Music and Movies

Addiction, Recovery and Yoga...
Addiction, Recovery and Yoga

How people have used yoga as part of their journey in recovery programs from serious addiction problems to a new life of well-being and emotional stability.

The Meatrix, Factory Farming...
The Meatrix, Factory Farming

What a totally brilliant way to bring up the cruelty of factory farmed animals. Sometimes pictures and talk can’t do the trick. So you have to get crea

Food, Inc. the Movie...
Food, Inc. the Movie

Food Inc is basically a continuation and movie version of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation and Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and

Youssou N’Dour, I Bring What I Love...
Youssou N’Dour, I Bring What I Love

Last night I went to the premier of a new documentary I Bring What I Love. It’s a beautiful, moving documentary about the Senegalese singer Youssou N&#

Playing For Change, One Love...
Playing For Change, One Love

One of my most favorite things to do is check out episodes at Playing For Change. They are a non profit with a powerful mission, who have the ability to attr

Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako...
Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako

Our World Music spotlight swings back to the African country of Mali, known to World Music enthusiasts as the home to many acclaimed World Music artists, in

Tribalistas...
Tribalistas

Crosby, Stills & Nash meet The Girl From Ipanema! This essential World Music release came about when three of Brazil’s most famous solo musicians

1 Giant Leap, A Fascinating Musical Journey...
1 Giant Leap, A Fascinating Musical Journey

Imagine traveling to 20 different countries, recording musicians, actors, celebrities and musical styles from around the world, then combining their rhythms

Orchestra Baobab, Specialists in All Styles...
Orchestra Baobab, Specialists in All Styles

Orchestra Baobab’s comeback album, the very accurately titled ‘Specialists In All Styles’, was honored with a Grammy Award nomination for

Federico Aubele, Gran Hotel Buenos Aires...
Federico Aubele, Gran Hotel Buenos Aires

One of the special joys of falling in love with a new album is sharing it with other like-minded music fans. But playing it to others doesn’t always p