Edition #34 – Joe McCarthy answers 7 questions

1. Why are you a musician? Music has been my lifelong mission. It is who I am. 2. Who are your musical inspirations? My inspirations come in many forms, primarily from forward thinkers who strive to create outside of the box with success, people who are honest and...

Chant For Our Planet

Chant For Our Planet By Marco Pignataro Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal From murmuring brooks to the eruption of scalding magma, sound is ubiquitous on our planet. What is more, according to satellite data — scientists theorize that sound waves may have been present...

Edition #32 – Tom Nazziola answers 7 questions

1. Why are you a musician? I’ve been a musician since I was three years old. I can’t remember considering any other path….it simply feels like something I was meant to pursue. 2. Who are your musical inspirations? For a short list, I would say the...

Magic Mirror

Magic Mirror By Carol Albert Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal They say that you live only once. But when you read a good book or listen to a beautiful album, you’re treated to another life, another experience on which to draw, as you journey down your own road. Such is the...

Edition #30 – Madi Das answers 7 questions

1. Why are you a musician? Music has always been the language I have used to express myself in ways that words cannot describe. And because it is a language that transcends culture or identity in a way that creates emotional feelings in a way like no other artform. 2....

Edition #29 – Paula Boggs answers 7 questions

1. Why are you a musician? The teen me wrote a song with a lyric, “the gift is for those who use it well.” As a songwriter and performer I communicate best through the medium of music. I need to make it and am grateful others want to hear it. I also dig the whole...

Edition #28 – Brian Carter answers 7 questions

1. Why are you a filmmaker? First and foremost I consider myself a musician who uses film as a visual accompaniment to my music. I’m a story teller who uses whatever devices speak to me in a given moment. 2. Who inspired your creative journey? My dad is a...

Cuban Sketches for Piano

Leo Brouwer Cuban Sketches for Piano By Mariel Mayz Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal To know contemporary classical music is to know Leo Brouwer. An acclaimed Cuban composer, conductor, Brouwer has long been celebrated as a modern-day Mozart who has birthed an inimitable...