Heartfelt collaboration by the powerful duo, acclaimed Iranian-American composer Layla Minoui, and singer-songwriter Julia Bryan. A journey through the process of deep healing and coming home to oneself.

Here I Am

Not Ready is the first complete song I wrote, just before I turned 18. I was terrified of growing up. I had this sense that once I got my driver’s license, I would begin to lose touch with myself and move through life like some sort of zombie. Looking back, I understand now. How many of us have lost ourselves in the quagmire of what our society or religion expects us to be? My little soul understood something profound– that there were so many people walking through life without truly living, stuck on a sort of autopilot, and disassociated from their hearts. I wanted to really LIVE.

Not Ready

A cover of one of my favorite Jewel songs. I lived and breathed Jewel in high school. The themes she wrote about in her first two albums had a deep affect on my life. Recorded in 2006.

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Deep Water

I learned this song after receiving Jewel's "Pieces of You" songbook for Christmas when I was 16. I was SO STOKED. I adored every single song on this album, and I'm so thankful for the messages Jewel was preachin' to my young heart back in those days. They slipped in there, even though it took me years to navigate back to my heart. 

Angel Standing By

Cricket Symphony is about discovering the magic of the here now. The mystery of the middle way. Written after one of the most challenging years of my life, challenges that revealed something much deeper ..

Julia Bryan

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