Biography
From the age of three onward, Georgia Kelly pursued rigorous classical training that shaped her into both a harpist and composer. Long before pop harpist Andreas Vollenweider reached American listeners, this West Coast artist drew widespread notice for spiritually focused harp recordings that she first issued and handled through her own Heru Records imprint. By the late 1970s she had become instrumental in shaping both the New Age genre and the infrastructure that supported it. Among the era’s like-minded figures were Steven Halpern, Iasos, Constance Demby, and harpist Joel Andrews.
Her 1978 release Seapeace, featuring electric violinist Tony Selvage, quickly became a staple in New Age bookstores and has since sold more than 250,000 copies while retaining classic status. That same year she joined Steven Halpern for Ancient Echoes, a series of sensually mysterious improvisations exploring the spiritual core of ancient civilizations. Hospitals, cancer clinics, drug-abuse programs, and massage therapists soon embraced the music’s calming, uplifting properties—qualities anchored in her flawless technique—for regular therapeutic use. In the late 1980s Kelly reconnected with her Yugoslavian roots on the album A Journey Home, recorded alongside guitarist Dusan Bodganovic.
Her 1978 release Seapeace, featuring electric violinist Tony Selvage, quickly became a staple in New Age bookstores and has since sold more than 250,000 copies while retaining classic status. That same year she joined Steven Halpern for Ancient Echoes, a series of sensually mysterious improvisations exploring the spiritual core of ancient civilizations. Hospitals, cancer clinics, drug-abuse programs, and massage therapists soon embraced the music’s calming, uplifting properties—qualities anchored in her flawless technique—for regular therapeutic use. In the late 1980s Kelly reconnected with her Yugoslavian roots on the album A Journey Home, recorded alongside guitarist Dusan Bodganovic.
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