Michael Franti is a globally recognized musician, activist, hotel owner (Soulshine Bali) and award-winning filmmaker revered for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts and the power of optimism.
Throughout his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1’s with triumphantly hopeful hits “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You)” and “I Got You,” as well as six Top 30 Hot AC singles, 10 Top 25 AAA Singles and three Billboard Top 5 Rock Albums.
Spearhead’s 12th studio album Follow Your Heart, released in June 2022 and debuted at No. 2 on the iTunes Pop Chart behind Harry Styles.
“One thing I learned these last couple of years is that people need people,” shares Franti. “I wrote many songs about connection, resilience and finding the light, even in the midst of all the crazy. Somewhere in there we find resilience, and I hope Follow Your Heart gives fans the courage to continue looking for and holding onto that perseverance.”
In January 2019, Franti released his self-directed documentary Stay Human, which won an array of awards at film festivals worldwide and influenced his writing for his album Stay Human Vol. II (Thirty Tigers), which debuted at No. 1 on both the Americana and Independent Album charts and received critical acclaim from USA Today, Billboard, Associated Press and Paste.
Franti’s Stay Human podcast presented by PACT is nearing its 100th episode and features creatives from all walks of life, with new episodes available each week. Go to StayHumanPodcast.com for more details. Franti continues to foster community both on and off stage with a wish granting non-profit, Do It For The Love, founded by Michael and his wife, Sara. Do It For The Love brings those with life threatening illnesses, veterans, and children with severe challenges to concerts worldwide, fulfilling over 3,300 wishes and touching the lives of over 12,000 people to date.
Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das – known to friends, family, and fans as simply “KD” – has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time. To date, KD has released 16 well received albums, including Live Ananda (released January 2012) that was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.
KD spent the late ’60’s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in 1970, finally made the journey to India, where he met Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji. Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion. After the passing of Maharaj-ji, he took solace in music, as well as finding peace and strength in his yoga chant practice. In 1994, KD started leading chant in public first in NYC, and then to an ever-growing audience of yoga students, and expanding to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, which streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film ‘One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das’ has been in over 100 US cities, over 10 countries worldwide. and is available on DVD everywhere.
KD now travels the world sharing his kirtan practice and wonderful stories of his life, of Maharaji-ji, of his life on the Path, and discusses bringing chanting into our lives through retreats and workshops. During COVID times he has chanted online every week for the worldwide satsang.
More information on KrishnaDas.com
One of the most poignant voices currently floating about, Ayla Nero is an otherworldly artist who shares the fruits of her soul — The Huffington Post
Ayla’s relationship with the earth is imprinted in her music… expansive and intriguing — Billboard
Ayla Nereo is as a voice for the planet, a modern bard and beacon who dances songs directly from her soul. With lyrical poetry splashing across a canvas of sound, her music has an uncanny ability to disarm and crack open the heart, as she sings for the depth of our humanness, and for the return to our pure wonder of existence. Her lucid storytelling and magical presence onstage and off creates a force field that is palpable, joyous, deep, and utterly enchanting.
With a particular joy for bridging musical styles, Ayla’s songs seem a genre unto their own, as she weaves between vocal looping, produced beats, live drumming, orchestral string arrangements, Celtic melodies, disco rhythms, electronic soundscapes, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay. Calling us to listen deeper, her songs are elegant masterpieces of lucid storytelling, with lyrics ringing as anthems for planetary healing, human potential, beauty, and compassion.
Though you’d never know it by witnessing her perform, Ayla grew up with an intense fear of singing. In her final year of college, songs began pouring through her, and it was only through the constant urging of those around her that she began to slowly share her music. Propelled by the songs themselves, Ayla’s journey of meeting those fears and singing through them has grown her into the powerful performer she is today, touching an ever-widening global audience with the inspiring magic of her songs.
A child schooled at home in the hills of Sonoma County, Ayla was raised on Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, opera, classical music, traditional celtic songs, and ABBA — influences which have deeply shaped her music. Touching on both the timeless and modern, she always rides the line between genres, so that her songwriting and sound ultimately cannot be compared to anyone else.
Dancing her own songs on stage as she sings them, her movement and presence gives the audience a permission to be wild, real, vulnerable, and alive. Every performance Ayla gives is its own inspired journey; an enchanting and poignant experience that holds you by the heart and doesn’t let go.
