About the Album

A haunting exploration of piano at its most mournful and brooding, possessed highlights music meant for dim hours and shadowed rooms. Holding hostage to reflect deeply on grief, each track carries the weight of absence, calling out to long-lost memories and emotions. A rare generational collaboration between mother-son pianists, Beth Anderson and David Levine, possessed has been carefully crafted to support introspection and self-reflection. 

The idea for this album was formed by considering: when possessed by grief, how do we endure? Perhaps it represents connection, somehow cosmically, to those who have passed away and to ancestors who we never had the privilege of meeting. Especially with intention, music creates a safe space to explore this connection. Maybe they live through and beside us, and when we drop our defenses, we begin to perceive them. This album is dedicated to self-reflection and ritual. An hour of dark, introspective classical piano music has been carefully recorded to support your journey. The magically-inclined listeners will savor knowing that every track in this album has been recorded with the intention to invite loved-ones and ancestors into dreams.

Following his debut refuge, pianist David Levine returns with possessed, a rare generational collaboration with his mother, Beth Anderson.

In her early years, Beth Anderson studied flute and piano, playing professionally as a classical pianist, accompanist for many musicals, and church pianist. She varied her career between teaching piano, performing, software engineering, and engineering management. In 1998, Beth debuted, Meditations, an hour-long album of contemporary music. Throughout her varied career, her favorite role has been as Mom and Grandmom to her kids and grandkids. After her hiatus, she returns to the piano in possessed, contributing over 15 minutes of precision and emotive-touch through her diverse selections.

Cultivating a broad audience on Youtube since 2024, David Levine removes the "scholastic" element from the world of Classical Music to help listeners that are new to the genre find an emotional connection. His published discography includes over 2-hours of Classical & Romantic-Era music as of May 2026. Through his Music Heals Newsletter, David presents music with relatable storytelling that supports emotional wellbeing. Based in Lansing, Michigan, he performs locally at various medical-rehab and memory-care facilities, connecting with hundreds of people in-person to promote self-reflection with music as medicine. His digital live-streams and music videos on Youtube have been viewed 193,767+ times over 3,534+ watch-hours, connecting with thousands over his candidness as a self-proclaimed "amateur" pianist. A major theme he highlights is acknowledging the critical nature of Classical Music culture, and to overcome it simply by spreading kindness and support to fellow musicians.