HUM∀N is a mirror to the soul, touching on many topics that make us who we are. Music that gives you the feels.
There’s a little piece of all of us in HUM∀N. We know you’ll find yourself or someone you love in one of these 15 songs, 17 tracks. Head to our youtube channel to find videos for HUM∀N including HUMAN, Beauty of it All, Angels in the Sun, Red River, A Poison Tree and our 1st single The Great Divide.

HUM∀N was recorded with Vancouver’s most sought after musicians including Jerry Wong, Nick Haggar, Liam MacDonald, Jeremy Holmes, Joe Alvaro, Jordan Aranas and Geeta Das.
Recorded with award winning Producer/Engineer Sheldon Zaharko at Zed Productions, HippoSonic Studios, Monarch Studios and Grassy Knoll Studio/L8R Records Inc (assistant Engineer Dave Slote).

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Produced by Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets. All songs Recorded and Engineered by Sheldon Zaharko Come Down, Red River, Carousel, Hey Hey, Way Down recorded at Zed Productions HUMAN, Angels in the Sun, Dear Hate, If I Could Just Have One, Beauty of it All, Tell me it’s Alright, Time, Giving in Giving up recorded at HippoSonic Studios The Great Divide, Gleam and Beam recorded at Grassy Knoll Studio, Assistant Engineer Dave Slote Angels (Reprise) recorded at Monarch Studios Mastered at Zed Productions. Cherelle; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine, Mandolin, Percussion Marc; Vocals, Piano, Synth, String Arrangements, Percussion Scott Jackson; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica Jerry Wong; Electric Guitars – HUMAN, Angels in the Sun, Dear Hate, If I Could Just Have One, Beauty of it All, Tell me it’s Alright, Time, Giving in Giving up, Gleam and Beam, Great Divide Nick Haggar; Bass – If I could just have one, Beauty of it all, Tell me it’s alright, Giving in Giving Up Jeremy Holmes; Bass – HUMAN, Angels in the Sun, Dear Hate, Time Liam MacDonald; Drums – Percussion – HUMAN, Angels in the Sun, Dear Hate, If I Could Just Have One, Beauty of it All, Tell me it’s Alright, Time, Giving in Giving up
Joe Alvaro; Bass – Great Divide, Gleam and Beam Jordan Aranas; Violin – HUMAN, If I Could Just Have One, Dear Hate, Beauty of it All Geeta Das; Muted Trumpet – Way Down, Flute – Carousel. Cover art by Pamela Windeyer Photography by Keith Clark Design and Layout by Matthew McGreevy Manufactured by DMA Discs – Shuyler Jansen HUMAN voices on Angels (Reprise) Olivia Gofinku, Bahareh Rajabi, Elena Vahidi, Jordan Aranas, Laywa Quelch, Bernie Aubin, Tom Mrnka, Karen Barg, Inessa Galperin, Mik Chuahuiko, Erika Hernandez, Otis Jiry, Gino Crudo, Cherelle Jardine

Please watch our Video for the story behind HUM∀N https://youtu.be/bRpNzMK-PFA?si=BPTdlfgfICGsh6TV

We didn’t know it, but we’ve been waiting our whole lives to make this album.
When we wrote The Great Divide, we knew this project was going to be our invitation to the world to do better, to be kind, to spread love.  

When performing a few of the songs live like the Great Divide, Gleam and Beam and seeing people’s reactions after the show, we connected, heart to heart, and they shared how much they connected to the songs.

In our lifetime we’ve never been in the middle of such a dangerous divide, in just about every facet of life.  We know how powerful music is and we felt compelled to write songs that would bring people together, spread peace and love, unite hearts and combat hate, one listener at a time.

This then, is a Stone Poets peace movement, with songs like The Great Divide, Dear Hate, Beauty of it All, Hey Hey, Tell me it’s Alright, Gleam and Beam just to name a few.  The entire album touches on the themes mentioned above.

After the songs were written and while we were recording, we had to think of a title.  One of the songs is called Human, so we decided to call the whole album HUMAN.  We had a logo designed that was filled with genome sequencing and, as the song lyric is, “no one's perfect, we're human after all”, we decided to turn the A upside down.  In math, an upside down A is the universal quantifier meaning for all, for each, for every.  For us, it really highlights our desire, the need, for inclusivity. 

Next was the perfect cover art to convey our messaging and enlisted Vancouver artist Pamela Windeyer to paint the concept.  We imagined two people holding each other, showing love, peace and harmony. She is so tuned into our music that she came up with a beautiful piece of art for us that expressed exactly what we envisioned.

To tie all the pieces together, DNA strands were placed throughout the packaging as no two people have exactly the same DNA sequence, but the DNA base pair sequence of all people is nearly identical—that’s what makes us all humans. Our friend, Keith Clark shot our photo for the back cover.

We are so grateful to our co-producer, Sheldon Zaharko and musician friends, Jerry Wong, Nick Haggar, Liam MacDonald, Jeremy Holmes, Jordan Aranas, Geeta Das and Joe Alvaro who helped bring the songs to life.  

It’s time to get the message out to the world. Peace movements are hard to start, but we believe once they start rolling, there’s no stopping them!

Now that the album is out, the reviews we’ve been receiving are exactly what we hoped for when we started putting this project together.  We’d like to share some with you.

Please follow this link to hear what people are saying about HUM∀N.