Discover Peace in Karen Salicath Jamali’s New “Angel Raphael’s Touch”
There’s a kind of music that doesn’t ask for your attention—it simply waits for it. Karen Salicath Jamali’s latest single, “Angel Raphael’s Touch,” doesn’t arrive with bombast or dramatics. It just is—quiet, slow-burning, and deeply internal. You listen, and if you’re willing to stop thinking for long enough, you feel something.
Karen Salicath’s entire musical life came to her the way myth is said to arrive—through a rupture. A near-death experience in 2012 reshaped her mind’s relationship to sound. Since then, she’s composed thousands of pieces—each reportedly dream-guided, each more like a transmission than a production.
Backed by legendary mastering engineer Maria Triana (whose credits read like a Hall of Fame scroll—Aretha, Dylan, Sting), the piece stays true to its emotional frequency. Nothing has been polished into oblivion. The piano sounds unforced, honest, even raw. Every note seems to come from fingers that aren’t performing, just feeling.
The visual side of the project adds another layer. The single cover features Salicath’s own bronze sculpture of Archangel Raphael—the same figure the track honors. In an era where album art is often an afterthought, here it matters. The music and the sculpture stem from the same source: a dream. Together, they suggest something whole, an artist not dividing her disciplines but letting them converse.
Karen Salicath’s career has always lived at this intersection—of music, of fine art, of faith and experience. Recently named a National Finalist for The American Prize in Chamber Music, she’s racked up awards and accolades, but none of it seems to define her work as much as her own internal compass does.
Meanwhile, her single “A Moment of Peace” was honored with a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards, reinforcing her growing presence in the spiritual and contemporary classical scenes.