After touring 33 cities in 6 weeks with The Polish Ambassador for the first Permaculture Action Tour, she began to create her own Herbalism Action Days to connect her fanbase with their local plant-teachers and healers, to empower communities to know what medicines and foods grow around them, and support the self-reliance of individuals to reclaim their own health care and community food systems. She is excited to weave more action days into her future touring.
Ayla released her 6th solo album, the phenomenal By The Light of the Dark Moon, in the spring of 2019 via Jumpsuit Records. The album marks a distinct stepping-out into the world arena. Dancing between genres across each song, this album is a journey of finding light through darkness, connecting to what is currently happening in our world with many collective shadows rising to be seen and healed. “By the Light of the Dark Moon,” as Ayla shares, “speaks to what becomes visible when times get darker, whether it be within us, or as a culture, or out in the sky above.” This album is a beacon, illuminating hope, awareness, and a deep sense of wonder for all of Life. As the opening track calls forth, “We the shining forest… to the darkness bring song.” Ayla has also 2 albums with her project Wildlight (her collaboration with David Sugalski, aka The Polish Ambassador), and 3 collaboration albums.
Honing her impeccable artistry and craft over the years, Ayla has developed a deeply loyal fanbase, one that has recently seen exponential growth into widening circles across the planet. After a nationwide tour supporting the album release in the spring of 2019, a full summer of notable festival appearances, a sold out appearance at Red Rocks with Nahko & Medicine for the People and Trevor Hall, a co-headlining concert with Rising Appalachia, supporting Nahko & Medicine for the People on 14 dates this past fall, and her second nationwide and European tours set for this year, Ayla’s music is reverberating from a west-coast transformational niche into larger global audiences, to inspire and uplift the hearts of humanity. Her music is currently seeing rapid and increasing growth throughout the US, Europe, as well as Canada, Australia, and dozens of other countries.
Raghunath is a master teacher of yoga asana, and bhakti philosophy, and a kirtan leader. He
co-founded the #1 podcast for Hinduism/Spirituality, Wisdom Of the Sages: a daily yoga podcast
in 2020, and founded Supersoul Farm in upstate NY where he lives with his family, teaches and
leads retreats and trainings. He annually leads a sold-out pilgrimage to India. Raghu has been a
guest on Rich Roll and Joe Rogan podcasts. His upcoming book Punk to Monk is slated to be
released in the spring of 2024.
MC YOGI is a recording artist, award winning author, and yoga teacher. He’s taught yoga and performed across the globe headlining at festivals in over 30 US cities as well as Canada, Mexico, Japan, China and Korea. His unique style of music and teaching is joy filled and
spiritually up lifting. His first three records were all #1 on the iTunes world music charts and his fifth album, Ritual Mystical, reached #1 on apple electronic music. In 2017 HarperOne published his memoir, Spiritual Graffiti which tells the story of his early years as a juvenile delinquent, living at a group home for at risk boys, to discovering yoga and launching his career as MC YOGI which would eventually lead to sharing yoga and music on the world stage including the Forbidden City in China and at the White House. When he is not on tour, MC YOGI teaches at his home studio Point Reyes Yoga, which he founded with his wife Amanda in 2001.
For more information please visit mcyogi.com
Desert Dwellers is the convergence of music producers Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe, who honed their individual skills in the mystical deserts of New Mexico and California, long before electronic music reached the mainstream. Amani and Treavor combine the raw sounds of the natural world, wrapped in dance-floor and chill-out productions; blending deep bass, earthy percussion, etheric voices, and cross-cultural instrumentation into a sonic incense for the mind and body. Desert Dwellers’ unique global sounds are a bridge between worlds, and their label Desert Trax has become a platform to spotlight similar alchemical artists.
Brought together in the late ‘90s through the legendary Moontribe gatherings, in 2019 the duo celebrated their 20th anniversary of making music together, adding depth to their reputation as a pioneering and prolific downtempo, psybass, and tribal house act from the United States. The culmination of two decades of partnership has forged their Beatport #1 selling electronica album BREATH, out on Black Swan Sounds, which features more than 20 musicians and vocalists over a 10-track journey. In 2020, the duo released a series of three BREATH remix albums across the BPM spectrum by a whole host of major figures in the industry.
