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Lydia McCauley is a Contemporary folk singer, pianist, and composer. Her passion, and the connection she makes with an audience are the winning features of her performance. Lydia’s writing is personal and ultimately uplifting, displaying her commitment to providing music that enriches the human spirit.
“I wouldn’t have missed this for anything. The words were just as good as the music.”
— Madeleine L’Engle, Newberry Award Winning Author, Wrinkle in Time
Born in Seattle and raised in the southeastern United States, Lydia grew up studying classical and contemporary music and later documented Appalachian Folk music at Berea College in Kentucky. This particular blend of training would influence Lydia’s music style in the years to come. After teaching piano for eight years, Lydia’s love of writing and arranging music propelled her into a career in professional music performance. She formed her own independent music label, Brimstone Music in 1995 and has released six full-length recordings that are distributed nationwide.
“Built around her fine voice and piano work, these songs celebrate life… she sings effortlessly…first rate production all the way.”
— Bill Compton, VICTORY REVIEW
Lydia McCauley Performances
Lydia tours in the U.S. and Canada. Performances feature a variety of songs from Lydia’s various albums, plus new material that is so fresh it hasn’t had a chance to be recorded yet.
SELECT VENUES:
The Heritage Festival, Seattle, WA
FolkLife Festival. Seattle, WA
Seattle Folklore Society
Sea to Sky Renaissance Festival in British Columbia
KPBS San Diego, CA
KCTS, PBS, Seattle, WA
Berea College Performing Arts, Berea, Kentucky
Lopez Island Performing Arts, Lopez, WA
Western Washington University, Bellngham, WA
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA
AND IN SACRED SPACES SUCH AS:
Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, CA
Trinity Episcopal Church, Escondido, CA
St. Mark’s Episcopal, Medford, Oregon
First Presbyterian Church, Yakima, WA
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bellingham, WA
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Bellingham, WA
Holy Trinity Anglican, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
“A hot ticket !”
— SACRAMENTO BEE NEWSPAPER
“Gracefully elegant…McCauley radiates joy”
— NORTH COUNTY TIMES, San Diego
“Provocative blend of mysticism, intelligence and beauty”
— Connie Dover, TAYLOR PARK MUSIC
“The mystical power of her singing immediately enthralls
her audience and invites them to a place of enchantment”
— Rev. Dr. Colin Goode, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC
DISCOGRAPHY
QUIETING, released 2008
FOREIGNLANDER, released 2004
THE MOON OF WINTERTIME, released 2002
THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH, released 2002
ENTRANCES, released 1999
SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY, released 1998
COMPILATIONS THAT INCLUDE LYDIA’S MUSIC:
Sacred World Chants, Soundings of the Planet
Healing the Holy Land, Soundings of the Planet
First, Last, and Deposit, Noel House, Seattle, WA
Lydia McCauley’s music is heard on Sirius and XM Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio,
Jet Blue and Frontier Airlines, Musak, and many radio stations around the world.
McCauley’s album THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH rated as the
Number One Selling New Age album 2004, Goldenrod Music Distributors.
Placement in national CD listening stations in Borders Books and Music,
and Barnes & Noble Bookstores.
LYDIA McCAULEY SELECT RADIO FEATURES
Sirius Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
Martha Stewart Living Radio
MUSAK
FOLK ALLEY
Music Sojourn Radio
WLAC 1510 AM Nashville, TN
Highlander Radio 1270 AM, Cape Breton
CKJS FM, Winnipeg
WRUR FM 88.5, Rochester, NY
KPBS, San Diego, CA
WUMB, Boston, MA
WDBX FM, Carbondale, Illinois
KDMR FM, Branson, MO
CBC Radio
BBS Radio
Atlantic Crossing
Celtic Connections
The Mists of Avalon
New Music Radio
“Put her on the same shelf as Mary Black, Loreena McKennitt,
and Enya… She is simply that good.”
— Music Sojourn Radio
LYDIA McCAULEY MEDIA PERFORMANCE:
Live interviews and performances on NPR stations in Washington, California, and Kentucky
Live in Concert from the Seattle FolkLife Festival, KSER FM
Performance on KCTS 9, CONNECTS, PBS Television, Seattle
Television feature on KVOS, channel 12, Bellingham, WA
Television commercial for Soundings of the Planet Records
CD-ROM presentation of Lydia McCauley and Brimstone Music featured by Intel Corporation
LYDIA McCAULEY/BRIMSTONE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION: 
AEC One Stop
Goldenrod Music
Side Street Music
iTunes
CDBABY
AMAZON.COM
LYDIA McCAULEY/BRIMSTONE MUSIC
Contact:
Brimstone Music
4460 Squalicum Lake Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
(360) 647-0152
Email
Management:
Steven M. Gates
470 Halstead Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-3830
(914) 309-1560
email: steven@stevenmgates
website: www.stevenmgates.com