Reviews of full album and Single releases from SEED SONGS

BK On the Scene - Nov 11 2021

Tinnitist - Nov 8 2021 - “Carmen Braden digs deep with Seed Songs”

Canadian Beats - Nov 10 2021 - “Carmen Braden releases video for new single “The Mind is Wild”

The Sound Cafe - Nov 11 2021 - “Yellowknife Based Award Winning Composer / Singer Songwriter Carmen Braden has released a new album”

Find Your Sounds - Nov 8 2021 - “Award Winning Contemporary Composer - Singer Songwriter Carmen Braden sows new immersive exploratory album Seed Songs”

Cashbox Canada - Nov 12 2021 - “Carmen Braden sows new immersive exploratory album Seed Songs”

Review - Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars - American Record Guide 2020.
“Carmen “Braden lives in Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories in Canada. In addition to being a composer and performer, she also spends time making field recordings. Her biography notes that her “musical creations are influenced by the sonic environment, both natural and man made”, and after spending time with her work, that certainly rings true. There is a feeling of vast and open space in her work, regardless of subject matter. In the Marrow Lives a Woman pairs the classic piano trio with percussion in a highly effective manner. Don’t you want to listen to hand drumming and cymbal crashes at the height of a piano trio’s crescendo? Bend Willow Branch (this version for flute, oboe, and cello) begins soft and wayward, with whimsy that soon changes into kaleidoscopic color. Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars encapsulates Braden’s musical aesthetic well: the work comes across as airy yet grounded; whimsical but full of reality, with tonal harmonies that reach into each other and constantly merge, continually changing the scope of their aural footprint. This is a mustbuy if you are interested in site-specific contemporary music and earth-centered subject matter. Exquisitely performed and beautifully, this is a gem. Perhaps another album will follow this one—Braden’s new project is capturing sounds created by ice, and she is currently studying the ice of Great Slave Lake in Canada. © 2020 American Record Guide”

 

New music video by Canadian Musician Carmen Braden for the single Fall To Alaska on the new album Ravens. Featuring Carmen Braden. blackicesound.com Songwriting credit to Carmen Braden and Mark Adam (producer). Carmen Braden voice; Mark Adam drums, voice keyboards; Pat Braden, electric bass.

Carmen Braden is a composer and performer. Her music/sound company Black Ice Sound is based in her hometown of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. blackicesound.com Electronic Press Kit (EPK) by Artless Collective

In the marrow lives a woman Strength disguised as softness Under muscle, blood and bone Lies the feather and the egg. A nest of memories and imagination. The marrow rises up from where she was hiding From where she was waiting From where she was denied.