Paradigms

David Barritt is a former journalist who has worked in animal welfare for 23 years. He established the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) South African office before becoming IFAW’s Africa Director. After a break running a successful public relations company, he joined Network for Animals in 2014. He became Executive Director of NFA and its sister organization Animal Survival Internati...

Haji Mike is a self described Dub Poet, Radio Presenter, DJ, Writer, and Doctor of Philosophy.  Born in Marathovounbo, Cyprus and then raised in London, England, Haji Mike has traveled extensively, touring his own dub-hip hop-acid funk-dance and world music. He now lives on Cyprus. Haji Mike is one of the creators of the album Sharka , with Chaka Chouka bandmates Bernard O’Neill , Simon Webs...

Dr.  Ken Friedman, Ph. D . is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ. Dr. David Maughan, Ph. D. is a Research Professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. who has been on Paradigms before. Drs. Friedman and Maughan describe how ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) has...

Jake Dailey has started Rake Force , “ Mobile response team for biomass reclamation and carbon negative conservation services. We use regenerative and permaculture strategies to restore ecosystems and individuals.” – rakeforce.us Jake describes how Rake Force works with goats to reduce flammable biomass in the forest.  Jake explains how the principles of Permaculture are served t...

Heather Sarona has released Head Above Water , 9 tracks of original music, her first full album. The songs are all very personal, examining relationship as it ends, as it begins, as it endures, perfect for Valentine’s Day! Heather is one of those people who started playing music very early in life, and for whom music has always been a thread throughout their life.  We get into that in the in...

Small Island, Big Song is a multimedia project spanning continents, involving dozens of indigenous people from the region, celebrating the Pacific and Indian Oceans and raising awareness as to the peril Earth’s oceans currently face from pollution, and the effects from the changing climate. The human world has become increasingly mechanized and specialized.  The view of the oceans as places...

Day Schildkret is known for his creative exploration Morning Altars . Day has a new book out Hello, Goodbye – 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change . Day describes it as a “cookbook” for making rituals to return to one’s self as one navigates the meaningful events of one’s life. Day and Baruch talk about the book, what’s in it, and what it has to...

Simon Webster has been playing music since he was a child, first the violin, then, as a teenager, he discovered drums, and that was that. Simon has played with World Music artists and traveled the world, studying local percussion styles as he travels. He has lived in Morocco, France, and the UK. In 2020 Simon released the album Threads , a collection of songs recorded over the previous few years....

The Terry Family Band – Jim, Graham and Clark , have released a record Hometown Tragedies ; a dozen songs about painful personal, national and human tragedies, that are surprisingly uplifting. The Terry Family resides in Napa, California, where they have been known as part of the local music scene for decades.  This, though, is their first record. Jim has “come into his own” as a...

Bernard O’Neill returns to Paradigms to share a new collaboration, Sharka with Chaka Chouka ( Simon Webster , Haji Mike and Mouna Eddrou ), a collection of Mediterranean rhythms and powerful poetry.  This project was created during lockdown, and reflects very much the events of our times. The album happened by accident, with Simon creating rhythm tracks which he shared with Bernard who share...

Gordie Tentrees has just released his eighth album Mean Old World , a collection of songs about Gordie’s real life experiences, his favorite song-writing topic. Living in the Yukon in Canada, where music is a part of the social fabric, Gordie and three of his friends, Bob & Patrick Hamilton, and Jaxon Haldane , have made a record with poignant lyrics, rockin’ bluesy bluegrassy tune...

In 2012 Alison Perry envisioned Central Oregon Veteran’s Ranch to be “a working ranch that restores purpose and spirit to veterans of all ages.”  Nine years later the ranch exists just north of Bend in Central Oregon; 19 acres of homestead and land where veterans are working together, practicing regenerative agriculture in the context of non-residential community. Alison returns...

Si Kahn is a folk musician and writer whose music and books depict human stories that support and inspire participation in making things better for everyone. Si is a person of conscience, so for 50+ years all causes of liberation and justice have been his causes.  His songs are about worker’s rights, women’s rights, anti racism, protecting the Earth; you name it, he’s probably wr...

