Paradigms

Survival Instinct: the Evilution of the Pack is an album designed to highlight a specific but basic human instinct that causes us to be violent toward each other while highlighting ways to conquer these tendencies and bring us together.” – Justin Varnes Justin Varnes is a jazz drummer, composer, and person of conscience. His new CD is 10 tracks of music that take the listener through t...

Giuseppe Paradiso is a jazz drummer and composer who beautifully exemplifies the mission of altruists, alchemists, and performers the world over; to explore the mystery that is life through creating and sharing music that is multidimensional, personal, and universal. The new recording Metropolitan Sketches is a collection of musical poems; think more e.e. cummings than Shakespeare, although Giusep...

“A ditya Prakash is an award-winning, American-born Indian classical vocalist best known for his powerful and emotive voice.” adityaprakashmusic.com The Aditya Prakash Ensemble has a new CD out Diaspora Kid .  The tracks are distinct from each other in style, but all connected by the central theme of South Indian Traditional Carnatic music, the singing of Aditya Prakash.  The ensemble...

Katherin Hervey & Troy Williams return to Paradigms to update us on their film project The Prison Within . The film is about to hit the festivals. See it if you can! It’s a documentary about the Restorative Justice process at work, which shows great promise in being part of a just society. Malika Tirolean & Michael League of Bokanté return to Paradigms with new music on the horizon!...

Mercedes Bahleda is a devotional singer. She’s spent her life engaging with spirituality and music. In her latest foray, Mercedes worked with composer Klaus Hillebrecht to create Sacred Chants to Tara . Tara is the representation of the Divine Feminine in Buddhism. The chants and songs and the music on this record celebrate Tara, Divine Mother, Bringer of Peace. Mercedes and Baruch discuss t...

Therese Michaud is a pianist who plays regularly at the airport in Portland, Oregon. Her music is passionate and inspired by nature. Therese shares her music and her perspective! Dr. Kabran Chapek is a Naturopathic Physician with the Amen Clinics . Dr. Chapek talks about mental health, brain health, and ways we can detect and address challenges. Dr. Chapek’s new book is Concussion Rescue: A...

Gordon Soderberg joins Baruch to talk about Veterans Green Villages , an organization that formed in response to Hurricane Katrina. Gordon and the other veterans involved have continued, since 2005, to bring sustainable renewable energy resources along with all manner of rebuilding skills to disasters; hurricanes, tornadoes, and urban blight in Detroit. Gordon talks about “the need to serve&...

John Reed is a singer-songwriter from North West England. He has a new record out called Inheritance which is musically and lyrically stimulating and heartfelt. The music brings together John’s love of many kinds of music. The lyrics reflect John’s care for life, for Earth, for humanity. John’s new record Inheritance is a collection of very personal songs describing some of how J...

“Motihari Brigade creates high-energy revolution rock as a beacon for those seeking their independent lost tribe.” – mbrigade.com Eric Winston, founder of Motihari Brigade , talks with Baruch about the band, the album Power From Below and the ideas behind the music. Drawing inspiration from George Orwell, The Spanish Revolution, and his own life experience, Eric Winston has put t...

Karena Montag returns to Paradigms to talk about Restorative Justice, and is joined by Architect Deanna VanBuren who designs spaces conducive to Restorative Justice. The conversation focuses on designing processes for people that encourage justice and how people can recover from harm, and on how the built environment can encourage or discourage community, communication, well-being, all in the purs...

Nance Klehm ‘s work in the world concerns things like soil, sustainability, foraging; the relationship humans have with the rest of nature (since we are part of nature). Nance teaches workshops and classes, and has done such things as work at a disaster site designing and implementing composting toilets, and creating a medical waste disposal system that reduced disease.  Nance teaches a numb...

Miki Purnell is a Physician who works holistically, helping people find/restore balance and health. Miki is also a jazz singer! Her new record is called Midnight Bloom . Miki and Baruch talk about music, Miki’s life journey born in Hiroshima, Japan and now living/practicing in California. Miki talks about how music and medicine intersect. You’ll love Miki’s renditions of classic...