Desert Dwellers’ studio output is matched only by their extensive touring history, which juxtaposes performances at America’s most iconic venues like Red Rocks, festivals like Symbiosis, Lightning in a Bottle, Burning Man, and Coachella, with high-powered sets at the biggest trance festivals around the world; BOOM in Portugal and Rainbow Serpent in Australia. Desert Dwellers are equally at home in clubs as they are in yoga studios, and the jungles, deserts, and mountains of far-flung international festivals.
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I just want to write and perform songs that touch the heart and help others
Letting go of genre, expectation, and boxes, Satsang has leaned into the power of songwriting to drive their forthcoming release, Flowers From The Fray (the band’s 5th album in 6 years) due out Fall 2022.
Recorded and self-produced with the help of bandmate and longtime collaborator Parker Brown, this record finds the duo tucked away in a secluded cabin in Southwest Montana digging back into the foundation on which Satsang was founded on. “These songs were all so personal to me” says Drew McManus. “Whether it was really sifting through the stage of life I had found myself in which was a kind of dark night of the soul, or leaning into the love of my wife. This record is truly me bearing my heart. I needed to seclude myself to find out where these songs wanted to go, and having Parker’s musical guidance had a big hand in that.”
This record, coupled with the band’s last release All. Right. Now. is a maturing. A growing into the songwriter and musicians that the band was destined to be. A settled and firm foundation of influences and sound that brings every external aspect in and finds it internalized and distilled into “Flowers From the Fray”.
Radhika Das is widely being considered kirtan’s next rockstar. 15 years ago, he went in search of spiritual truth and deeper happiness. The path he connected most with is “Bhakti Yoga,” the journey of love and devotion, and of the various limbs of bhakti, Radhika dedicated most of
himself to becoming absorbed in the ancient practice of Kirtan.
I’m devoting my life to helping people find spiritual fulfilment, whether it be from an existing
yoga or spiritual background or those with limited or no exposure to any practice. My aim is to
help you toward a holistic way of joyful living through mantra chanting.
A variety of spaces have been kind to include Radhika Das’s efforts, such as collaborative events with Russell Brand, yoga festivals: Wanderlust, World Yoga Festival, Soul Circus and at venues like The British Museum.
Pato Banton is a grammy nominated reggae legend that has recorded and toured the world with The English Beat, Steel Pulse, UB40 & STING! (just to name a few) . During the year 2000, while in the midst of a global trek with Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD organization, that combined huge festivals with music outreach programs to poor and underprivileged communities, Pato learned that two of his sons had been shot in a drive-by shooting! He immediately put his career on hold and turned his sorrow into the impetus for community & educational initiatives that would consume the next six years of his life.
Pato created an organization called “Musical Connections” and in partnership the Community Safety Team, provided tuition and counseling for “at risk” young people in 16 different communities across his city of Birmingham, UK. This project was so successful that Pato was approached by the West Midlands Police Department to tackle the ongoing problem of gun crime in some of the poorest neighborhoods. Within a few years this partnership greatly reduced gun crime across the entire city and Pato was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the BBC and entered into the British Music Hall of Fame during the same year.
In 2006, after feeling that he had planted enough seeds of progress within his home community, Pato decided to relocate to Southern California and embark on the second phase of his musical journey, taking with him the years of experience in the field of Loving Service. Since then Pato has recorded many albums and collaborated with artists all over the world. His most recent albums Love Is The Greatest & The Words Of Rastafari were released on Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Records International.
Pato Banton’s four-decade public presence has increasingly transcended music to convey a positive & uplifting message of global peace and love for humanity. Now based in Southern California, he continues to record and tour the world extensively with his band The Now Generation, while simultaneously serving as a Teacher, Minister, Counselor and Mentor to his Fans, Friends & Family worldwide!
Gina Salá has been chanting since her early childhood years in an hindu ashram. Her repertoire spans 20 languages and her performance credits include Cirque du Soleil, the United Nations, festivals and huts. With warmth, humor and devotion, Gina Salá weaves together her passions for Indian classical music, refined sanskrit, relaxing grooves, medicine songs and story in her offerings. She leads retreats and classes internationally, as well as her signature Awakening Voice Power of Love Sound School. Her passion is helping us sing ourselves awake to the Magnificence within. www.ginasala.com
Sol Rising’s original soundscapes evoke feelings of inspiration and bliss through an eclectic mix of electronic music, downtempo, ambient and lo-fi.
