MUSIC/BOOK REVIEW OF THE DAY: LINDA BROOKS – ORCHESTRA IN MY GARDEN
By Bob Mersereau
May 1, 2018
I hadn’t heard from Bedford, Nova Scotia’s Linda Brooks in awhile, as her last album was a Christmas one, back in 2013. I was wondering where she had been, and as it turned out, she’d been in her garden. While you might think that she was avoiding music being there, as it turns out, all that digging, planting and nurturing was not only inspiring her creativity, it also has led directly to her latest album. And that album is not just music, it’s a unique creation that merges her passion for gardening, her writing, and her songs as well. It’s a multi-layered project, containing essays, photography and music all inspired by gardening, called Orchestra In My Garden: Lessons Learned From Digging Deep.