Caraluna

Caraluna (“beloved moon” in Gaelic/Latin, “moon face” in Spanish) is the multilingual indie-world-folk project of singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Jesse Edward Thom, whose first solo album, “Snowdragons,” was rated in the top ten albums of the year by Folk Radio UK.

Inspired by old-world singers such as Jacques Brel and by minimalist composers like Yann Tiersen, Thom infuses simple, emotionally compelling melodies with poetic, life-affirming musings from his years of travel throughout Latin America, Western Canada, Spain and the UK. The project also draws influence from the art of Sacred Clowning, which Thom has studied under teacher/performer Didier Danthois in Tenerife, Spain, for the past several years.

Based in the Gulf Islands of BC, Canada, Caraluna features Thom’s rich and relaxed voice accompanied by guitalele as the foundation of its sound. The songs are filled out by horns, accordion, piano, bass and drums.

Strongly rooted in the practice of somatic meditation (and working for the past several years, in addition to being a musician, as a meditation instructor), Thom brings the recurring themes of direct perception, intuitive knowing and reconnection with the body and earth into all of Caraluna’s music.