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Donate to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine ➔ Chorus of Courage Releases New Song “Sweet Little Hummingbird” featuring Julian Taylor
Ontario-based collective project Chorus of Courage released a debut song “Sweet Little Hummingbird” featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor on February 15, 2024.
The song will appear on their upcoming collaborative album “Always By Your Side”, which is set to be released on March 22, 2024 via Dare to Defy Records.
Chorus of Courage is a space created to hold and honour the voices and stories of survivors of violence.
Chorus of Courage said, “We came together as a group and became friends and allies - a supportive family. We created a home to explore some of the most difficult experiences one can imagine - a retreat - and we did it with love, music, silence, acceptance, guidance, connection, and movement, hand in hand. This project explores the entire spectrum of emotions that are felt through the unique experiences of the ones we are here to honour - our storytellers.”- Artist and therapist Cindy Doire leads Chorus of Courage, connecting the project’s storytellers and their allies, professional musicians who have developed dialogues with the survivors and reflected on their experiences, crafting songs that seek to transmit complex lived experiences.
Julian Taylor wrote the song as a response to survivor Denyse and her story. Produced by Sarah MacDougall.
Julian Taylor said of the song, “It is a story of abuse and a struggle through pain that was shared with me through a letter she wrote to me and then through conversations we had with one another where she would go into more detail about the trauma that she faced as a young person and how she’s worked through it. The horrible and horrific things that happened to her scared me to the core and I vowed to keep her story close to my chest and use music and poetry as a way to heal, communicate and reveal the pure strength and pure resonance she illuminates.” -
Photo by Jen Squires - source : Apple Music