Randy Napolean started playing music as a child taking violin lessons. When he first touched a guitar as a young teenager, he was hooked. Guitar quickly became a central focus for Randy. Years later, Randy is a Professor of Music at Michigan State University College of Music in Lansing, MI. He has 4 records out, the latest, Common Tones informs Baruch and Randy’s discussion. Randy is recogni...

Chris Hedge has been making music for a long time. He’s worked with masters like Paul Horn and Neil Young and others. Chris has produced a new record Himalayan Sessions with Paul Horn , Keola Beamer , and local musicians in the Himalaya region. The record also includes spoken word pieces from an interview with H.H. the Dalai Lama , conducted by Tom and Nancy Vendetti in Dharamsala, India.  P...

Yvette Norwood-Tiger is a Jazz Singer. She used to be a Chemical Engineer, but her inspiration to sing never went away, and when she had a brain tumor less than a decade ago, and lived, she decided to “go for it” and she did! Yvette’s new record is called Love Is and it’s well worth listening to. There are standards and original songs, wonderful musicians and arrangements;...

“Helping San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors reconnect with hope and possibility through the healing power of music” – voicesofourcity.org Voices of our City is a choir made up of unsheltered people in the San Diego area. People coming together to make music, to be in community. “We believe that every human being deserves hope and connection. It’s with hope and co...

Kapil Seshasayee is a musician of South Asian ethnicity, but he grew up in Scotland where he still lives. Kapil makes music that is sonically rich and textured, and lyrically direct and purposeful. Kapil addresses cultural institutions in South Asian cultures, like misogyny, caste, and other inequities. Check out his new single The Item Girl . The music addresses serious matters, yet in the conver...

Dawn Drake and ZapOte have a new record Nightshade . This is funky fun movin’ to the groovin’ kinda music! You’re going to love it. Dawn is a woman on a mission; to empower and celebrate aliveness through multicultural music and community. Dawn is a percussionist, composer, teacher, and a badass. Dawn and Baruch get into the music and the inspirations of Dawn Drake and ZapOte. Mu...

Itamar Erez plays guitar and piano. His new album Mi Alegria is a sweet homage to life, to family, and to the amazingness of music. Embracing rhythms from various forms of Jazz, the songs are moving and exciting. Itamar and Baruch discuss inspiration, the making of this record, performance, and how the magic of music works as alchemy on human beings. Music by: Itamar Erez The post Itamar Erez &#82...

Mark Charles is running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States. Mark is a dual citizen of the Navajo Nation and the United States. He is running as an Independent Candidate for President of the United States to build a nation where -for the first time- ‘We the People’ truly means: #AllThePeople – markcharles2020.com Mark shares with Baruch why he is running for the Pr...

Kohshin Finley is a painter, an unlikely subject for a radio show. Kohshin is doing some powerful work that offers an opportunity for individual and cultural transformation. You can see this art at KohshinFinley.com. Baruch and Kohshin share a lively heartfelt conversation about the mission of this work, which is nothing short of world changing. You are encouraged to view the art at Kohshin’...

Kristin Chambers is a Singer/Songwriter/Musician based in Seattle. Kristin has a new record Kissing Ghosts which is a sophisticated blend of textures and emotions set to music. Kristin’s songs are simultaneously personal and universal. Kristin and Baruch discussed the music and Kristin’s inspirations, and of course the ever-present theme of how this music is part of the bigger picture...

“Music Action Women Collective is an innovative music residency bringing together outstanding female artists committed to advancing the causes of women through music.” – giantstepsmusic.org Baruch spoke with Jasna Jovicevic, Barb Duncan and Liz Draper about the music, the process of coming together as a group of women, and the mission of making music in this world in collaboratio...

Beyond Music is the latest brainchild from Regula Curti , co-founder of The Beyond Foundation . Beyond Music is an online platform for musicians. You can go to the site BeyondMusic.org and join for free, then look for musical collaborators anywhere in the world, and connect! Collaborating with Larry Klein as Producer and creative partner, The Beyond Music Project has released it’s first albu...

Baruch welcomes Lilli Lewis back to Paradigms. The Lilli Lewis Project has released a brilliant new record We Belong which we’ll be discussing and listening to. Lilli is a person who is deeply inspired, who takes time to delve into and explore her inspirations. As a result the music that is brought forth is also deep and exploratory, bringing past and present musical flavors together in an a...