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Nahko & Medicine for the People
2014.08.10
ARISE ~ Eagle Main Stage 
Loveland, CO

updated 24 bit audio below:
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set list TBD ~ any help please drop me a line

2014.08.10 Nahko & Medicine For The People Live At ARISE Eagle Main Stage 06

This track was born into the world through a moment of sheer ecstatic joy. It was my birthday, I walked downtown santa cruz and stumbled upon Singing Wood Marimba playing epically booty-dancing music that uplifted my spirits as nothing else ever has. I bough their cd and continuously wept whenever i heard one of the tracks, 'Tenda'. I experimented with a little of the looping style and chord progression from that track and used a vocal looper to create this song. I had the great honor of sharing this story with them, and inviting them to play on this track. 

Unstoppable Joy for me is an infectious way to live life ad posture the heart no matter what. It is an ongoing meditation and co-creation. I dedicate this song to my beloved friend, muse and collaborator Binah Zing, who loved this song and believed in its capacity to spread light and joy with the people. May we all rise and dance together in the freedom of our truest pure joy.
lyrics
I wonder what might happen 
if all the beings in all the worlds 
were free from suffering and without desire 
and burst into unstoppable joy 
I wonder what might happen 
if all the stars in all the skies 
were strung together with a common thread 
and shone together in common light 
the light of love 

I am that I am that I am Love, Unstoppable Love 
I am that I am that I am Light, Un-fade-able Light 
I am that I am that I am Joy, Unstoppable Joy 
I am that I am that I am that I am, 
Unstoppable Joy 

I wonder what might happen 
If all the eyes began to see 
the mystery of love unfolding 
in the perfection of you and me 
I wonder what might happen 
if all the hearts that felt the pulse 
would dance together in the rhythm of one song 
and sing united as one voice 
the voice of love 

I am that I am that I am Love, Ustoppable Love 
I am that I am that I am Light, Un-fade-able Light 
I am that I am that I am Joy, Unstoppable Joy 
I am that I am that I am that I am, 
Unstoppable Joy
credits
released 18 November 2014 
Marya Stark- Voice, Lyrics, Music and Vocal Arrangements 
Song Adapted from 'Tenda' originally composed by Paul Mataruse

Andy Zenczak- Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Bass 
Barry Phillips- cello and string arragnement- 
Chad Katlinger- viola 
Members of Singing Wood Marimba- Marimba 
Beaumont Bradbury- Drums and Percussion 

Vocals from Memebers of the Cultural Heritage Choir: 
Linda Tillery, Tammi Brown, Bryan Dyer 
Additional Vocals- Fa Jun, Buddha Bee, Eric James, Alyra Rose, Ishka Lha, Briana Kai 

Recorded at Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz, Ca 
Assisted by Patrick Brede 
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering

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Marya Stark ~ Unstoppable Joy

The Sting That Inks — Afrofuturist Suite
Summary: This multi-movement lyric explores the idea of pain as a sacred transmitter—where each “sting” becomes a form of ink that writes ancestral truth, memory, and identity across time. The speaker doesn’t arrive in the world passively—they dock in ache, carrying encoded rhythms and scars that speak louder than curated healing. Through poetic movements, the piece reclaims writing as ritual, scars as archives, and sound as lineage. It’s a transmission from a cosmic, diasporic consciousness that refuses erasure.

The Sting That Inks #Afrofuturist

The Mountain

I Will Create

Reach

Sing To The Mountain (Live At The Boulder Theater) - Elephant Revival - From Sands Of Now

11 Love Will Find A Way

Dustin Thomas - Strong Like Jah - Live at The Garden of Eden

Hoka

We Are on Time

The Wolves Have Returned (feat. Trevor Hall, Xavier RUDD, Leah SONG & Joseph)

Tus Pies

Love Will Find a Way

Love Will Find a Way (feat. Paula Fuga, Trevor Hall & Nahko)

Trevor Hall, huge inspiration for me.. bringing the words and awareness of the ancients.. and presenting them in a new paradigm way. Allowing the healing of many hearts.

" She who rides the lion, rides my beating heart. Darker than my darkness and brighter than my spark. She takes all of my troubles and throws them in her flames. All my pain and pleasure.. everythings the same"

Original Track is "My Beating Heart", found on Trevor's "This is Blue" Album

Buy the original track here: http://goo.gl/Brw67
OR watch a live performance : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asSN7813ub8

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My Beating Heart - Trevor Hall -  Sri Kala Remix

IN AND THROUGH THE BODY
Listen here: https://ffm.to/throughthebody

Lyrics:
you could play it out
but all of it’s in your head
holding on with both two hands
gotta let go 
is it really you
knocking at your own door
always looking for something more
don’t be a fool
don’t be a fool

oh no no no
you just gotta let that old story go
you just gotta let that good river flow into your heart
it’s a start

where you gonna run to if you’re gonna run from here
only running from your own fear
it’ll catch up now
gotta let it die
gotta let it go its own way
who will you be if you let it stay
i’m afraid
I'm afraid

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the old story (feat. Emory Hall)

Vanguard Records, part of Concord Bicycle Music’s Fantasy Label Group, is one of the world’s leading independent record labels. Its eclectic roster of quality artists includes Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Switchfoot, O.A.R., Flogging Molly, Parachute, Sallie Ford, Matt Nathanson, Chris Isaak, Barenaked Ladies, Greg Laswell, Trevor Hall, Indigo Girls, and more. It’s rich history of catalog artists features Levon Helm, Merle Haggard, Joan Baez, Mindy Smith, Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Wells, John Fahey, to name a few.

The Mountain

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