Jo Quail announces new double album ‘Invocation / Supplication’
JO QUAIL has announced a new double album!
Titled Invocation / Supplication, the upcoming double album from the British cellist is the follow-up to last year’s The Cartographer, and is scheduled to be released in November this year, via By Norse Music.
For the new double album, the composer and cellist composed the two pieces with the artists Maria Franz [HEILUNG] and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari. Speaking about the upcoming double album, Quail says, “music is an art without boundaries, to be interpreted in any way we wish, with freedom to assign individual meaning or association. That’s what I term ‘active listening’ (or audience participation!) but for me personally Invocation and Supplication are two ‘three-song cycles’ that are perspectives of the same form. Individually Invocation and Supplication each describe three aspects of an archetype; both together they form an entire image. This image is, to me, earthy, primal and spiritual in the widest sense, are common themes I draw upon in all the music I write.”
Alongside the announcement of the new double album, JO QUAIL has released a new song from the upcoming album; Macha. Speaking about the new song, she says, “Macha is the first song in a three-song cycle I composed for Maria Franz. From our very first meeting some years back I dreamed to create a musical landscape to present to Maria, and I am blessed by the warmth and generosity with which she greeted this proposal. Macha is a song of empowerment, of ascendency, of awakening; it was a joy to compose this music and a deeply humbling experience to be with Maria as she interpreted my thoughts, her voice in full flight with such radiance and inspiration.”
Listen to Macha here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming double album below:
Invocation Track List:
1. Macha
2. Willow of All
3. Baroscyre
Supplication Track List:
1. The Calling
2. Maestoso
3. Kyralaste
Invocation / Supplication is set for release on November 3rd via By Norse Music. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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