Hollow Bone, The 10 track album, written and produced by Ayla Nereo, is a triumph of vocal exploration. 

Limited instrumentation allows Nereo’s compelling voice to fill every space for 30 minutes of auditory bliss. According to Nereo, “To be a Hollow Bone is to receive whatever the creative muses want to pour through us, and to give it as it is given …” 

Clearly, that is what Nereo is striving for with this work, and she more than delivers. She delves deep into the qualities and complexities of her own instrument and leaves them here for careful contemplation. In the opening track, she gently implores the “Eastern Sun” to “melt the cold from [her] bones,” and declares that “like a child, [she] is born again,” setting the tone for the ethereal experience that is Hollow Bone.