"It was like she was singing my thoughts and feelings, with every single song.
Her voice is unbelievable! Such power! I had tears in my eyes
through most of the songs, even while laughing at the funny ones!"
--Cindy Henneman, Janesville, WI

"…a soundtrack to help one endure the pain....insightful ballads"
--James Coates, Chicago Tribune

"Louise Cloutier expresses very eloquently the innermost feelings
we all have about trauma we have experienced over time.
She has a way of healing the hurts with her music and words!
Having worked with the chronically ill in nursing homes
and now with severely disabled children in schools,
I'd love to be able to give this CD to all of my children's families.
I know it would touch their hearts immensely."
--Bonnie Heintskill, MS, CCC/sSLP, Speech and Language Pathologist Thiensville, WI

"Louise Cloutier toughs it out in the hard times, shines in good times,
and sings her heart out, no matter what."
--Barbara Uggen-Davis, EDS Today

"Composer, singer, multi-talented Louise Cloutier,
is a remarkable woman for many reasons; one being that
she dances with her disease: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
She is the Queen of "bouncing back", and she makes the best musical lemonade;
goodness knows, she's not short of lemons."
--Sukie de la Croix, Windy City Times, Chicago

"It's been a long time since any piece of music brings me to
self-reflective tears every time I listen to it... There were many times
I found myself thinking, 'Yes - I know exactly what you mean!...'
This music is not only for those who have 'danced with disease'…
but for all of us whose spirits have been injured,
and who are recovering and healing, one day at a time."
--Teresa Lynch, Chicago

"Burnt Rose addresses the essence of hurting...Although Louise Cloutier didn't
write the book on pain, she definitely wrote the music."
--Carol Mueller, Evanston Review

"Louise Cloutier has done what every gifted healer must do: she has gone through
her own wounds to bring out her transformative power. As we listen to this singer
we become attuned to our own healing energy and enter the realm of wholeness
that embraces suffering as an essential ally."
--Ken James PhD, Jungian psychoanalyst, Chicago

"This CD made me cry, ponder, give thanks ... a cauldron of healing potions."
--Amy Cranch, Chicago

"...an awesome collection of songs sung with passion, dedication and, yes, pain.
A shudder went down my spine when I listened to the CD the first time…It reverberates
through the speakers, the room and ends up in your heart and soul...
'Scent of a Burnt Rose' is not just a CD for people who survived;
it's a fabulous album of encouragement for every day of the year -- for everyone."
--Daniela Dohmen, 58706 Menden, NRW, Germany

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