Butterfly Lightning Shakes the Earth is a new miniature album of her own compositions by cellist India Gailey.  Back in the day we would probably have called this an EP as there is about 20 minutes of music in all.

The first piece; Mountainweeps, consists of three sixty second pieces for solo cello.  This was written for Arlen Hlusko for Instagram performance when that platform limited videos to sixty seconds!  It’s a sort of meditation on the impact of climate change on alpine environments.  It’s quite complex for such a short piece and quite beguiling. Continue reading →