Nightingale Soul Call
A unique live duet between a nightingale and a Japanese shakuhachi flute, accompanied by shruti box.
Nightingale Soul Call expresses a suspended moment in time in which Adrian Freedman’s shakuhachi met the nightingale, and together with Sam Lee, a meeting of kindred souls took place, through the medium of universal sound and silence.
The nightingale is a master of lyrical improvisation and of meaningful silence. Adrian Freedman is a master of the ancient Zen flute, shakuhachi, known for his soulful improvisations, and for the way he integrates sound and silence in his performances.
Nightingale Soul Call was recorded in the middle of the night at Highnam Woods in Gloucestershire. This track sits at the heart of the Kindred Souls album, representative of a truly spontaneous and heartfelt artistic collaboration that cuts through all boundaries of culture, nationality and even species. One heart, one world.
The shruti box drone is played in this track by Sam Lee, who plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk song interpreter, conservationist and broadcaster, he is the founding inspiration and guiding light behind the ‘Singjng with Nightingales’ project, which aims to raise awareness about the precarious situation facing nightingales in this country, and which brings together the finest musicians in the land to duet with the sweet sounds of the nightingale.
Each spring Sam Lee hosts a series of live events in which he takes invited musicians to step silently into the woods as darkness falls, to hear the nightingales sing in thrillingly close proximity, and to sing and play alongside.
The Kindred Souls album, to be released in June 2021, features Adrian Freedman and 20 other musicians from five continents. Recordings of spontaneous connections made with musicians around the planet.The ‘Kindred Souls’ of this project are musicians like Adrian who have been drawn to world music, meditation music, medicine music and devotional music from various traditions around the world. The encounters between these musicians and Adrian reflect a spontaneous, intuitive musical flow, in which music is celebrated as a universal language of the heart, transcending cultural boundaries.
Some of the recordings are from the studio and some from live performances.
SAM LEE Bio
Mercury Prize nominated Folk singer, song collector, promoter (of BBC award winning Nest Collective) radio host, TV personality, teacher and animateur, Sam released his debut album “Ground Of Its Own’ comprised of songs learned 1st hand from the Gypsy Traveler community. The recording is a new musical manifesto, reflecting Sam's unique artistic journey. Winner of the 2011 Arts Foundation Award, he is fast becoming accepted as a new pioneer, defining the sound, sight and texture of folksong today. Likewise his band 'Sam Lee & Friends' perform unconventional and contemporary interpretations challenging all preconceptions of what ‘traditional folk’ should sound like.

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Kindred Souls

Nightingale Soul call

Nightingale Soul Call (feat. Sam Lee)

Diana Carr - Oso Blanco

דניאלה דבש - הובלה, שירה, גיטרה
אייר סמל - קלידים, שירה, חליל, מיקס
ניקו - סיטאר
צבי שרף - שירה

אדוניי שפתיי - דניאלה דבש והמעגל התפילהרמוני 5.2.23

Heart Of The Earth

amavasya - अमवस - new moon - księżyc w nowiu

 Lyrics & Melo dy Uria Tsur
Vocal & guitar - Uria Tsur
Tar - Aminadav klein

From Darkness

icaro shipibo maestros Jorge y Lusmila, 2014

icaro shipibo maestros Jorge y Lusmila #1

Grateful 11/22/14

Travertine

Lyrics:
Come, Come, wherever you are,
And meet the young ladies that come from the stars,
Come, Come wherever you are,
And meet the grandmothers that watch from the stars.

Celestial Rivers, pouring their truth,
Reflecting their wisdom in all that we do,
Creation & Healing, Love Divine,
Open our Hearts, help us to shine.

Come, come, wherever you are,
And meet the young lads that come from the stars,
Come, come wherever you are,
And meet the Grandfathers that watch from the stars.

So rise up your prayers to this Great Mystery,
Open your channel to all you can be,
True Healing resides from within,
Reflecting on all, who are our Kin.

So come, come, wherever you are, 
And meet yourself as you come from the stars,
Come, come wherever you are,
And meet your true nature ....
....as it watches from the stars.

Background:
This song was the first song gifted to me, of my own connection to Spirit, upon the Medicine Path. As a result of entering the Ayahuasca Lineage path, I became increasingly curious about Song and this was the first that came to me, that I wrote down, practiced, and sang as a lullaby to Spirit. 

I wrote this song in New Mexico, after a desert rain storm, on a roof, in July of 2014.

Ceremonial Context:
This song, for me, is sang to "call" the awareness of the ceremonial circle to our highest nature: to the grandmothers & grandfathers that watch over us. And, ultimately, the song invites us to realize that we individuals are, in fact, one with the Spirit of All: the Grandmothers, Grandfathers, and all of Creation.

It's nature is "lullaby", and therefore is sung when the ceremonial space is in a deep, inward, and intimate space within itself. It encourages a soothing, nurturing, and somewhat mysterious vibration into the celestial realms.

Come, Come Wherever You Are

Abuelito Fuego (cz) 16.1.2021

Iya﻿r's current worlds include a whole range of musical activity: Playing Instruments, Arranging, Conducting, Practicing, Studying, Teaching, Sound Design, Composition.

He plays the following instruments:

Classical & Electric Guitar, Fretless Bass, Silver Flute, Oud, Djembe, Darbuka, Ney (Middle-Eastern Makam Flute), Alto Saxophone, Singing, Theory & Harmony, Chart Writing.

Iyar began his career as a dj in clubs, bars, private parties and outdoor raves. His quest for quality dance music brought him all the way to the land 'down under' of Australia where he studied Contemporary Music & Audio Engineering for 4 years at a Conservatorium including: Piano, Bass, Guitar, Flute and Drums as well as Theory, Composition, Ensembles, World Music, Choir and Vocal Studies, Live Sound and Recording in the studio.﻿

His studies have led him to explore the foundations of rhythm, harmony and melody as well as the nature of sound.

These days he is keeping busy, creating Fresh Fusion between Cutting Edge Electronic and Live Acoustic.

אדוניי שפתיי - דניאלה דבש והמעגל התפילהרמוני 5.2.23

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