Paradigms

Saïd Tichiti has been making music for most of his life.  Born in Morocco, he’s been living in Hungary for 25 years, resulting in a musical amalgam bringing together North African rhythms in the Gnawa tradition, with Amazigh and Hassani influences. The Baltic region has rich musical traditions which come into the mix with Hungarian inspirations and musicians. The band Chalaban has made 6 alb...

Diva Jazz Orchestra celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the release of the record Diva Jazz Orchestra “30” recorded live at Dizzy’s Club. Baruch is joined by bandleader Sherrie Maricle and some of her bandmates; Jennifer Krupa on Trombone, Jami Dauber on Trumpet, Noriko Ueda on Bass, Scheila Gonzalez on Saxophone, and Kellin Hanas on Trumpet. The conversation is largely about...

Allison Au ‘s new record Migrations is a suite of music that is an homage migrants.  Commissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2019, inspired by the stories of her grandparents from Eastern Europe and from Asia, Allison has created an epic musical poem which is comprised of her original compositions, combined with poetry by celebrated poets from a number of backgrounds and tradition...

George Mann returns to Paradigms fresh off an Australian tour, to share his new record This Chain , a collection of original songs and a few songs written by treasured friends. George has been involved with the labor movement and playing folk music for many years. He plays over 200 gigs a year, many in Veteran’s Homes and Homes for the elderly. The new record reunites George with longtime fr...

Muriel Mwamba is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Zambia. Her new record Lesa Alomfwa is a celebration of her faith and determination. Years in the making, with songs inspired by her life experiences, this album is Muriel’s first album, with hopefully more to come! Bringing together African, Brazilian and Jazz musical colors, this music can move you from the inside out. This record is...

Gino Jevdjevic is a musician from Bosnia whose band is Kultur Shock . Darek Mazzone is from Poland,, and his record label is Old Age Recording Co . They are long time friends and colleagues, and together they have just produced a new Kultur Shock album Acoustic Live . Kultur Shock has been making music for decades and has many albums.  They are a punk band, so this acoustic record is something dif...

Yungchen Lhamo is from Tibet. She has resided in the United States for 30 years. Yungchen has been celebrated on the international music scene since the mid 1990’s.  Recently she toured Australia with Peter Gabriel. Yungchen Lhamo’s seventh album is One Drop of Kindness , a song cycle of beautiful music which offers listeners a journey from wherever you are to a place of realization, a...

Carrie Newcomer ‘s album A Great Wild Mercy is a heartwarming foray into a world of possibilities and hope, while acknowledging the challenges of life.  The painful aspects of reality are not candy-coated in Newcomer’s stories, but beauty and aliveness are celebrated. The use of imagery and sense memory in her songs is crafted beautifully. Welcomed back to Paradigms after 7 years, the...

During the holiday season people get new toys, engage in winter sports, and party; all activities which can lead to injury.  This episode is intended to help people understand and prevent Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), a sort of “TBI 101.” Dr. Alexis Peterson works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a researcher. She is currently working on the issue of TBI. Dr....

Oz Noy moved to New York City as a child, and now he’s a working musician, touring and recording.  He plays Jazz Guitar with a distinctly bluesy flavor. The Oz Noy Trio includes Dennis Chambers on drums and Jimmy Haslip on bass. Their new album Triple Play is really good music. Oz shares some of his story and his process.  He’s a very down to Earth pragmatic fellow, and music is what h...

Accomplished musical masters Sean Harkness , Samite Mulondo , and Shem Guibbory are K U M A R A .  When they play together the musical experience is deeply resonant, transcending emotion, reaching the listener. In conversation with Baruch you can hear the enthusiasm and engage with the intentions these three exude. They have a vision of playing music together in sacred sites around the world to am...

World Beyond War is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending war and violence.  Marc Eliot Stein first volunteered for World Beyond War in 2017 and has since become the Technology Director, managing websites, podcast and other technological aspects of promoting this mission. The organization provides anti-war organizing, workshops, and the podcast World Beyond War . The conversation between M...

