~ZAMBEZI MBIRA~2005~
PEACE......ONE LOVE...... CURRENT MOON lunar phase I love watching the Moon, the Sky, the Weather, Storms....spending time in Nature; working with Crystals and hanging out with my Pets; Playing music! Feeding the Birds; Music, Art, Dance; Yoga and Spiritual Study; Gardening, Natural Medicine, Sacred Healing; Culture Studies & Ethnomusicology; Natural Magick, Shamanism, Tarot; Working with Light & Energy; Holistic Living and Pursuing my Truth....Playing Mbira....
Kindred Souls....Ancient Masters, Musicians, Ancestor Spirits; Healers and Yogis; Animal Lovers; other adult Indigos, Empaths & Lightworkers.....Stevie Nicks; Stella Chiweshe --Afterwards & Into the next life-- the Spirits of my Mom; my beloved Gurudev; Jean and my grandparents; departed teachers Kweyao Agyapon, Kakraba Lobi, and Reiki Master Joyce Morris; my departed pets & animal friends; Jerry Garcia, Mahatma Ghandi, Janis Joplin, Vincent van Gogh....
Traditional Repertoire of the Mbira DzaVadzimu of the Shona people of Zimbabwe; Trance, Roots, African, Afro-Cuban. Blues, Bluegrass & Zydeco. Rock, Psychedelic, Oldies, Folk (No Disco, please...) ~Favorite Rock Guru & Ultimate Band: Jerry Garcia & the Grateful Dead....also Guitar-god Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac.... ~All-time favorite Rock music idol: Stevie Nicks, the Queen of Rock 'n Roll!! ~Rock on, Stevie~ you are my Heart... ~ I also love the music of birds' songs in the Spring, babbling brooks, rustling leaves, whispering willows and singing crystals...
and Silence....
~As a senior member of Kusika and the Zambezi Marimba Band, I have had the honor of performing with several master musicians, most notably mbira masters Cosmas Magaya, Ambuya Beauler Dyoko, Forward Kwenda, Chris Berry, and Erica Azim; master drummers Obo Addy, Titos Sompa, Bernard Woma, and Sulley Imoro; Gyil masters Kakraba Lobi and Bernard Woma; percussionist/vocal performer Ahmondylla Best; master musicians Lourindo Jossias Cuna and Abel "Belito" Fumo of the Mozambique National Dance Company; Obo Addy's Okropong; and the late composer/percussionist/musi-cal director of Kusika, Kweyao Agyapon.... ...I have been blessed to study intensively with the above mentioned masters, as well as many others, including mbira masters Fradreck, Fungai, and Samuel Mujuru; and Cuban master percussionist/composer Francisco Mora Catlett ~MUSIC builds BRIDGES between races and cultures...MUSIC is the GREAT GLOBAL HEALER... MUSIC EMPOWERS and instills HOPE for WORLD PEACE... MUSIC HEALS the HEART, OPENS the MIND, and LIFTS the SPIRIT~
The Wizard of Oz; The Sound of Music; The Grateful Dead Movie; To Kill A Mockingbird; Lady Sings the Blues; Play Misty For Me; The Birds; Legends of the Fall; The Graduate; anything by Michael Moore....Light of Truth Universal Shrine at Yogaville...
Books are precious things...... One Love.......
Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj; my Mom; the Elders and Ancestors; my grandparents and All my Teachers.... ~~~ PEACE~~~