Born in Vancouver BC, raised in Fairfield Iowa, Sol Rising began meditating at age four with a walking mantra technique. As a teenager, he became a fan of hip-hop. His rooted interest in hip-hop led him to learning the art of scratching — using turntables as musical instruments. Sol Rising soon became one of America’s top scratch DJs placing in major national competitions across the US.
Now a successful music Producer with over 20 albums released, Sol Rising has been streamed over 180 million times on music streaming platforms. Sol Rising is also an international touring DJ playing shows and festivals in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.
SNOW RAVEN – SUOR was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world – the Republic of Sakha – Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her voice takes its breath from traditional Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. She is the OG of “arctic beatbox” – the reindeer breath and the founder of OLOX DAO: Of Many Believes Common Truth.
Govind Das and Jacquline Michelle (Radha) are California-based Bhakti yogis and Kirtan
singers. They are a husband and wife team with great love and devotion for the Divine, the
dharmic path, and the gift of life itself. This is the essence that is reflected and transmitted
through their music and teachings.
Through the sacred practice of Kirtan and the practices and philosophy of the Bhakti Yoga
culture, they will guide you on a yogic adventure deep into the essence of Bhakti – the yoga
of the Heart, the yoga of Love.
Govind Das & Radha live on the coast of Los Angeles with their 2 children Malakai and Ruby.
They lead Kirtan concerts, Bhakti yoga workshops, and transformative retreats throughout
the world.
Instagram: @bhaktiyogashala @govind.das.108 @radha.ma108
Govind Das and Jacquline Michelle (Radha) are California-based Bhakti yogis and Kirtan
singers. They are a husband and wife team with great love and devotion for the Divine, the
dharmic path, and the gift of life itself. This is the essence that is reflected and transmitted
through their music and teachings.
Through the sacred practice of Kirtan and the practices and philosophy of the Bhakti Yoga
culture, they will guide you on a yogic adventure deep into the essence of Bhakti – the yoga
of the Heart, the yoga of Love.
Govind Das & Radha live on the coast of Los Angeles with their 2 children Malakai and Ruby.
They lead Kirtan concerts, Bhakti yoga workshops, and transformative retreats throughout
the world.
Instagram: @bhaktiyogashala @govind.das.108 @radha.ma108
Egemen, also known as Ege, is a contemporary dervish who embarks on a journey to discover his own unique sound in world music while proudly representing his Turkish heritage. He skillfully blends various ethnic instruments such as the sitar, caglama, saz, santoor, ud, ngoni,
kora, flutes, and more to create an enchanting and rejuvenating experience for his listeners.
With a mastery of traditional Eastern ragas, he infuses his lively improvisations with beats, loops, and synths to further enhance the hypnotic atmosphere of his music. Based in San Francisco, Ege frequently performs in the Bay Area and is also a certified yoga teacher.
Nina Rao learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das’ business manager and accompanies him onstage. In 2007, she recorded the track ‘Nina Chalisa’ on Krishna Das’ CD Flow of Grace. She has since recorded the albums Antarayaami—Knower of All Hearts and Anubhav. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond.
Classically trained as a vocalist in India for nearly a decade and immersed in kirtan (devotional music) since birth, Karnamrita Dasi is one of the world’s leading kirtan singers as well as one of the first and few female Westerners to be classically trained in the sacred art of Dhrupad/Kirtan.
Since her mother’s passing in 1998, she has dedicated her life to traveling to sing; composing, recording, performing and collecting rare Sanskrit poetry in order to continue and honor her mother’s passion for sharing the ancient bhakti tradition with
others.
Sharanam Anandama Spiritual Adventurer plays cross cultural music. He calls his musical transmission, “Rhythm and Bliss”….a flowing style played on Electric Mountain Dulcimer, based on “The Raga Style” of India, combined with Spoken Word. Sharanam leads programs in Meditation and Bhakti Yoga. His goal is to help individuals attain Spiritual Liberation.
Kavita Kat Macmillan is a devotional musician and transformational creative guide bringing years of music, movement, Naad (sound) yoga & Hindustani vocal practices to her international retreats & workshop offerings. A powerful performer & a nurturing, passionate guide for those looking to connect with their authentic voice, Kavita’s most recent studio recording, “The Beloved Lives Inside” is available streaming.
website: www.kavitakatmacmillan.com
Insta: @kavitakatmacmillan
Ethereal. Enlightening. Medicine for the soul. Aliza Hava is a multifaceted artist, composer, and
storyteller whose music transcends boundaries and transports listeners to a realm where
dreams and reality intertwine. With her award-winning infusion of folk, rock, pop, and devotional
music, Aliza weaves a sonic tapestry that calls us to open our hearts and rise into our best
versions of ourselves.
