Paradigms

Sergio Pereira returns to Paradigms to share his newest record Finesse , a collection of songs that will calm and relax you, while infusing you with life force and light! Composed and recorded during lockdown, Finesse brings together (virtually) a group of accomplished musicians playing Sergio’s compositions, many recorded their parts in their own homes. Sergio and Baruch discuss the music,...

Kabir Sehgal , and brothers Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash , have come together to create a new record Sand And Foam: Music Inspired by Kahlil Gibran . All three musicians are accomplished in their own right. Together, with guest musicians Claudia Acuna on vocals, Tivon Pennicott on sax, Caliph rapping, Oran Etkins on saxophone, Malini Aswathi on vocals, and Sudha Raghunanthan also on voc...

Esbe is a London-based musician, however her music is inspired by her North African and Eastern European heritage, as well as British folk, Jazz, and Indian classical music. Esbe returns to Paradigms with a new record I Might Be Dreaming , 10 songs from her imagination. Esbe also makes physical art which can be seen at art fairs around the UK, and on all her album covers. Baruch and Esbe discuss h...

Eljuri is back on Paradigms to preview her new high energy amazing record Reflexión . The full album hasn’t been released yet (it drops September 30, 2022) but we are lucky to have three of the new songs and a conversation with Eljuri, always interesting and inspiring. Cecilia Villar Eljuri is originally from Ecuador but has spent much of her life in New York City. Eljuri is known for her gu...

Dan Navarro has released a new record Horizon Line , 10 songs from before and during pandemic. In the spring of 2021 Dan hit the road for his first cross-country drive in many years, writing songs, inspired by the human condition. Dan’s love of music is visceral, it comes from deep inside him.  As you listen to his music, allow yourself to feel it in your body.  That will bring you closer to...

Rafael Greco is a composer and multi instrumentalist performer from Venezuela. He played for years with multi Latin Grammy winners Guaco and has recently released his debut album  Dice Que Vive (Signs Of Life) . This collection of original songs offers stories with fantastical tones, as well as very real memorials to those who lost their lives or their homes due to the political situation in Venez...

Araceli Poma and Matt Geraghty are Afro-Andean Funk and they have just released their first album The Sacred Leaf . This project and this music bring together Afro-Andean culture with other African and Caribbean musical traditions as well as electronica and contemporary jazz.  The songs on the new album are personal, some of them are also political.  The message is one of inspiring unity and heali...

Dan Jacobson grew up in Denver, Colorado, with his mothers parents close by, both survivors of the Holocaust in Europe during WWII. Dan’s grandfather Steve was born in a small village in Romania before the war, but the war came and his life was profoundly affected.  He is one of 2 family members to have survived the concentration camps, and he escaped from Auschwitz days before the liberatio...

Grimaldo del Solar and Sylvia Falcón , both from Peru, have come together to create PUNKU , the eponymously titled debut of their collaboration.  The music blends traditional Andean rhythms, instruments, and melodies, with contemporary electronica and Rock/Rap styles, creating a powerful fusion. Drawing from ancestral  musical DNA, and using technology to capture and recreate magical musical momen...

Dean Cycon is the founder of Dean’s Beans , whose mission statement is a model for ethical, socially responsible, Earth friendly business practices. After 30 profitable years working with an ethical business model, Dean is retiring and turning the company into an Employee Owned Co-operative. Dean returns to Paradigms after 13 years. He has a lot to share about how Dean’s Beans has grow...

Hannah Baiardi returns to Paradigms to share her new record Magic , a sumptuous feast of jazz keyboard and vocals, all original songs, that will smooth out your day. Hannah has the gift of creating songs and musical compositions that embody the path of the seeker, someone on an intentional journey of learning and experiencing the interconnectedness of everything. This episode of Paradigms is being...

Peter Yarrow is one of our better angels.  He’s been a voice of conscience, peacemaking, love and decency, for three quarters of a century!  Peter, Paul (Stookey) & Mary (Travers) gave voice to generations of children and adults around the world with music that uplifted, fed our imaginations, and always always called for us to be our better selves. Peter has been sharing music with survi...

