Album Notes

Six years ago, Rosemary Siemens and Loren Hiebert recorded their first CD of hymn improvisations titled "Take My Hand." This classically-trained violin/piano duo has now produced another full-length recording of gospel favorites in a variety of improvisational styles. Ranging from jazz to gospel to country to loungy, all the tracks on this CD have a freshness usually not found on a studio recording. Rosemary and Loren do many live concerts together and always invite requests from the audience. They frequently try out new songs for the first time in these concert settings. So every track of the recording has the creativity and spontaneity of a live performance.