Grupo Los Santos is getting ready to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band!  Their new record is Santos 4 , a lively collaboration between 4 good friends who know each other well enough to be playful and experimental in their music co-creations. Pete Smith, David Ambrosio, Max Pollack, and William “Beaver” Bausch are always working on new music.  If you’re in the New York Ci...

John Reed returns to Paradigms to share his new record Elevation , a group of songs which directly address the current state and activities of humanity.  John pulls no punches in his call for people to see and respond to the world around them. He is joined on this album by Matt Steady and Jo Beth Young , who bring their musicianship, brilliant and haunting. John has chosen to make this album avail...

Galeet Dardashti returns to Paradigms to share her new project Monajat wherein Galeet brings together her love of music, her work as an anthropologist, and her celebration of her grandfather Younes Dardashti who was a famous Persian Jewish singer. In this time of polarization and conflict in the region called “The Middle East” with more horrific violence perpetrated by extremists, Jews...

Alice Howe grew up listening to the singer/songwriters of the 1960’s and 70’s. She started singing at an early age, learned to play the guitar, and now she’s got three records and tours the US and Europe playing her original songs about life, love, and presence. Circumstance is a collection of songs that let us in on Alice’s inner life a bit, her relationships, and her sens...

Heather Luna Spence is a Marine Biologist-Musician-Composer.  Heather takes an holistic approach to her work, inspired by her love of sound and nature. Listening to the oceans from below the surface, Heather studies the impact of human-made sounds on aquatic life, to better understand what humans can do to protect marine life from the disruptive noises humans make with ships, construction, weapons...

Alex Cornelissen is CEO and a ship Captain with Sea Shepherd Global having come up through the ranks, starting out as Chief Cook in 2002 on the good ship Farley Mowat.  Since then Alex has participated in many campaigns to stop illegal fishing and whaling from Europe to Africa to Antarctica. The state of Earth’s oceans is dire. Extraction of fish and other life forms, and pollution, threaten...

Malika Zarra was born in Morocco, raised in France, and got her musical training in Paris and New York. Malika’s new record is RWA (The Essence) a collection of original songs informed by ideas of belonging, community, owning one’s power. Malika is inspired by  her life experiences as an immigrant, as a traveler, as a mother and artist. Malika’s voice is warm and personal and fil...

Many traditions have some form of “a year and a day” for trying a new practice, for breaking a pattern or establishing a new one. Diana Helmuth has written a book The Witching Year – a Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft wherein she describes her experience of exploring and practicing modern witchcraft for one year. The book is one person’s account of their...

Quinn Sternberg is a bass player and composer, originally from Indiana, now living in North Carolina after years in New Orleans. His life informs the music on his new record Walking on Eggshells . The new record is 8 tracks, all pretty different from each other, a walk through Quinn’s recent life. Quinn is taking this record on the road, performing locally in North Carolina, and also doing s...

Naïssam Jalal has a new album Healing Rituals , 8 rituals that came through her.  Naïssam plays the flute like you have never heard it played before.  This record is an experience.  Seeing and hearing her in person must be sublime! Raised in France, Naïssam has traveled to explore her Syrian ancestry and has just been in India studying North Indian Classical Music. Inspired by healing and music...

Welcome back Grammy Award winners Opium Moon , with your new record  Where We Are Gathered .  This album is luscious.  The synergy these musicians create will resonate deeply in your body and soul, vibrating every part of your being. Lili Haydn, Hamid Saeidi, Itai Disraeli, and MB Gordy come together and make magic.  They gathered together to talk with Baruch about the making of this record, and w...

Matt Steady is a guitarist, among other things.  He explores genres, from nature-inspired instrumentals to blues. His latest album Presence is a collection of epic sonic poems, instrumental pieces in the “rock” genre, that will transport you. In the conversation with Baruch, Matt talks about his life in England with his family in a big old house in a small town, how his life inspires h...

Shannon Leigh Reynolds is originally from Georgia, now living in the DC area.  Shannon’s debut record Triple Shot combines beloved covers along with original songs, all in the bluegrass genre.  It’s really fun when you find new music that’s as good as the old stuff.  Shannon’s songwriting is personal and she really “gets” bluegrass, plus she can sing!  The music...