Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, a prominent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr. Timothy Leary. He continued his psychedelic research until that fateful Eastern trip in 1967, when he traveled to India. In India, he met his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, affectionately known as Maharajji, who gave Ram Dass his name, which means “servant of God.” Everything changed then – his intense dharmic life started, and he became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words “Be Here Now” ever since. Ram Dass’ spirit has been a guiding light for three generations, carrying along millions on the journey, helping to free them from their bonds as he works through his own.

musician with classical training, harmonium teacher, yoga instructor, lover of mountains, woods, and lakes residing in upstate New York. www.sethyogamusic.com

Magic.

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Springfield is a beautiful, scary, magical place in the English countryside, a lifetime ago. Could It Be? was made one balmy August night in Brooklyn among fireflies.

Could It Be? 
Released January 1, 2016 

Sophie Harris - Vocals, Guitar 
Michael Coleman - Piano, Pump organ 
Eli Crews - Upright Bass 
Eric Fraser - Bansuri 
Shahzad Ismaily - Percussion 
Jon Nellen - Drums 
Sam Owens - Guitar 
Jenavieve Varga - Violin 

All songs written and arranged by Sophie Harris 
Recorded at Figure 8 Recording, Brooklyn NY by Michael Coleman and Philip Weinrobe 
Mixed at Way Up Studio by Philip Weinrobe 
Mastered at The Ranch Mastering, Beacon NY by Matthew Agoglia 

Cover photograph by Reuben Wu, reubenwu.com 
Design by John Mark Lapham for SLM Design

Thanks for stopping by.  Here are a few of my mixes, some current, others not so much.  I am a fan of all music with soul.  I'm very interested in mining the rich history of our musical past as well as connecting with what moves me from today.

New singles 'Sight Unseen', Rose Gold', 'Interdimensional...' & 'Off On A Roll With The Soul' out now! †

Death Time (feat. Charles): https://bit.ly/2C7tZT8

"Nothing/Everything" double LP (Digital + VINYL):
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/e29lsk

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First active musically as a teenager in Louisville’s underground hardcore scene, Rinehart's first band Flight Nineteen played with seminal underground acts like At The Drive In, Joan of Arc, & Hot Water Music.  

His first solo album “Memories Are Hunting Horns," released in 2010 under the pseudonym “Saredren Wells”, featured a new and very different direction,  situating him alongside off-kilter folk artists like Daniel Johnston, & Bonnie “Prince” Billy.  He toured briefly following the release, sharing the stage with fellow troubadours Steve Gunn & famed queer folk artist Ed Askew.    

Relocating to NYC, Rinehart co-founded both The Body Actualized Center, a DIY arts space in Brooklyn, and the "New Age Boy Band" 'Splash', whom he toured the US with in the Summer of 2012 (supporting the band Friends). 

Turning his attention back to solo work in 2013, Rinehart released “The Funeral Home Sessions,” a 3-song EP of tributes to Fugazi's Ian Mackaye, Neil Young, & folk legend Elizabeth Cotten.  
 
In 2015 Rinehart released "Nothing/Everything,” his most ambitious work to date.  A 15-song double album LP (released on LA's Buddyhead Records), “Nothing/Everything” highlighted his chameleon-like talent for genre hopping.  In turn melancholy and magnanimous, a deft synthesis of all of his previous projects, “Everything” improves on the old while hinting at something new.  

Subsequent singles he's released recently include "Protect", "Death Time" (Feat. Charles),  "Off On A Roll With The Soul", "Interdimensional Nonconversational Inconsequential Love" & "They Say".  His next single "Sight Unseen" was released in February of last year.

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