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Trumpeter, band leader and Composer Frank London of the Grammy Winning The Klezmatics just released a Chanukah Album, Chronika with his Klezmer Brass All Stars. The Healing Wisdom Radio Show speaks with Frank on WOMR. We talk about his teaching music in Crimea, what Klezmer has in common with the indigenous Tatar music, how he came to write his first soundtrack - the music for the John Sayles’ film, The Brother From Another Planet and so much more.

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Members of the the contemporary Nordic folk band FRÄNDER, Gabbi Dluzewski and Säde Tatar, talk about incorporating traditional Estonian and Swedish music, their new release, a climate change song called “Eternal Rain” off their album Fränder II, and living in a Bronze Age Viking village. The show will air on It WOMR with music this month.

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The Grammy-nominated, Canadian-Cuban duo Okan releases their 3rd album, Okantomi, on November 8th. Vocalist/violinist Elizabeth Rodriguez and vocalist/percussionist Magdelys Savigne celebrate life and Afro-Cuban culture with this album. Tracks incorporate traditional Lucumí chants, while facing the complexities of immigration and their ambivalence about going home, because of the oppressive Cuban government. Here the couple  discuss their spiritual traditions.

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Award-winning Americana Singer/Songwriter Claudia Nygaard brings Little Red Riding Hood to the Academy of Performance Art in Orleans.

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Do you listen to your instinct?
What are your personal safety strategies?

Michelle Morrow, RAD Instructor, Refuse to be a Victim instructor, owner of Protection For A Purpose LLC talks with me about intuition, personal safety strategies, preventing Crimes of Opportunity and her top 5 safety tips.

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We talk with filmmakers energizing and uplifting story of music, cultural expression and sisterhood. Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett, producer and executive director of TaikoArts Midwest Jennifer Weir and drummer artist Megan Chao-Smith talk about the spiritual art of this thousands-of-years-old Japanese tradition.

Finding Her Beat debuts in Vancouver tomorrow and will be in LA, SF, Boston, New York and other cities in October. 

Finding Her Beat showcases generations of amazing female Taiko drummers who have spent their lives challenging the exclusively male Japanese spiritual tradition.

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Musician  Carol Band and vocalist/guitarist Conrad Warre of the British/American band, Bees Deluxe. Along with Paul Giovine and Adam Sankowski. They play an eclectic mix of modern and classic tunes. https://www.beesdeluxe.com/

Conrad's played at CBGB's and at the Hammersmith Palais. Responsible for bringing Bob Mould's band Sugar to Rykodisc, he has held various jobs including guitar-player, band manager, special-effects builder, illustrator, music journalist, as well as record company production manager.

Carol Band has graced the stage at many Boston-area clubs including Johnny D’s, Ryles, the Lilypad and The House of Blues.

Paul Giovine has opened shows for legends such as Bo Diddley, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. He studied Music Education at the University of Connecticut, then transferred to the Berklee College of Music. Paul studied with Mike Mangini (Extreme, Stevie Vai, Dream Theater) and Joe Pet (The Joe Perry Project). Paul has opened for artists such as The Gin Blossoms, Jessica Simpson & Colin Raye and performed live with blues guitarist Keb’ Mo.’

Adam bounced around in basement bands while in music school joining two early 2000's Boston indie troubadours: The Grownup Noise who toured much of the country many times with, and post-punk rockers Horeshands. He divides his time working as a music therapist at Mass General with oncology patients and with special needs students.

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My musical guests Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom talk about their new album, The Wolf and the Lamb recorded in an old synagogue in Czech Republic. The new album celebrates the traditional melodies of Central and Eastern Europe as well as influences on Klezmer from various cultures including the Roma. 

In this conversation, they share some fascinating Jewish history in Spain, Ukraine, Austria and a Soviet Russian town which became a Jewish settlement. 

As a writer, Schwartz co-created the award-winning audio dramas The Witches of Lublin and Debs in Canton for Suemedia Productions. One of her books, is the Sweet France of Life and Other Horror Stories. AND their documentary is narrated by Leonard Nimoy, Carpati: 50 Miles 50 Years. And they lead Jewish and ancient culture musical tours to countries which include Spain, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Croatia and Portugal.