Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger - Singing Stones

This is the music of ancient mysteries being rediscovered, of instruments created long before human voices echoed through the valley. This is the sound of stones ringing across the desert, the music of ancient mysteries being rediscovered. Celebrated electronic composer Michael Stearns has long been fascinated with Native American myths involving singing stones. On previous recordings, he designed synthesized sounds to bring the essence of these legends to life. In the early 1990s, however, Stearns came across an archeological paper that proved the existence of such phenomena. A number of ringing rocks had been discovered throughout the Southwest, usually at prolific petroglyph sites. It had just taken a while for scientists to think of hitting the decorated stones to see if they made musical sounds. When these granite boulders or rock ledges were finally struck with a smaller stone, they rang out with the clarity of a beautifully crafted chime. It wasn't hard to visualize prehistoric