Hava has performed on stages and at campfires all over the world, earning her the moniker,
FireMusicFaerie. She has collaborated with mystical artists as diverse as New Orleans’
legendary Nite Tripper, Dr. John, to the Hebrew devotional Kirtan Rabbi.
Her upcoming album, Into the Light, takes the listener on a transformative journey from trauma
to triumph. Produced by multi-platinum, Grammy winner Mikal Blue, who is best known for his
work with Colbie Callait, Jason Mraz, and OneRepublic, the album features Dean Dinning of
Toad the Wet Sprocket as musical arranger and is expected for release in early 2024. Learn
more at www.alizahava.com.
Cooper Ladnier is a kirtan singer and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles who is all
about creating soul-stirring melodies and rhythms. His journey into the world of music
began with western classical training, where he honed his skills vocally and on various
instruments. But it was his love for Indian folk and devotional music that truly set his soul
on fire. At the age of 21, Cooper turned his focus toward India, immersing himself in its
vibrant culture and soaking up its musical essence. The time spent there studying with
many wonderful teachers over several trips has allowed him to infuse his performances
with an authentic quality that transports listeners to another realm.
Currently, his latest passion is live looping, and by combining traditional instruments with
innovative technology, Cooper is able to create mesmerizing soundscapes that are both
captivating and ethereal. Prepare to experience a musical adventure that will leave your
heart singing long after the last note fades away.
Look for his latest release under the band name Gandharvas Kirtan, titled “The Eyes of Love”.
Instagram: @cooperladnier
Let the rhythm of your heart align with the captivating melodies and healing vibrations as Ānanda Das, the internationally acclaimed musician, takes center stage. His music is a catalyst for healing hearts and inspiring joy and devotion. Through a magical blend of kirtan, devotional melodies, soulful ballads, and energetic rock and reggae songs, Ānanda Das invites you to join him in a sacred community where your heart can open and your spirit can soar.
https://beacons.ai/anandadas
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Fantuzzi’s Live Latin, Reggae, AfroFunk with a Mystic Twist!
Global Troubadour & Ambassador of Joy – his charismatic, sensual energy pulses through music that never fails to get people moving.
A “NewYorican”, Fantuzzi’s AfroCaribbean roots and global adventures showcase his unique presence. Historically, he’s regularly spotted all across the world supporting, collaborating with, and leading musicians in spiritual and musical gatherings, often as MC as well as star performer.
Facebook page Fantuzzi Music has videos, snapshots and a link to Fantuzzi’s website and store.
The page Love At First Bite showcases his autobiography Love At First Bite, Adventures of a 21st Century Troubadour.
Fantuzzi CDs:
“Tribal Revival”, “Divine Inspiration”, “Ease & Grace”.
A new Latin album is in the pipeline.
Support Fantuzzi via www.patreon.com/fantuzzi
Kat Dancer, Manager kat@fantuzzimusic.com
1 415 525 2630 (Ph/Whatsapp)
www.fantuzzimusic.com
Named by BBC Radio as “One of the most brilliant world-fusion producers of our time”, David Starfire is known as the pioneer of the Global Bass genre, composer of music for psychedelic therapy, plus a VR and phone app developer. Billboard summed it up best, “David Starfire brings a unique perspective to EDM.”
David has performed at prominent festivals such as Winter Music Conference, Coachella, Outside Lands, Burning Man, Eclipse, and Lightning in a Bottle. He’s opened up for Skrillex, Diplo, and collaborated with the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Ram Dass, Sizzla, Alex Grey, William Close, Ooah (The Glitch Mob), Sidecar Tommy (Beats Antique), and the Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Chaytanya. His Ascend album reached #7 on the iTunes World Music chart and he had two #1 remixes on the Hype Machine. He’s traded remixes with CloZee, Desert Dwellers, iLL Gates, Beats Antique, and SOOHAN.
David’s signature sound has led him to work with well known companies such as Lucas films, Samsung, Sprint, Beats Audio, Google, Siemens, Nokia, HP, Symantec, Virgin Galactic, Roland, Digg, MacWorld, Best Buy, Flaunt Magazine, CAA, Red Bull, Warner Music, Atlantic Music, Industrial Light and Magic, Chobani Yogurt, Hotel W, City of San Francisco, Subpac, and many others. He’s performed around the world in exotic places such as the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, India, Thailand, Norway, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Australia and most major cities in Europe.
