Musician and composer Catherine Marie Charlton first sat at a piano when she was 8. There was an instant bond that’s lasted a lifetime. Her newest recording project, “Simple Gifts: Solo Piano for the ...
After 150 years, “Simple Gifts” isn’t so simple anymore. The song composed in 1848 by Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett as an easy-to-learn tune for Shaker worship — extolling the virtues of a simple life ...