The Ancestry by Jillían LaDage

The Ancestry, steps through the temples of memory on a journey that leads from the medieval sands of Turkey and the Byzantine Empire to the moors and legends of the ancient Celts. Recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, and mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios Portland, Maine, its nine self-produced tracks range from the intricately woven instrumental "Manzikert" into the hauntingly melodic, traditional folklore inspired strains of "Bonny Was The Lady" to the balladry of "Endless Knot" and the evocative rhythms of "Midsummer's Night".

The eclectic Celtic singer/composer's rich musical tapestry of harp, piano, bodhran, tabla, hurdy gurdy, guitar, clarinet, viola, violin, cello, uillean pipes and more, embraces the quest of the medieval mystic, unifying the ancient and modern world. "I came across a reference to the Celts in Asia Minor early in the eleventh century as the Mediterranean world and the world around them came to a crossroads and began to follow the migration of the many Celtic tribes as the Byzantine Empire declined and the Normans invaded the British Isles," Jillian explains. "The memories that had passed into the resting places of history, myth, legend, and forgotten happenings were events that drew me to the stepping stone of remembrance and lineage. In turn this became the foundation of the music, and as I experienced it, the common thread that held the Celts together through the opening of this great cultural Pandora's Box."

Tracklist

1.	Procession	4:00

2.	Midsummer's Night	5:16

3.	The Black Woods	8:26

4.	Bonny Was The Lady ( The Legend of Cong)	10:01

5.	Manzikert	4:56

6.	Vanished Secrets	6:52

7.	Eve of Night	8:46

8.	Keltoi	2:39

9.	Endless Knot	8:18

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Credits

released December 9, 2008

Produced By JILLIAN LADAGE
Assistant to the producer: Ryan LaDage
Recorded and Mixed at: Smart Studios, Madison, WI, United States
Recording Engineer: Beau Sorenson
Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc., Portland, ME

MUSICIANS

JILLIAN LADAGE Vocals: Tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,9/Piano: Tracks 2,4,6,7/Keyboards: Tracks 1,2,6,7,9/Harp: Tracks 3,5,6,8,9 RYAN LADAGE Acoustic Guitar: Tracks 2,4,5,6,7, MARK WYSE Drums: Tracks 2,6/Percussion: Tracks 4,7 MARY GAINES Cello: Tracks 2,4,5,7,9TODD HAMMES Bodhran: Tracks 2,4 Percussion: Tracks 1,5,6,8 Tabla: Track 5 CRAIG HEILMAN Uillean Pipes & Pipe arrangement: Tracks 1,9 COREY KLUNK Hurdy Gurdy: Tracks 2,5/Clarinet: Track 6 MATT RODGERS Upright Bass: Tracks 2,5,6,7 CHRIS WAGONER Violin: Tracks 2, 4, 5 Viola: Track 7

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