David has released 6 albums and 11 EPs in the last 15 years as well as various singles and remixes. David’s songs are featured on several TV, cable, movies and video games. Some highlights include the movie Sold (Emma Thompson as exec producer), Lie to Me (FOX), Outsourced (NBC), Live with Kelly Ripa (ABC), ESPN2, Fox Sports, MTV, MTV2, Fuse, Showtime, HBO, EA sports, and a Right Guard commercial. His songs are featured on several music compilations including Sony, Lonely Planet, Red Bull, Craig’s List, and his song “Shout it Out” was in regular rotation at Starbucks.
DJ Times “a wealth of heavy bass and world music influences…”
VIBE Magazine “L.A.-based music producer/DJ David Starfire is known best for his seamless fusion of signature bass styles with a diversity of music genres, including world and hip-hop.”
Huffington Post “His undeniable swagger of instrumentation between beats is exceptional.”
Yahoo Voices “A driving force in the tightly knit underground music community stringing from LA to SF.”
MUSIC FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY David is also the head of music and sound at TRIPP VR, the #1 meditation platform in virtual reality. He has produced and performed music for psychedelic therapy at retreats with well known therapists including Sunny Strasburg, Richard Schwartz (IFS), and others. He was asked by Phil Wolfson (MAPS researcher, The Ketamine Papers) to create music for the K Dome virtual Burning Man Project. In 2020, David co-founded PsyAssist with Sunny Strasburg, a VR and Phone app that features music and guided meditation for psychedelic therapy and will be released in 2023. David helped to develop the TRIPP meditation phone app where he contributed music and was the main curator of the content that features the likes of Moby and Ram Dass.
DJ Drez’s music has been moving bodies for more than two decades. His sound is an organic
blend of mystical hip-hop, reggae roots and Indian raga that has been known to instigate an
ecstatic dance party one instant, and soothe a group into a meditative savasana the next. If
you’re a fan of Drez, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the mysterious, seductive voice of Marti Nikko
gracing dozens of the albums, tracks and remixes he’s released over his prolific career. Nikko’s
innate spark illuminates. Her soul-soaked vocals dance and play in the spaces impeccably
arranged by DJ Drez, highlighting a natural chemistry developed and enhanced through years
of performing, living and loving together. The result is a beautiful, eclectic collection of music
made for all sacred movements and moods.
Channeling COSMiC YUM from our Central Sun to galactivate LOVEolution: Shamanatrix Missy Galore shares music, musings and meditation to Aura FLUFF vibration with smile stimulation. Host of the COSMiC YUM Show, a meditainment experience, streaming across platforms, she is a creative guide here to help us thrive: heal, harmonize and maintain good vibes.
Shaman = Bridger of Worlds + trix = Latin ending for Feminine
Select performances include: Peace Village, the United Nations; the Warhol Museum; BurningMan; the Berlin Biennial; L.I.B.; the Conscious Life Expo & Bhakti Fest
An Award Winning Artist, dedicated to beauty, joy and justice for all, she’s won a Federation of World Peace + Love Award (FoWPaL) & Global Peace Song Award (GPSA). Co Star of the Award Winning documentary film: We Live In Public. CoFounder of FeedBUCK GALORE multi media, art, performance + production company
An acoustic duo with truly masterful guitar improvisations, elaborate vocal harmonies, dynamic grooves and the heart-opening medicine of original devotional songs: this is the “Eostar and Mathias” experience. It is hard to fit them in any box, but we can say that Eostar and Mathias are creatively moving between devotional, medicine, new-age, jam-band, folk and sound healing music genres.
Download and listen to the new studio album “Illuminate”, a masterful tapestry of acoustic world and rock fusion from the heart of the medicine muse.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Eostar and Mathias have been submersed in the Bhakti, tribal, conscious and medicine music subculture collectively for over three decades. Hungarian born Eostar Kamala channels deep lyrics and original songs from the mystical muse. Mathias delivers masterful transcendental guitar improvisations that take the listener on an inward journey. Eostar and Mathias’s voices and guitars blend together with a refined sound of unity. Together, “Eostar and Mathias“ have been known to induce both deep trance and/or ecstatic dance bliss states. Audiences depart with hearts wide open and connected to the higher source within.
