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Facing Future - Facing Future by Israel
Gloria Estefan - Gloria Estefan: "Like coming home, but
Hang Massive - I stumbled on Hang Massive, fell under its spell and put it in heavy rotation. And then I licensed the rights for the video preview of my novel. One
In times of trouble, reach for music that’s comfort food for the soul: Danit Treubig, Beethoven, Víkingur Ólafsson, Cesaria Evora, Miles Davis, and more - It’s almost May, but it feels like March here: gray, windy, chilly, with rare gorgeous days. The news is no help --- it delivers a steady message of stupid and
Jennifer Berezan - “ReTurning” is one idea, 52 minutes long, not quite a loop, definitely a drone. The idea is hymnal --- a chant "returning…. to the mother of us all" --- with
Krishna Das: “Kirtan Wallah” - Up early. Coffee. And then I’m here. I have technical skills now, maybe even mastery, but writing was easier when I was a brash kid just trying to make my name.
Krishna Das: Heart As Wide As The World - 1968. I was getting straight As in my final year at Harvard. I had a book contract with The Viking Press. My girlfriend was smoking hot. And I was completely, utterly
Krishna Das: Live Ananda - “Live Ananda,” by Krishna Das, was nominated for a Grammy in the New Age category. I would never have predicted this. But if any American singing Hindu blues were to break through,
Krishna Das: Trust in the Heart - I write about Krishna Das every chance I get --- here’s the primer, and then there’s this and this and this and this and this --- because his chants work
Manu Chao and the Most Popular Song in the World - The most popular song in the world? The New York Times reports that it's "Despacito," an upbeat Latin dance song that's about hot fun of the adult variety. How often
Mariza - She sobs. Sighs. Screams. Spits. This isn’t music, you think --- it’s spiritual begging, desire pressed against the inadequacy of language. If Joe Cocker could sing the Portuguese blues, he’d
Martha Wainwright’s Piaf Record: Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris - It was the last benefit of the summer in the Hamptons. Rufus Wainwright and Norah Jones were the headliners. Martha Wainwright – sister of Rufus, a comparative unknown --- was
Martin Wolff - Martin Wolff first became known to me as one of those readers of "Swami Uptown" ---- the blog where I used to unload all the spiritual/political ranting that I
Masters of Chicha, Vol. 1 - When you finish reading this, you're likely to be the only person in your circle to know about chicha. And if you actually bring Masters of Chica, Vol. 1 into your
Mulatu Astatke - The ingredients sound...odd. Mulatu Astatke grew up in Ethiopia but went abroad to study jazz in America. He was influenced by Miles Davis and John Coltrane --- and by the organist
Music for the New Year - So he's a crook and likely insane, and she's a liar, and then there's the heartless one, and the bought-and-paid-for one, and the know-nothing, and --- but after two years,
Music from the Arctic Circle - Guest Butler Laura Galloway is an old friend of this site --- she was a crucial helper at its launch. Now she’s an entrepreneur and journalist studying Sami culture. Sami?
Muslim Music - If you don’t know better, Muslims are barbarians who have traded their traditional robes and swords for assault rifles and bombs. This is, of course, nonsense. There are men
