Braided River Books 
The Flame of Peace
1st June 2022
A unique ceremony and concert dedicated to the Hiroshima Peace Flame with Hiroki Okano and Nigel Shaw.
Welcome to
Seventh Wave Music 
Braided River Books
Nigel Shaw & Carolyn Hillyer
Welcome to
Seventh Wave Music
Braided River Books
Nigel Shaw & Carolyn Hillyer
We welcome you to this website, to the hearth fire of our ancestor roundhouse and to this place of wild sanctuary on Dartmoor. We live and work in the heart of the southwest moors, amid the high hills, upland streams and misted valleys. Here we create music albums and concerts, books and paintings, traditional flutes and drums, women’s workshops and instrument making weekends, small festivals and gentle gatherings on our ancient farm. Within these pages you can hear audio samples from our music, wander around recent releases and new publications, find out about our concert and workshop programme, explore our library of films or dip into the archives to see past projects. Our music label Seventh Wave Music pages are marked with a spiral, our publishing house Braided River Books pages are marked with a wing.
We hope you will enjoy your visit to this online roundhouse.
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Latest News
New T-shirt designs, Weavers and Global
30th March 2022
Two new beautiful climate neutral organic cotton t-shirt based on the Shaman Weavers and Global designs.
Braided River Workshops
4th February 2022
Carolyn is offering a series of new women’s workshop journeys on Dartmoor and has just published details about her online workshop programme.
Loom Cloth Postcards
31st January 2022
New publication for the spring, a collection of 48 beautiful postcards featuring 12 designs from Carolyn’s Shaman Weaver loom cloths.
Films and live stream concerts
29th January 2022
During the last few years we have created a series of filmed and live-stream concerts and ceremonies that may be viewed on our YouTube channel.
Wild Litany
28th January 2022
Carolyn’s new publication is a beautifully-produced and comprehensive archive of 200 songs and chants, with music notations and colour photos.
Her Bone Bundle
27th January 2022
A unique book of words curated and woven by Carolyn, a lyrical exploration into the mythic spirit of the Proto-Celtic ancestral mother language with an imaginative re-awakening for song and ceremony.
Ancestors & Bones Organic Cotton T-Shirts
26th January 2022
Weavers, Global, Ancestors and Bones, beautiful climate neutral organic cotton T-shirts, featuring images adapted from our album covers, sold to support the work of Survival International.
Nine Prayers North
25th January 2022
Our most recent album Nine Prayers North continues to sit at the heart of our online concerts and we will be travelling with it again this year. You can find more details under new releases.