Alongside with having a professional music career, Eostar and Mathias are also facilitators of sacred plant medicine ceremonies. Eostar brings her own original ceremonial songs to the altar and bundles them together with traditional medicine songs from South America as well as from her Peruvian mentor Alonso Del Rio. Eostar and Mathias’ concerts are often coupled with Cacao Ceremonies and Blue Lotus flower ceremonies, bringing in the various flavors of ceremonial containers from around the world.
Eostar and Mathias also facilitate Sound Healing Journeys. They have been collecting sound healing instruments for decades and have developed a unique offering weaving a continuous flow of a trance-inducing sound that will allow the listener to journey beyond the realm of the mind. They create sound-scapes using didgeridoo, tank-drums, kalimbas, drums, monochord, crystal bowls, Tibetan bowls, guitar, Gong and throat-singing. They have played sound healing music to audiences along the West Coast and South America for more than a decade.
As devotional and medicine musicians Eostar and Mathias have performed at major festivals along the West Coast including Bhakti Fest, Prana Fest, Oregon Country Fair, Peace Village, Inlakesh Fest, Harmony Festival and have toured internationally in Europe and South America (Mexico and Peru).
In 2010 Eostar and Mathias founded WEB of ONE – a 5 piece original, psychedelic, devotional, transcendental dance-rock fusion band. They published an album titled “West Coast Alive” (2012) – a collection of high quality live performance recordings.
Their debut studio album “Illuminate” was released in 2016. ILLUMINATE draws on a wide range of spiritual and musical traditions, songs at once expansive and intimate. Weaving together musical instruments from around the world, cradled in an overtly western psychedelic rock foundation, Illuminate draws the listener into a deep sonic experience with a richness that continues to reveal itself through many listens.
Legendary musicians joined in the creation of this ambitious album.
Joe Craven ( Jerry Garcia/ Grisman)
Wally Ingram ( Phil Lesh/ David Nelson)
Zoltan Lantos ( Lorrena McKennitt )
Jason Crasby ( Phil Lesh/ Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Evan Frazer ( Dirt Wire/ Dog Lights )
And many others.
Ethereal. Enlightening. Medicine for the soul. Aliza Hava is a multifaceted artist, composer, and storyteller whose music transcends boundaries and transports listeners to a realm where dreams and reality intertwine. With her award-winning infusion of folk, rock, pop, and devotional music, Aliza weaves a sonic tapestry that calls us to open our hearts and rise into our best versions of ourselves.
Hava has performed on stages and at campfires all over the world, earning her the moniker, FireMusicFaerie. She has collaborated with mystical artists as diverse as New Orleans’ legendary Nite Tripper, Dr. John, to the Hebrew devotional Kirtan Rabbi.
Her upcoming album, Into the Light, takes the listener on a transformative journey from trauma to triumph. Produced by multi-platinum, Grammy winner Mikal Blue, who is best known for his work with Colbie Callait, Jason Mraz, and OneRepublic, the album features Dean Dinning of Toad the Wet Sprocket as musical arranger and is expected for release in early 2024. Learn more at www.alizahava.com.
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/alizahavamusic
G. was the front woman for NYC band G-spot for 15 years and was known for commanding her
audience’s attention by juxtaposing her sassy wit & naked vulnerability, her magnetism &
enlightenment, her wrath & passion, with a no-holds-barred delivery of emotion. This was
followed by some solo releases showcasing her softer side in her own unique quirky style.
These days she’s behind the scenes actively songwriting and collaborating and producing tracks
in a variety of genres; dark and moody pop, pop, pop urban, and singer-songwriter.
Read more:
www.gailsilvermanakag.com
Born in Boston and raised in LA, Anvita Sharma is a company performer and Kathak dance instructor at Kathak Kala Academy. Coming from a family of Hindustani music scholars, she was exposed to various styles of music and dance early on, but realized her passion was in Kathak, only as an adult.
Anvita has been performing for over 25 years and has been teaching Kathak since 2007 to the LA and Orange county communities. Some of her work has been presented at Bhakti Fest, Shakti Fest, JPL, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Madison Square Gardens and the Ratha Yatra festival in Venice Beach. Anvita offers classes in LA, OC and online. With over 20 years of training in this form of art, her journey continues as disciple under Guru Rachana Upadhyay in Los Angeles and more recently, Smt. Durga Arya in Germany.
