Open Up (Music from Lectio365 Midday Prayers)

Rich Dawson is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. He is half of writing duo Cardboard Carousel along with his wife Calliopi Dawson. He has written and recorded for Emmaus Rd Worship as well as creating some of the musical soundscapes for the Lectio365 app, which he produces the audio for. This Soundcloud page is dedicated to his work for Lectio 365 but check out his other work, along with Calliopi Dawson and their collaborative project Cardboard Carousel, on all major streaming platforms.

Canadian born, raised between the Cape Peninsula mountains and beaches of South Africa, and making the North Downs of Surrey, England his current home; Rich Dawson has always been drawn to the mystic and nomadic beauty of the outdoors. They are his chapel; a place of praise, prayer, petition and pilgrimage. He sees the wilderness as a mirror to the rough terrain each of us journeys through during our years on this earth. And so, Rich has developed a passion for creating music that reflects the beauty and mystery of pilgrimage. Music that grapples with the heartache of human suffering whilst defiantly pointing toward the hope, light, love and redemption found in the Divine.