Darlene Sparling

I am a singer songwriter and artist of life from Cape Breton Island. I am just beginning to explore the world of music through sharing it with my debut album "Lessons From A Butterfly" Staying true to my message and organic writing style the musicians were freed from conventions and left to play through feeling and channelling that into the music so my message can be felt as well as heard. The album is a unique package of all the lessons I have learned on my journeys wrapped in a rhythmic, flowing, feeling of dancing barefoot in the rainforest or simply sitting amongst a moment of discord in life's moment and finding within it a beautiful harmony.
My music is a reflection of the experiences, and people that have changed my life. I have spent many years journeying to far off lands seeking solace and song and finding it within myself. What I discovered and what inspired me is reflected in my music. It tells my stories of encounters with moments that inspire growth and change within. My gypsy spirit calls me to spend my life journeying chasing this beauty. Inspiration lingers in the place you would least expect to find it. Through music I rediscover pieces of myself, which I share through the poetry. As I journey my memories become my muse and my songs become a musical journey through my spiritual one that took me to many corners and crevices of this beautiful earth.

"Lessons from a Butterfly" surround us when the weather lends itself to paint the picture of life being lived before us in its brightest and most colourful form. The Butterfly inspires me to follow its way in which it chases beauty and with each transformation, sharing a symbiotic relationship with nature in it's moment of both giving and receiving, as it rests upon the blossom of a flower. It is those lessons that we struggle to learn that inspire inherent transformation, and I share my lessons through song. Thank you to the spirit of the Butterfly, for inspiring me to continue chasing beauty and give back to the universe with the most sincere gratitude for each new day and it's unknown gifts.