has been one of the most committed and unrelenting advocates of Progressive Music through its darkest days.

Purchase the latest album by The Tangent

entitled

P R O X Y

At amazon.com

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Studio albums

by THE TANGENT

The Music That Died Alone (2003)

The World That We Drive Through (2004)

A Place in the Queue (2006)

Not as Good as the Book (2008)

Down and Out in Paris and London (2009)

COMM (2011)

Le Sacre du Travail (2013)

A Spark in the Aether (2015)

The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery (2017)

Proxy (2018)

Live albums

Pyramids and Stars (2005)

Going Off on One (2007)

Going Off on Two (2010)

London or Paris, Berlin or Southend On Sea (2012)

Hotel Cantaffordit (with Karmakanic as Tangekanic) (2018)

Dr. Catherine P Crosland specializes in internal medicine in Washington, DC and has over 17 years of experience in the field of medicine. She graduated from Harvard Medical School with her medical degree in 2003. She is affiliated with numerous hospitals in District Of Columbia and more, including George Washington Univ Hospital. Dr. Catherine P Crosland is licensed to practice by the state board in District Of Columbia (MD038272).

Dr. Catherine P Crosland also practices at 425 2Nd Street Northwest, Washington, DC. She is accepting new patients at her medical office, and available for appointments, preventative care, medical care as well as ongoing patient care.