American Idol’s premiere episode last night featured a musician who overcame a suicide attempt. Watch the video below to hear her tell her story and sing ‘I will survive’ for her audition on American Idol…
I was very excited to find this inspirational music video ‘Sunshine’ by K Sparks. The hook of the song, which is reprinted below sums up the message of the song and reminds us that good times are in store for us if we can keep shining.
“In time you’ll find sunshine, don’t cry, just dry ya tears now, In time
you’ll find sunshine, don’t cry, just dry ya tears now, so don’t you cry,
just shine, shine for me now, so don’t you cry, just shine, shine for me now.”
“Seeker of Truth” features the Yuval Ron Ensemble performing the ecstatic music of the mystical Sufi traditions of the Middle East and Pakistan, live at the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles. The album also features the magnificent vocals of Arabic singer Najwa Gibran and special guest qawwali singer Sukhawat Ali Khan.
The sound of the nine songs on the album range from enchanting to reflective to lively. After listening to the songs, I felt a deeper sense of peace, aliveness, and connection to my Spirit. For more information on the album and Yuval Ron music please visit http://www.yuvalronmusic.com/.
The music video below is a compilation of talks given by Jerry and Esther Hicks on a cruise with music playing and people dancing in the background. The main point that I got from their talks is that everything that you have experienced in your life thus far has happened in order to give you the knowledge, skills and internal strength to help you carry out your life purposes/whatever is calling out to you. The message is very empowering and the music video is fun to watch.
Kellee Maize is a rapper whose latest album, Aligned Archetype, has been downloaded over 300,000 times. With songs titled Something Sacred, Third Eye and Revival of the 5th Son, Kellee raps about topics ranging from meditation, creating our reality and aligning with our archetypes…
I recently had a chance to interview Kellee about her music. She shared with me how she incorporates conscious spirituality and activism in her songs, what artists inspired her and also offered some straightforward advice for other musicians trying to get their work out to a larger audience.
You can listen to our interview by clicking the play button. You can also watch her new music video for “Start None” from YouTube posted below.
Kellee Maize is a rapper whose latest album, Aligned Archetype, has been downloaded over 300,000 times. With songs titled Something Sacred, Third Eye and Revival of the 5th Son, Kellee raps about topics ranging from meditation, creating our reality and aligning with our archetypes…
I recently had a chance to interview Kellee about her music. She shared with me how she incorporates conscious spirituality and activism in her songs, what artists inspired her and also offered some straightforward advice for other musicians trying to get their work out to a larger audience.
You can listen to our interview by clicking the play button. You can also watch her music video for “Something Sacred” from YouTube posted below.
Mystic Emergence is a spiritual rapper who writes about the ascension into a new awareness and consciousness. His most recent music video is below…You can connect with him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mysticemergence
The Spiritual Significance of Music is a collection of exclusive interviews with many of the world’s most visionary musicians and writers. Edited by Justin St. Vincent, it is a unique anthology that explores the dynamic relationship between music and spirituality.
For example, in an interview with Ron Thal from Guns N’ Roses, Ron writes, “A good amount of songs I’ve written came about by taking whatever was weighing heavy on my chest and letting it in, facing it, and returning it to the world as something positive, a way to help make sense of it all.”
The Spiritual Significance of Music takes you into the hearts and minds of well known musicians and lets you know how the music they make relates to their own personal spirituality. For more information on the book, you can visit www.musicandspirituality.com.
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual award given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime contributions to American culture. Last night CBS aired the ceremony and showed Bruce Springsteen receiving the honor – as he sat next to President Obama and heard Eddie Vedder perform Bruce’s City of Ruins.
City of Ruins is an example of how a song can turn into a living prayer. Its lyrics and imagery depict transformation and rising above your struggles. The first minute of the song is sad and pensive as Bruce reflects upon an empty and desolate city. But, a couple minutes into the song, the beat picks up and Springsteen opens his hands and prays the words:
“With these hands. I pray for the strength Lord with these hands. I pray for the love Lord with these hands.”
One can only imagine what is inspiring Springsteen to write and sing these words.
The song gains more momentum during the final minute when Bruce sings out:
“Rise up. Come on, rise up. Come on rise up.”
This spiritual language of transformation is unmistakable. Springsteen knows that his city is in ruins. But, he is asking for the strength to rise above it…
Susan Boyle’s audition video for the reality TV show, Britain’s Got Talent, was the most watched YouTube video of 2009 with over 120 million viewings, more than three times higher than the second most popular video uploaded to YouTube.
Her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” on the show catapulted her from an unemployed church choir singer to an international media sensation. She almost did not audition for Britain’s Got Talent, but a former coach persuaded her to go out for the show despite Susan’s belief that “…she was too old and that it was a young person’s game.”
Susan Boyle released her first album in November 2009. It debuted as the number one best-selling CD on the charts around the globe.
