New Year’s Gift from Stacey Joy

Thank you to everyone who helped make 2016 such an unforgettable year.

This year has seen the release of my most accomplished album so far. The Journey Unfolds has been as warmly received as I hoped it would be, all thanks to the hard work and dedication of David McCrae, Matheu Desilva and all the incredible musicians who made up our Silver Gypsy Band. I love and appreciate you guys so much!

Our touring lifestyle continues to grow richer and more fulfilling with every mile. From the Andes to the Kooteneys (to the desert beaches of Baja where I’m writing this message now) we’ve met so many wonderful people. Supportive, soulful spirits who appreciate the importance of music and art in our lives: Keep on shining on!

Special mention this year must go to our brave water protectors in Standing Rock, Dakota, and elsewhere across the globe. Your courage, resolve and dignity in the face of extreme provocation and violence continues to inspire anybody with a beating heart and compassionate mind. The battle was won, but the real work is only just beginning. Let us all do our part to ensure that peace, light, love, good clean water and healthy soil are the legacy we leave for future generations.

I wrote a song about this awakening called Holy Land, and one of the biggest highlights of 2016 was performing this song live on stage with a personal hero of mine: The First Lady of Native American Flute, double Grammy winner, Mary Youngblood.

This video of that performance is my New Year’s gift to you all. I hope you enjoy it.

I wish you all a happy and peaceful 2017.

Much love,

Stacey Joy

Holy Land – lyrics

Close your eyes

And listen,

There beneath the silence,

Secrets softly spoken in the wind

Can you hear

There in the distance,

A song

That’s been playing on since

The early waking light of the first dawn

Sweet water flows,

All is letting go,

Time to remember what we know

What do you say?

All the questions now are falling down,

There’s nothing more to figure out,

What have we come here for

If not to dance?

So let your feet go,

Let your memories flow

And hear this song

That’s been playing all along,

Flowing in the ocean

And swaying in the fields,

Echoed in the mountains

And inside you, can you feel

It’s rhythm in your body,

The lyrics in your mind,

It’s singing in your spirit,

Humming right behind your eyes,

All around

Is this sound

Of the Divine

Feel the earth is moving,

It’s cadence gently soothing

To recall a sacred past

Calling us back

As it moves on in

Won’t you come and take my hand,

When will we realize this all is holy land