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Steven Keene returns to Paradigms to share some new music and to talk about the current state of the human condition.

The new music is topical and powerful.  Soon is a moving look at what’s been happening and what we are hopefully moving towards. Wicked Messenger is a song about Covid.  Both are on Steven’s new record coming out at the end of this month.

Steven’s inspirations are easy to identify when you listen to his music; the musical sensibility along with the voice of conscience.

Music by: Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Steven Keene.

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The Playing For Change Band has a new self-titled record out!  The music is joyous and energetic, drawing from numerous musical traditions. 

Playing For Change is all about inspiring people to connect through music. Founded by Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke, the organization brings musicians together from around the world.  Money raised goes towards building schools and getting instruments into the hands of young people.

This interview includes 5 of the band members: Mermans Mosengo, Jason Tamba, Roberto Luti, Robin Moxey, and Claire Finley, talking about the organization and the new record!

Music by: The Playing For Change Band 

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Jocelyn Jones grew up around artists. She spent her early life in the company of all manner of creatives, in her family and her community, eventually following the path of acting and then becoming a well regarded acting teacher.

Jocelyn’s new book Artist: Awakening The Spirit Within is an engaging melange of memoir and workbook, with a hefty dash of philosophy. The personal stories will draw you into the awareness exercises, which are easy to do and have an expansive quality.  It’s very enjoyable to read and the “work” part will make you feel good, whether you consider yourself an artist or not.

Music by: David Bromberg, Anais Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Joan Baez, and Rosanne Cash

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Sergio Pereira returns to Paradigms to share his newest record Finesse, a collection of songs that will calm and relax you, while infusing you with life force and light!

Composed and recorded during lockdown, Finesse brings together (virtually) a group of accomplished musicians playing Sergio’s compositions, many recorded their parts in their own homes.

Sergio and Baruch discuss the music, Covid, and the role that media consumption can play in our mental health and well-being.

• The Making of ‘Finesse’ (Video)

Music by: Sergio Pereira

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Kabir Sehgal, and brothers Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, have come together to create a new record Sand And Foam: Music Inspired by Kahlil Gibran. All three musicians are accomplished in their own right. Together, with guest musicians Claudia Acuna on vocals, Tivon Pennicott on sax, Caliph rapping, Oran Etkins on saxophone, Malini Aswathi on vocals, and Sudha Raghunanthan also on vocals, they have synergized to create a brilliant musical entrée to the poet Kahlil Gibran.

The conversation centers around Gibran’s message, and how it has been brought to music in this new record.

As a special treat, Baruch shares an excerpt from the audiobook of The Prophet he’s been working on with Starhawk and Dennis Lind-Beery.

Music by: Kabir Sehgal, Amaan Ali Bangash, and Ayaan Ali Bangash

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Esbe is a London-based musician, however her music is inspired by her North African and Eastern European heritage, as well as British folk, Jazz, and Indian classical music.

Esbe returns to Paradigms with a new record I Might Be Dreaming, 10 songs from her imagination. Esbe also makes physical art which can be seen at art fairs around the UK, and on all her album covers.

Baruch and Esbe discuss her creativity, how she writes and composes, dreaming, and aspects of the human condition, and of course we will be listening to selections from Esbe’s new record.

Music by: Esbe

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Eljuri is back on Paradigms to preview her new high energy amazing record Reflexión. The full album hasn’t been released yet (it drops September 30, 2022) but we are lucky to have three of the new songs and a conversation with Eljuri, always interesting and inspiring.

Cecilia Villar Eljuri is originally from Ecuador but has spent much of her life in New York City. Eljuri is known for her guitar playing…she shreds it…and her powerfully optimistic songs about people and society. The music rocks and the songs inspire.

This new record Reflexión is Eljuri at the top of her game, bringing life energy through our current challenges of Covid and political madness. And let us not forget the band, Alex Alexander on drums and percussion, Winston Roye on bass, and Teese Gohl on piano, Jenny Hill on tenor sax, Pam Fleming on trumpet, and Buford O’Sullivan on trombone.

Music by: Eljuri

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Dan Navarro has released a new record Horizon Line, 10 songs from before and during pandemic. In the spring of 2021 Dan hit the road for his first cross-country drive in many years, writing songs, inspired by the human condition.

Dan’s love of music is visceral, it comes from deep inside him.  As you listen to his music, allow yourself to feel it in your body.  That will bring you closer to Dan’s experience.

Dan is well known for his collaboration Lowen & Navarro, with Eric Lowen, as well as hits he has written for other artists.  He’s been touring as a solo artist since 2007.  During the height of the Covid pandemic Dan streamed over 250 live shows.  Performing for people is a big part of his life.

Music by: Dan Navarro

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Rafael Greco is a composer and multi instrumentalist performer from Venezuela. He played for years with multi Latin Grammy winners Guaco and has recently released his debut album  Dice Que Vive (Signs Of Life).

This collection of original songs offers stories with fantastical tones, as well as very real memorials to those who lost their lives or their homes due to the political situation in Venezuela in recent years.

The musical compositions are complex, even if at times something may seem simple. This is music that can take you on a trip in your mind.  Sit back and allow yourself to enter Rafael’s world.

Many thanks to Alvero Cordero for translating.

• Spanish Version of the interview

Music by: Rafael Greco

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Araceli Poma and Matt Geraghty are Afro-Andean Funk and they have just released their first album The Sacred Leaf.

This project and this music bring together Afro-Andean culture with other African and Caribbean musical traditions as well as electronica and contemporary jazz.  The songs on the new album are personal, some of them are also political.  The message is one of inspiring unity and healing, personally and societally. There is a theme of Justice running through this collection of songs.

Matt and Araceli talk about their inspirations, the intention of this musical project, and some of the other projects they’ve worked on, like the film The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music.

If you’re going to be near Long Island City on July 30, check out their free outdoor concert!

Music by: Afro-Andean Funk

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