Was very recently in the process of recording 2 new vocal CDs at the same time, is about to finish, "There Beneath the Stars" and will continue work on the 12 vocal songs yet to be finished for the next album...and then...the next instrumental...Brian Henke tells stories, and composes and performs his music like a painter putting images on canvas, a kind of sonic shaman, drawing his inspiration from life and the natural world around him.
You can listen to bits and pieces of the new music as it get's finished and some actually in the process of being recorded here at Revebnation.
His 7 solo instrumental acoustic guitar CD's Many Waters, Love Song for Terra, Force of Nature, Nature of Light, Tree of Life, A Child's Garden and Seven Magic Spells are a cornucopia of sonic vistas. He celebrates the seasons, a Grand Canyon Sunset, the fireside magic of an American shaman, playful waterfalls, a procession of faeries in the mist on a Scottish moor, magic spells and the light of dreams to name a few.
His first vocal CDs "Sun and the Moon and the Stars", his second "Raven King", his 3rd "Dance with the Fireflies" are already out, his 4th "To the Faire" released kast year and the 5th vocal CD will hopefully be finished and out soon.
His unique guitar style has been called everything from Folk to New Age to neo Classical to Pastoral or as Brian like to call it "A big stewpot of everything stirred up simmered and served to taste". His music appeals to everyone who likes their music lyrical, thought provoking and performed with virtuosity. Through it all is an undercurrent of spirituality and mysticism that Brian says is very much a part of the creative process. Because of this he has received radio airplay all over the world on shows as diverse as WKSU's Folk Alley and Echoes.
"Brian's fretwork is masterful, elaborate and he makes every note count...His compostions are harmonious, sometimes complicated, but always engaging....organic, mesmerizing and best of all magic." - RJ Lannon, Zone Music Reporter
"Fans of Brian Henke's absorbing, expressive and intoxicating acoustic compositions will revel in his aptly titled 7th release "Seven Magic Spells". With fretwork that is alternately poetic, symphonic and balletic in breadth and depth, Henke truly creates magic with his custom double neck harp guitar and a Larrivee LC-09. Compositionally, Henke creates a sonic journey worthy of a mythological hero. It begins with a sense of unfulfilled longing in "Good Morning Gypsy Moon" and wanders through one sweeping musical adventure after another, some pastoral ("Magic Spell #1 :Breathe in, Breathe Out"), others fraught with danger ("Magic Spell #3 : Fire in the Dark"), only to resolve in the idyllic and peaceful "Magic Spell #7 : Floating". "Seven Magic Spells" mesmerizes with a sense of gestalt similar to a concerto. Remarkably, Henke is the instrumentalist and the orchestra in one". - James Filkins - Minor 7th
