I embarked on a six month pilgrimage into the hearts of North America's national parks for this album. Guitar slung on my shoulder, the way of the coined “Natural Heart Tour" provided resonant rebirth in the desert vortices of red rock mountains, the great joys of the giant sequoia’s, and trillions of stars of the Milky Way galaxy fireside on the Rio Grande.

I came home to record the etherial spirit of the experience with the band.

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Connecticut-born, Brooklyn-based drummer Christopher Berry started playing drums at the age of ten and hasn't stopped making noise since. Since graduating from New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music program in 2005 Christopher has toured and/or performed live with Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Oh Land, The Juan MacLean and Holy Ghost! as well as contributing to the studio recordings of Xylos, Bing & Ruth, White Prism, VHS Collection, Home Video, Mon Khmer, Via Audio, Corbu and many others. 

When not touring Christopher can be found recording and teaching out of his home studio in Brooklyn and regularly performs at venues in NYC such as Bowery Ballroom, Le Poisson Rouge, Rockwood Music Hall, Mercury Lounge, Music Hall of Williamsburg and Webster Hall.

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L. siceraria or bottle gourd, thought to have originated in southern Africa, was brought to Europe and the Americas very early in history, being found in Peruvian archaeological sites dating from 13,000 to 11,000 BC and Thailand sites from 11,000 to 6,000 BC. A study of bottle gourd DNA published in 2005 suggests that there are two distinct subspecies of bottle gourds, domesticated independently in Africa and Asia, the latter approximately 4,000 years earlier. The gourds found in the Americas appear to have come from the Asian subspecies very early in history, although a new study now indicates Africa. The archaeological and DNA records show it is likely that the gourd was among the first domesticated species, in Asia between 12,000 and 13,000 years before present, and possibly the first domesticated plant species.

So much love, from my sonic heart to yours. ~Sunny

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