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Rich Goodhart

About Me


To order Rich's CDs online, please visit HERE.
The "category listings" are somewhat loose...
(Progressive/Afro-Beat/Trance)
What would be a better choice???
"Progressive cross-cultural world rhythm instrumental and vocal invocations, healing transportations, songs, chants & meditations...etc."
Why couldn't they have given us that option?
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"This is music with a true sense of adventure, with plenty of backbone and vibrant heart" ~ Glen Velez, Master Drummer
"Amazingly talented… his versatility and vision are rare."
~ PJ Birosik, New Age Retailer Magazine
"An ecstatic listening experience." ~ Time And A Word
" WOW! As a Shamanic practitioner, transportative vessels such as this disc I find to be few and far between. It is Masterful, and for anyone wishing to look further than the end of their own head for glimpses of the rest of the Universe, known and unknown, it has worked as well as anything I have ever used to Journey with. My deepest compliments!"
~ Kevin Wilkinson, Visual/Energy Artist
"Visionary...Transporting...Beautiful Musicianship from everyone! Thank You, Rich, for Listening with a capital L and holding to the Great Song, the Great Gift. Blessings."
~ Saruah Benson, Musician, Sound Healer, Spirit Guide
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What else to say....
Rich Goodhart is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist and producer working with world music in non-traditional forms. You'll most likely see him playing dousongoni, sanza, dulcitar, berimbau, African and Middle Eastern hand drums, jaw harp, melodica and Native American flute. He also plays piano and synthesizers and uses his voice, and in the studio has been known to play many other instruments including guitar, bazouki, balalaika, tabla, bass, pan pipes, clay pots, and more...
His fifth and latest CD "EARTH SPIRAL WATER SOUND" , features the glissando guitar and vocals of Planet GONG wizard supreme Daevid Allen, guest vocals by Native American goddess and true voice of the clear sun Joanne Shenandoah, and the sensuous serpentine flute of bansuri master Steve Gorn.
His third album, "NEVER GIVE A SWORD TO A MAN WHO CAN'T DANCE" , was hailed as "The ultimate soundtrack to one's most private ritual dream" by New Age Retailer.
He has studied with master musicians of Africa, India, America and Indonesia and has performed and collaborated with many highly regarded musicians, dancers and writers, including Allen Ginsberg, Daevid Allen, Collin Walcott, Deepak Chopra, Joanne Shenandoah, Bill T. Jones, Nawang Khechog, Steve Gorn, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Paul Horn, John Bergamo, Mark Nauseef, Gilli Smyth, Shahram Shiva, John Ragusa, Michael Harrison, Wade Morissette, Russill Paul, KDZ Drummers, Ghandharva and Krishna Das.
Please be sure to visit his website richgoodhart.com if you wish to see a more expansive view of his recordings, performances and other work.
To order Rich's CDs online, please visit HERE.
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Member Since: 11/27/2006
Band Website: www.richgoodhart.com
Band Members: Discography:

"Earth Spiral Water Sound", 2005
"The Gathering Sun",1999
"Never Give A Sword To A Man Who Can't Dance", 1995
"Affirmative Reply", 1991
"Divining Signs", 1989

Unreleased:
Soul Offerings:Yoga of Love
w/ Deepak Chopra, 2002

Guest Appearances:
"Slang Rhythm Speak", KDZ
Kripalu Drummers, 2008
"Beauty's Way", Spiral Harmony, 2008
"Tiger's Island",Shirae,2003
"Take It From The Edge",
Steve Kraskow, 1991

Influences: Yes, Gong, Codona, Collin Walcott, Daevid Allen, The Beatles, Gentle Giant, trees, my higher-self, African, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Asian world musics; British folk music, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Henry Cow, National Health, contemporary world musics, Oregon, Didier Malherbe, Hadouk Trio, silence, solitude, rain dripping from trees, the music of trees, the music of birds, the wind, silence, Love and Light, the Source, the Cosmic Sound Current, the void, revealing the shadows, Sound as a Healing Energy, shamanism, qigong, Henry David Thoreau, Ram Dass, Steve Howe, Kerry Minnear, John Lennon, George Harrison, trees, solitude, Jon Anderson, Carlos Castaneda, Hafiz, Alan Watts, e.e. cummings, Tagore, Rilke, Rumi, etc..., oh, did I mention trees, silence and solitude??

Record Label: Beginner's Mind Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Place Of Power ~ new version upload/Featured Music!

Ok, I've finally got around to uploading the full-length version of "Place Of Power" in response to many requests of "where/when can we hear more?" (Of course my response to that has always been that ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:11:00 GMT

Liquid Lightening Love & The Equinox

Vernally Equal Night/Light & The One Love March 21st... Spring Equinox One of two times each year when the daylight and the nightdark are of equal length everywhere on the planet. Everywhere, ever...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:14:00 GMT

SHADOW SOUND STREAMING

  "SHADOW SOUND STREAMING"        &n bsp;       Shadow sound seeking light      Cool dark earth receiving&...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:26:00 GMT

A GOOD DAY TO LIVE

 "A GOOD DAY TO LIVE"     Four red-tailed hawks rise above an open sky Challenge the wind in pairs My spirit is drawn to where they fly Lifting my gaze to the place that is th...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:02:00 GMT

Good Marbles Lost

An unpublished lyric/poem.... (The music never got written for this one. It was meant to be spoken with the music, like Zappa's "I'm The Slime"!!) "Good Marbles Lost"     Facing t...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:09:00 GMT