MP3 Who I Am - FOLK: Modern Folk

A deeply moving and inspirational combination of songs, with traces of folk, blues, country and jazz. An artist in touch with all of the senses of your soul and will make you feel like you have come home.

11 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, SPIRITUAL: Inspirational

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Glenna OâQuinn started her musical journey as a young child on her family farm, singing with her 5 brothers and sister. Music was a very special bond that her family shared and many wonderful memories were made up from moments around the family piano singing family favorites from country, gospel, hymns and folk songs. There wasnât a specific type of music that she loved; just the opportunity to sing and perform was her passion.

From those original days sitting at the piano and standing on the family clothesline stand with a hockey stick for a microphone, OâQuinn dreamed of one day creating a life around her deep love of music. As the years passed however, her dream was packed away as she settled for the âroad most travelâ, getting a university degree and heading out in the âreal world for a real jobâ.

After completing her Degree in Business, her corporate career took her down many amazing paths and incredible journeyâs as she worked with the distribution arm of Time Warner, managing magazines such as People, Time, Life and Sports Illustrated and then leading her to other organizations such as Mosaic Group â Sales & Merchandising Group and Cadbury Schweppes Inc. In the end, each of these opportunities provided the experience and the foundation that would eventually bring her back to her âheartâ and begin writing the music of her life.

OâQuinn says of her corporate career, âitâs not that I didnât enjoy and learn from these careers, but what I learned most was that this choice was taking me further and further away from what I wanted in my life and what I believe is my purpose; writing music and sharing it with othersâ.

Life took a wild turn in terms of purpose in 1993 when she met her soon-to-be husband Sean and he began encouraging and âseriously persuadingâ OâQuinn to do something more with her songs. Her husband says, âShe just channels this unbelievable ability to connect to people through her words and music, it just touches their heart directly and I was determined to share that gift of hers with everyone.â After losing his mother and her deeply loved mother-in-law a number of years later, OâQuinn began diving deeper and deeper into her passion and began writing songs of remembering about those who have touched her life.

This CD is a story book to of her life, however, ironically it feels like it is the story of the life of many, as she sings about love, life, disease, home and being a woman. Each song holds a deep connect to her beliefs that âall that is, was meant to be and if we just ask the question of what we need to learn from each situation, versus why has this happened, then our path will be much more fulfilling, true and personally authentic.â

One of the greatest gifts that OâQuinn has is the ability to create the songs that connect to others in ways that they canât even find the words to say themselves. Most specifically in her song of personal reflection, âWho I Amâ, she expresses the questions about the many roles as a woman that she plays, and still trying to find the one thing that defines exactly who she is. This is something that all woman can relate to as she remembers, âI played this song first to a group of friends that get together once a month to share food, wine and friendship and one of the momâs just cried and said âthat is exactly how I feel right now about my life and you sang exactly the words in my heart, that I havenât been able to expressâ. That was such a moving and personally gratifying moment, because my words are just my moments and that they can connect to others on that same level is extremely humbling.â

These songs are a reflection of the journey that OâQuinn has traveled and as you travel with her you will feel like you have come home to your closest friend. Her music is nothing less than wonderfully moving and something more than deeply inspirational.

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