Ginger started out in Texas but is now happily living in Cleveland, Ohio since 2009.
From her earliest days, music was such an integral part of life. The family’s baby grand piano was one of her best friends as she grew up! Her parents’ collection of records educated her in every genre, from opera and folk, to gypsy, flamenco and polka! Coming of age during the Great Folk Revival, artists and groups like Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger and all the rest, became her teachers. Her piano playing graduated to guitar strumming. Wanting to be part of the folk music wave, she started writing little bits of song here and there and found that music was a great way to get along with just about everyone!
Fast forward some years, and Ginger acquired her first autoharp somewhere in the mid 1990’s. That was love at first sound and she’s never looked back! It was the same with the pennywhistle, too. She had a band called “Rowan Moon” before her journeys out of Texas and she gained some great experience with writing and producing music with them!
Now that she lives in Ohio, she has seven albums for a wide range of audience. Three albums are written with our younger pagan listeners in mind. Her latest release, EnCHANTica, is a collection of chants and songs that come from Spirit and all the Elements. The album grew out of the weekly video broadcast that started when the Covid lockdown hit back in March of 2020 – and has continued every Wednesday since!
She also performs in different guises, such as Posie the Flower Pixie and Snowdrop the Winter Fairy. In her fairy garb, she often says that her music is for K.O.A.A. – Kids Of All Ages!
In 2020, Ginger was voted Best Female Artist by the International Pagan Music Association. She endeavors to bring quality pagan music to every venue she can, real time and online. Her music is available on several online stations and all the streaming services.
“I take all my power back from you!”
Ginger Ackley is one of the 19 artists who have raised their voices in support of reproductive freedom on The Red Album: Pagan Voices for Reproductive Rights, which will be released in 2023. Her track is called Reclaim. She says about her track; “The traumas of life have captured small pieces of our souls. Those pieces remain trapped in the past, tethering both the person and those that have caused the pain. Neither can go forward until that tie is released. As I say in Reclaim; “It is time to reclaim our power and become whole!”
Learn more about Ginger Ackley
- artist/band website https://gingerackley.com/
- bandcamp site https://gingerackley.bandcamp.com/
- Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GingerAckleyMusic/
- YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SqNdEeIGwlgTFH0orIykw
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/larkoftheclans/
- artist page on International Pagan Music Association http://ipaganma.org/ginger-ackley/
Ginger’s blog posts here on Pagan Song
Breathing Out
Dancing With the Child Goddess
The Promise
