Great song written by Seth Bernard for Bob Russell.

The Ballad of Captain Blackheart

We are honored to welcome Palestinian artist Ayed Arafah as our first State of Water guest in 2024. Ayed’s art has been featured around the world from Cairo to Oslo to exhibits across the United States. (2:30) He became beloved by many folks within our Michigan community during his artist residency at Earthwork Farm several years ago. (4:40) Ayed reflects on his sense of home and how being born and raised in the Dheisheh refugee camp has shaped his life. (7:00) Ayed shares how he engages art as a powerful tool to raise awareness and to create a space of freedom and imagination in the midst of a life lived under occupation and (9:20) poignantly shares about his relationship with water and his own painful disconnection from the nearby seas – living in a reality where he is able to travel and enjoy the Great Lakes but is unable to access the neighboring and culturally significant Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. (11:30) This sense of disconnection from the sea inspired his moving piece, “Sea Package,” created by sea water sent in bottles to Palestine from all around the world. (19:05) We also get a personal update from Ayed on the horrors of the current situation in his homeland.

You can follow Ayed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ayedarafah/

/// EPISODE 40

/ Ayed Arafah interviewed by Seth Bernard
/ Produced, edited and mixed by Dan Rickabus and Chris Good 
/ Narrators - Alex Smith, Ben Darcie, Dan Rickabus, Jenny Jones, Angela  Gallegos, Rachel Marco-Havens 
/ Graphic by Chris Good 
/ Theme Music - Mike Savina, Seth Bernard & Dan Rickabus 
/ Featured Music - “Homestretch” by Ecotone, “Authors (instrumental demo)" by Dan Rickabus, and “Cindy’s Waltz” by Seth Bernard

Ep 40 - Ayed Arafah part 1

I made this on my phone with office chair drums on a free multitrack app. #cathartic👂with 🎧 

🙏🏻 to my friend Anna Lemler (@unfurlandrewild on Instagram) for encouraging me to flesh out this song, and for adding it to the Ceasefire Chorus Toolkit — a political ed. resource that includes songs to support direct actions and move us through our grief.

Bit.ly/ceasefirechorustoolkit

*@unfurlandrewild and @roottorisesomatics also just released a Somatic (body based) zine/resource to support the student encampment mvmt* 

Now! by Samantha Cooper

1st Vocal Loop: (1st note: Ab)
16 beat vocal/inst melody 

2nd Vocal Loop: (Bb, B, Db, Bb)
“mm mm mm mmmm” 

A Part Lyrics: (1st note B)
We need - a ceasefire now!
We need - divestment now!
We need - boycotts and sanctions now!
You need - to let the aid in now!

B Part ooo’s: (1st note B)
ooo’s X4

#songcircle #ceasefirechorus #solidaritysongs #stoptheoccupation

Follow @sammacooper, @solidaritysongs and @ceasefirechorus on Instagram for more songs like this!

Now!

This track is from the album Reconciliation and the Mystical Beyonda and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sethbernard8

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Honoring Life

American musician Laraaji is one of new age's most distinctive, prolific, and charismatic artists. Since first gaining exposure in the early '80s after a chance meeting with ambient innovator Brian Eno, who produced the landmark release Ambient 3: Day of Radiance (1980), Laraaji has released countless cassettes and albums, ranging from the mantra-like synth pop of Vision Songs, Vol. 1 (1984) to the extended drones of 1987's Essence/Universe. A master of multiple instruments, Laraaji primarily constructs his lengthy, meditative soundscapes from an electronically altered zither, hammered dulcimer, kalimba, synthesizers, piano, and other instruments, as well as natural sounds and vocals.  Additionally, he has collaborated with several electronic, experimental, rock, and dub musicians, including Japanese dub crew Audio Active (The Way Out Is the Way In, 1995), Bill Laswell (Divination's Sacrifice, 1998), and Philadelphia duo Blues Control (FRKWYS Vol. 8, 2011). In addition to his musical career, he is well known for his Laughter Meditation Workshops.

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Ram Dass Reworks

Like Taking Off An Old Shoe AKA Death (Laraaji Rework)

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation... Thank you Soundcloud. 