About the art: Kathak is a 2000 year old ancient storytelling art form which began as a specialized dance recounting mythological and moral tales from the scriptures, mainly about Lord Krishna and Radha. Embellished with hand gestures and facial expressions, using instrumental and vocal music along with stylized gestures to enliven the stories, Kathak engages, all parts of the mind, body and spirit. Rhythm, mudras, pirouettes, and intricate footwork are at the core of this complex dance form. A trained dancer normally wears 100 bells on each foot.
Madhurai Madhurai Sumhara is a yoga and meditation teacher based in Ashland, OR. She has been traveling back and forth to India for 7 years, learning yoga, singing kirtan, organizing immersive retreats, and volunteering with kids in a children’s safe home in Rishikesh, India. She has been sharing kirtan with the Mount Shasta community for a few years now, and loves witnessing the joy and connection that it creates. Madhurai plays harmonium and leads the vocals in kirtan regularly, and with great devotion.
contact in the desert Pranafest and the conscious life expo
World traveling artist musician multi-instrumentalist survivalist prepper Treaker Truther Seeker
performing many styles of music pop Rock jazz folk alternative Kirtan spreading messages and
lyrics of love connecting all celebrating life dancing between worlds bringing hope support and
awareness of reality singing songs of joy Dave
In Love, a music duo from Santa Cruz, CA features Amanda Rose Loveland on vocals and flute, and Michael Chorvat on vocals and guitar. Through music, media and live performance, In Love forms the container needed to live in love now. As a catalyst of collective celebration through dance and sonic sensations, In Love continues to weave their magic through the conscious California festival community and the rest of the world. Festivals such as One Love, PRIDE, and Metamorphosis in California, along with multiple international festivals abroad in Indonesia, forever hold the resonance of the wake of In Love’s mission.
In 2019, Amanda and Michael created a stage for endangered cultures to live on in the mainstream by integrating traditional music from Indonesia in their debut music video “In This Now” featuring Sundanese Gamelan instruments and musicians from West Java. On February 14, 2020 In Love released their debut 11 song album With You to redefine what it means to live in love. “Rainbows”, the duo’s debut single, brings medicine to anyone in our human family seeing darkness in themselves beyond their true light. The song creates the possibility for all to overcome their negative experiences and see the blessings that exist on the other side of trauma. Watch the music video for “Rainbows” on YouTube.
After a short hiatus during the recent global pandemic, In Love returns to do what they do best. Make love and get your heart on!
JAMeeSHKA is a SF Bay Area grown live music anomaly, weaving an eclectic blend of heart-stirring harmonies, outlandish vocal play, and creative instrumentation into multi-layered compositions and extensive theatrical improvisation. Every JAMeeSHKA show pulses with raw vocal power, positivity, and poetry on a number of subjects ranging from love, desire, and loss to invocations of personal power, devotion, and magic—but more than anything, they’re a call to unity. Co-creators, James Caran and Ishka Lha, delight in producing site-specific art and music journeys for private and public events, frequently causing audiences to erupt with fervid laughter, cry with introspective reverence, and dance in ecstatic wonderment.
Website: www.jameeshka.comIG: @jameeshkaFB: @jameeshka
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Harmon A. Clarke Jr, concentrates his energy on being a healer, using the magnificent rhythmic melodies he discovered in Africa and Brazil, along with the rich musical history that comes from the streets of Crenshaw, where Harmon grew up.
After 30 major surgeries and holding the record at Cedar Sinai for most days in one year in the hospital at 221, Harmon was given six months to live in 2018. Using the power of music and dance, he practiced the Bhakti devotional yoga to heal himself back to a greater glory than ever imagined.
Harmon was born into a rich musical family on both sides. He grew up on the A&M lot, where his grandmother held the title of Sr. Vice President of the Publishing Division and was responsible for giving Michale Jackson the song “Thriller” and “Rock With You”. Brenda Andrews was also responsible for Bob Marley’s catalog and worked with legends like Quincy Jones. Harmon’s uncle, Arthur Lee Simpkins, sang on the Jackie Gleason show in the 40s and later performed to presidential inaugurations and at the Queen’s coronation in England. Harmon sings in Hebrew, German, Italian and Spanish, all the different languages bringing together a soulful mix of R&B and gospel roots together with a Bhakti devotional, flow the harmonic choir