Freddy Larrosa
Prayer at the Opening Prayer Circle (Thu) · firekeeper all weekend · Sunday 9:00 PM set
Out of the head, into the heart: a firekeeper's songs remembering that no one rises alone.
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With every breath, anchor that loveWhat Freddy carried
Freddy was called up to pray on the first afternoon and gave thanks for "the unity of community", bringing each person's power "as a love offering to this land." From that day he tended the summit's sacred fire. On Sunday he opened with Ancestros, aire, tierra, agua y fuego, and shared the lore of the circle: we come "to cut our heads off" and "drop into our hearts and live from that love dimension that we're co-creating here." Then he gave the stage away, to the brothers on percussion, to Sierra Marin and Trev, to a room singing It Takes a Village back to him. No one rises alone. His children taught him the rest: little flowers "don't ask permission to shine." He closed with an open heart: "My heart is so wide open and I hope yours is too, familia."
- prayer
- fire-keeping
- song and guitar
- frame drum
- call-and-response singing
- inviting collaborators onto the stage
In their own words
“Just giving thanks for the unity of community, of coming together, of bringing together each individual's power and bringing that as a love offering to this land to bring about this new earth that we're all envisioning together.”
“So with every breath that we take, may we continue to anchor in all that love that this earth needs to continue to regenerate so that it continues to hold us and our generations to come,”
“My name is Freddy Larrosa. I come from the land of Ecuador, bearing gifts in medicine, music, and my heart's expression.”
“It takes a village / Oh, it takes a village / It takes some coming together in our hearts and in our minds / It takes a village to shine”
“Welcome to paradise / The paradise of flowers / You don't need permission to shine a thousand colors”
“These little flowers, they don't ask permission to shine. They just are…”
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“And part of the lore of Huachuma is that we come to the circle to cut our heads off, so that we no longer are stuck in our heads and stuck in our minds and the thoughts that create all these stories that bring troubles about in our life, but rather have an opportunity to drop into our hearts and live from that love dimension that we're co-creating here.”
“and just remembering that when we can cut our heads off and drop into the heart, there's so much more coherence in the field.”
“My heart is so wide open and I hope yours is too, familia.”
The set, song by song
Eight songs, in the order they were played. Each one plays here as it premieres.The set · 1:02:53
5 of 8Welcome to Paradise (with Sierra Marin, Trev and friends)
What Freddy is up to in the world
Freddy Larrosa is an Ecuador-born singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Maine, whose original music is rooted in Nueva Trova, folk and world music and played live on a looping rig of guitar, drums, flute and voice. He founded Gardenhouse Records and created GardenFest, and he teaches music in Bath, Maine.
For you, Freddy
Thank you for what you brought to the Love Dimension. This page is our gift back to you: the words you gave us, the films cut from your time on stage, and the frames caught while weaving through it all.
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