Bart Moore has just released his second album Graveyards Wind & War a compilation of original songs. His first record is Curse of Los Lunas . Bart is a storyteller.  His songs explore real stories and offer windows into human lives and experiences, which we can learn from. Bart is from Michigan, where he lives and performs. Once a punk/grunge rocker in the San Francisco Bay area, eventually Ba...

Mike Stevens has been playing harmonica since he was a child. He’s played with world class musicians and has graced the stage of The Grand Ole Opry.  His playing is virtuoso.  The harmonica may seem a humble instrument, but Mike makes powerful music with it. Breathe In The World, Breathe Out Music is a collection of original tunes, with a few familiar songs for good measure.  The band is exc...

Edith Letner , Yacouba Sissoko , and Banning Eyre , are Voyagers , a trio playing fusion music with facets of Jazz, various African, Folk, and other musical traditions. Each has achieved mastery with their instruments, and continues to learn and explore. Together they bring us Chasing Light , an album of original and traditional tunes which bring light into the space, into your mind, into the worl...

Loreena McKennitt returns to Paradigms after 4 years to talk about the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough record The Visit . Loreena is about to launch a Canadian Tour where she will be performing the album in its entirety along with colleagues Caroline Lavelle on cello, Hugh Marsh on violin, and Brian Hughes on guitar. With just one date in each province, this tour is extra special! Loreena tel...

Chris Butcher is a trombonist, recording engineer, and more, and Holly Devon is a writer artist philosopher.  Along with Sabertooth Swing band leader Romain Beauxis, and other artists, they have just released a new album Delta Bound which is a recounting and feeling-through some of the history of New Orleans. Guest artists include Sister Helen Prejean , Bruce ‘Sunpie’ Barnes , Jeffery Broussard ,...

Ezra Gale is a multi instrumentalist songwriter storyteller media fusing visionary, who has recently allowed his alter ego The Eargoggle to release a double album with accompanying comic books, one for each record in the album. The music and the comics go together and how that works is open to interpretation.  In other words, you have to experience this for yourself, listening and reading together...

Mike Mullins has been playing music since childhood. He’s played guitar on over 100 records but his true musical love is the mandolin, so he’s just released a record of just mandolin music 8-String Sketches . Reinventing familiar tunes for the mandolin, Mike takes us on a light journey. The mandolin lends itself to variations in melody and textures that are specifically mando. Mike tel...

Peter Ward ‘s new book The Price of Immortality The Race to Live Forever examines the quest for immortality by meeting “The Immortalists” and learning about their ideas and their methods; what’s working? The prolongation of life has been desired by humans for thousands of years, going back to ancient religions and practices, coming forward through time to the alchemists of...

“Giuseppe Paradiso is a drummer, recording artist and composer active both as a bandleader of MERIDIAN 71, a world-jazz music project based in Boston,  as well as a freelance recording and live musician across different music genres.” – Giuseppe-Paradiso.com Giuseppe and Meridian 71 have a new record out Parallel Dimensions which explores questions of physics and consciousness. J...

Jason Tamba was born and raised in Congo.  In his early 20’s he moved to South Africa and played withe the band Afro Fiesta. He now lives in the US and has just released his second solo album Don’t Give Up , a collection of story songs with a theme of perseverance. Jason has been playing guitar since he was a small child when he made his first guitar. Now his playing is influenced by A...

Rupert Wates has released a new album For the People , new songs written mostly in the first person, based on old English folk tales. Rupert records his albums in one take, playing the whole thing straight through and then turning that into a CD.  This way we, the listeners, get to hear a “live show” coming straight from the artist’s creativity. He plays guitar unaccompanied, exc...

Mamak Khadem has released her fourth album Remembrance which is a collection of Persian poetry set to music.  The poems/songs speak to loss, love, and continuity.  The music is beautiful, emotional, and beautifully performed. Mamak is from Iran but has lived in the US since she was a teenager.  While loving her culture Mamak would not be safe if she returned to Iran because of politics.  She is on...

Emma G is a musician, songwriter, author and youth empowerment coach .  Now living in the US, Emma was born and raised in New Zealand where, among other things, she was lead singer for Auckland rockers Static Era . Her personal story is one of triumph over medical and societal adversity, very inspiring. The conversation with Emma starts with some of her personal story, musical inspirations, and he...