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Music for Meditation, Reflection or Therapy, Day or Night
An Interview with the NightDancers
By Mark Kirby

When you ask someone why he or she likes a band, performer or style of music, the usual response is either, “they’re awesome,” “they rock” or “it’s fun stuff.” People tend to say that music is simply for entertainment. And as [...]

Karen Young, considered one of Canada’s great jazz singers, has been invited by CIRPA (Canadian Independent Record Production Association) to perform their London Calling showcase “Canada Presents Canadian Blast!” Introducing material from her upcoming album with composer and bassist Eric Auclair, the showcase will be held at The Borderline on June 19th, 2008.
Canada Presents Canadian [...]

Duo Karen YOUNG & Eric AUCLAIR :: ElectroBeatniks will soon fly to London, UK for a showcase presentation of its upcoming CD at London Calling 2008. This first international invitation for the Duo puts us in such joy, we decided to invite fans and friends to a pre-London Calling Concert this Thursday June 12th [...]

By Mark Kirby, MusicDish e-Journal
Whether it has to do with the philosophy of better living through habit, thought or magical action, things that are associated with “New Age” are theoretically supposed to have some basis in spirituality. Yet much of this spiritually is lightly rooted in the shallows of corporate productivity techniques or power-of-positive-thinking type [...]

Psychedelic rock in the 1960’s had two edges and came from two different strains. One was the heavy and intense Acid Rock of bands like Buddy Miles’ Electric Flag, The Zombies, and countless other fuzzed-out, guitar-led bands going on sonic mental trips. The other strain of that period’s music followed the hippies’ path, a search [...]

New York City based composer/flautists Gera Clark and John Sarantos, known collectively as NightDancers, will present their “Learn To Play Native American Flute – For Healing and Inner Peace” Workshop at the New York Open Center, Tuesdays, February 12 – March 4, 2008 (4 consecutive sessions: 2/12, 2/19, 2/26 & 3/4), 8:00pm to 10:00pm.
With its [...]

Contemporary Native American flute music duo NightDancers performs at storied New York City venue Kenny’s Castaways on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 7:00pm. Billed as the Official New York City CD Record Release Party, NightDancers’ set will include songs from their debut CD entitled, ‘Montana Crossings’.
‘Montana Crossings’ – the debut studio recording from New York [...]

San Francisco Bay area, folk/rock duo Hobbyhorse returns to its mystical pagan roots with the release of their latest single “Fire and Snow,” about Moll Dyer, a woman who was burned as a witch in Leonardtown, Maryland back in the late 1600’s.
According to legend, Moll Dyer was a mysterious woman who lived alone and had [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston, MA – Boston’s accordion/guitar rock duo Bird Mancini, will release their third and newest CD, Funny Day on Second Story Records June 1st. Celebration of the release starts with a kick-off CD Release Party at Perks Coffeehouse in Norwood, MA from 8-10pm.
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After a three year wait Bird Mancini has returned with a follow up to Year of Change. Funny Day is step away from the previous release in that it is more focused on one style and sound.
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