Margalla Hills is a beautiful collection of instrumentals featuring guitars, both nylon and steel string, layered in imaginative and playful ways that create a series of musical vignettes. Some are wistful, others whimsical, but all stand together as joyous creations to be experienced and enjoyed! This music has a guitar-centered spiritual focus, or home, for this composer/musician from Indiana. The choice of the album cover on Margalla Hills relates to another home, spiritual in its beauty yet solidly grounded in her new family. The Margalla Hills are a part of the lesser Himalayas located north of Islamabad. The rock formations of Margalla Hills are 40 million years old, and fossils of marine life abound, indicating that Margalla Hills were at one time under the sea. Sitting in view of this scenery for many evenings, cradling her baby on the balcony, listening to stories shared by her daughter's grandparents, she and her daughter became connected to this land, now a part of each of them. The music of Michelle Qureshi is enchanting and healing, at times mysterious and mesmerizing, drawn with delicate, soulful sounds. Peaceful, healing melodies that quiet the mind and shimmering, crisp guitar sounds are celebrated on this album. Margalla Hills is the seventh album released by Michelle Qureshi, Music as Metaphor on CD Baby. Along with Flow, Meditations, Ruh, Suite Beats, Illumination, and Of Light, Margalla Hills offers a serene and beautiful experience to the listener. More about Michelle and her music may be found at www.michellequreshi.com Testimonials "Summer Morning Breeze is so beautiful Michelle. Thank you for sharing." Pat O'Meara "Michelle, I absolutely love 'Margalla Hills'! I got some real good music on my iPhone, just wanted to say thanks for your great work." Kathleen Epp "Music As Metaphor with Michelle Qureshi, her music is sensational!" Mary E Rapier LaLuna