For those unaware, Leah Waybright is a life-long Composer, Pianist, Recording Artist, Teacher, Floral Artist, Wildflower Preservationist, and Dreamer.

Indeed, the common thread that connects these many professions is her role as a Storyteller. Hundreds of lectures and the wide variety of special floral programs she has presented for Garden Clubs and Civic Groups are the most obvious examples of her Storytelling.

However, her ability to tell a compelling story is not limited to words. Despite the instrumental nature of her music, her unique approach to composition and instrumentation means that each vignette reveals an unfolding and ever-evolving story rich with meaning.

As a steward of the Earth, Leah’s creativity and mindset benefited from the pauses in older projects, and the development of new projects, but throughout she consistently creates new music through improvisation and then hones it with a nurturing process similar to the way she cultivates her beloved plants and wildflowers.

Her latest album, Dreamed will be released by Invasion Merch on July 17th, 2023 and is the culmination of years of compositional crafting. In some ways it picks up the floral storytelling narrative where Beauty Gone Wild left off, and thus is a compositional masterpiece.

Leah’s musical DNA is immediately noticeable in the melodies and the rhythms, but are even more elegant, captivating, and mysterious. What consistently leaps out of the speakers is the luscious sound of the grand piano, as there is more of a focus on her piano with Dreamed.

Leah commands this fine instrument and presents each composition with confidence and verve. In short, and without using a single word, somehow she pulls the listener into her private world where a story for each dreamy piece unfolds like a new plant in spring.

1. Candlewink
2. Enchanter’s Nightshade
3. Dreamspirits
4. Awake Spring Beauty
5. Earth Rattle
6. Moonsparks
7. Stardrift
8. Venus’ Looking Glass
9. Sunwise
10. Love-In-A-Mist

This magnificently embroidered and wholly impassioned new recording opens on the embolden Candlewink and the enchanting Enchanter’s Nightshade and then brings us the flourishing Dreamspirits, the playful, woodwind-hued Awake Spring Beauty, and then we are treated to the breathy, atmospheric Earth Rattle.

Along next is the strident Moonsparks and that is itself backed by the pure elegance found within the key strokes of both Stardrift and woodwind-adorned Venus’ Looking Glass, the album rounding out on the prosperous Sunwise, coming to a close on the luxuriant Love-In-A-Mist.

Leah has always been an active dreamer, both in a literal sense as well as in a more figurative sense. Her dreams have a huge influence on her, and she sees power and wisdom in exploring dreams. After experiencing a vivid dream she often incorporates elements of that dream into a piece of music.

Says Leah, “My DREAMED collection is gathered from a wide arc of experience and time traveled. This ‘new’ music is captured from the first song I ever crafted, to pieces invoked by powerful moments and turning points in my life. There are vintage songs from the past as well as imaginings through to my most recent compositions. Each piece emerges for me as special and meaningful.”

Featuring:
Leah Waybright: Compositions, piano, keyboards and vocal musings
Gary Blu: Saxophones, flutes, clarinet, piccolo
Rick Kennell: Bass, drums, percussion, orchestration
Stanley Whitaker: Guitars on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
Mark Wood: Violin on “Sunwise”

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