Roddy Ellias has released a new record Not This Room . With his gentle guitar, the powerful lyrics of Sandra Nicholls, and the excellent musicianship of the players, this record is an exploration and expression of life during Covid. This music, these songs, give the listener time and space to process within themselves.  It’s a gift! Roddy and Baruch discuss the music, the times, inspiration,...

Lisa Ann Wright hails from northern Virginia where she grew up listening to all the music she could from punk to the singer/songwriters of the 1970’s and the country music of the time. So far she’s released a full album and an EP. Lisa’s songs are fun and topical and moving. Lisa brings light to hard topics without losing gravitas. She brings together excellent musicians to perfo...

Lili Haydn and Itai Disraeli of Opium Moon return to Paradigms , this time with bandmates Hamid Saeidi and MB Gordy , to talk about their new album Night + Day . Opium Moon’s self titled first album won a Grammy in 2018.  This episode was recorded the day before the 2022 Grammy nominations came out. Congratulations Opium Moon on having your new double album Night + Day nominated for a Grammy...

Mary Lou Fulton has released her first record. All the songs are originals except for one cover of an old Leadbelly song. Mary Lou has been a journalist at the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Her new record We’ll Tell Stories is another way for Mary Lou to tell stories. “This album is about family, both my own kin and our American family that’s struggling so much right...

George Mann has been playing music for most of his life.  You might remember him from his Hail to the Thief days! He’s also been a  journalist and a union organizer. His latest records are A World Like This and its predecessor and companion The Coronavirus Sessions .  Mostly original songs, with a few covers of well loved songs, these records both feel like the great singer/songwriter albums...

Laura Love has just made this beautiful record Uppity .  With a sweet and kind voice, and beautiful instrumentation, Love sings to us of heartbreak and the need for justice, of the pain that racism brings and the need for healing.  This record is balm for a wound that afflicts us as individuals, as families, communities, countries; our world. Laura and Baruch’s discussion, sparked by the son...

Patricia Wixon has been a poet since childhood. Now in her 80’s Wixon lives in her native Oregon with husband Vince where they curate the legacy of Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford. In her latest book The Great Hunt and Other Poems Wixon explores personal themes that span a lifetime, from childhood to being a grandmother. Patricia Wixon and her husband Vince have been mentoring poets fo...

Sundar Viswanathan returns to Paradigms to share the new record Worldview , which will be released October 29, 2021.  With his band Avataar , Sundar has crafted a set of 8 songs honoring and proclaiming/calling for better care and consideration for the children of the world. Inspired by recent tragedies affecting children , the music is beautiful, melodic, complex, even lofty at times.  It’s...

Sonia Aimy has a new record out, Reconnect , as part of her creative response to Covid. Nigerian born, Sonia Aimy has lived in Europe and is currently in Canada.  She has graced stages around the world with her conscious upbeat music and message. The new record is about Sonia’s own reconnection as much as it’s about all of our reconnections, focusing especially on the lives and experie...

“Esbe is a composer, producer, and vocalist from London. Her music is an eclectic blend of many influences, from her pure classical roots, but uniquely drawing on contemporary, world music and film scoring.” – esbemusic.uk Esbe has a catalog of albums and has just released her seventh Under Cover , a collection of well known songs offered through Esbe’s unique musical sensi...

John Reed and Ali Karim continue their creative friendship with a new record Breathe . This album takes the listener on an elemental journey.  In conversation, John, Ali, and Baruch get into the inspirations and methods that went into this project, describing the process of allowing this musical poetic mentation to be both discovery and prescription. Part of the project is a film made by Ali and J...

Ray Soul is a Jazz Bassist and Composer.  He’s also a person who has experienced some of the challenges life has to offer, and he addresses that through his music.  His latest project explores the issue of suicide through music, images and words.  Seu Aprendiz is the name of the song. Ray is a person who has followed his inspirations even when they seemed hard to reach.  His story  of becomi...