Meditation, Music and Social Vision

Category: Music (Page 8 of 15)

Children’s CD Coming Soon

At the beginning of the year I was inspired and announced that I was going to produce a CD of songs for children, and even wrote the title song for that CD.  Shortly afterwards, I lost momentum and thought that I would have to postpone or cancel the project.   But in the last few weeks, the project has been put back on track.

I met a collaborator and we started working on the CD.  We have twelve tracks in progress, including the the title track “Do What You Can.”  A few of my previous songs are included as well as some children’s standards and old time sing along songs.  It is going to be an “unplugged” type of recording and it will closely match my live-in-person performance.  If all goes well it will be ready sometime in August.

 

 

 

Malaysia Tour Coming to An End

I have been in Malaysia for the past two weeks and participated in a big spiritual retreat where I gave a one hour concert. After the retreat I gave lectures in three places: Ipoh, Alor Star and Penang. I sold all the CDs that I brought with me and enjoyed the warm friendship of the Malaysian people. I look forward to returning here in the near future.

Here are some photos from the tour:

Songs and stories on May 24th

The retreat at Batu Gajah, Malaysia

 

Remembering Richie Havens

by Dada Vedaprajinananda

Richie Havens, one of the greatest contemporary American   folk singers, passed away this week and his passing made me remember him, his unique music and my own evolution in the 1960s.

Sometime in 1967 or 1968 I was sitting in a coffee house on my college campus and I heard a record playing Richie Havens’ version of “Just Like a Woman.”  It was a track from his album “Mixed Bag.”  The pleasing melody of Bob Dylan’s song and Richie Havens’ comforting voice really struck me and I liked it immediately. Continue reading

Ron Cannon, R.I.P.

A few days ago I learned that Ron Cannon, the producer of my CD “As the World Spins Around” passed way. Ron was a great musician who fronted a successful rock-a-billy group in the 1980s.  I met him a few years ago at an open-mic program at the Channing Murray Center on the University of Illinois campus. He sang harmonies and played guitar on my CD and did all the recording and arranging. He was truly a gifted musician and a good friend and I will miss him. And I am not the only one who will miss him, a memorial service for Ron yesterday was attended by two hundred friends, musician colleagues and his family.  Here is a photo of Ron at work recording the CD at our yoga center:

Ron Cannon recording our CD.

 

 

 

 

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