“Music is my meditation and prayer. I know that I have tapped into my deepest self when I give my heart up to the music and am no longer simply singing, but have become the music.”
- Cilette Swann, singer-songwriter and vocalist in Gypsy Soul

DR. SUZANNE JONAS is an author, musician, Psychotherapist, and Sound Therapist from Walland, Tennessee. Her book "Take Two CDs and Call Me In The Morning" (2007) is available from www.InnerHarmonyHealthCenter.com. Dr. Suzanne Jonas has been practicing music medicine, sound therapy, and energy medicine for over twenty-five years in hospitals and private practice. Some of the modalities she uses with clients are: BioAcoustics, VibroAcoustics, Guided Imagery and Music, Behavioral Medicine, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), HeartMath Biofeedback, Vibro Acoustic Therapy, and Spiritual Counseling. She offers training in Music Medicine to hospitals and healthcare clinics and is an international speaker and workshop provider. Dr. Suzanne Jonas is also the Director and Founder of the Inner Harmony Health Center in Maryville, Tennessee. Dedicated to helping people harmonize their mind, body, spirit, and emotions, the practitioners are energy medicine based and use the latest in technology and high quality supplements. She has also founded the VibroAcoustic Certification Program for those wishing to increase their knowledge and skills with vibro acoustic therapy. Websites: www.InnerHarmonyHealthCenter.com and www.MusicalMedicine.net
Interview: March 4th 2010 Walland, Tennessee, United States
Photo: Suzanne Jonas / InnerHarmonyHealthCenter.com

“Inherent in our DNA, is a search for something greater than emotions and ourselves, and music is the fastest and most pleasant way to make this connection.” - Dr. Suzanne Jonas, author of "Take Two CDs and Call Me In The Morning"

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STEPHEN LINSTEADT is an author, painter, writer, and scholar of cosmology and consciousness from La Quinta, California. His book "The Heart Of Health: The Principles Of Physical Health And Vitality" (2003), co-authored with Maria Elena Boekemeyer, is available from Amazon.com, NaturalHealingHouse.com, and Natural Healing House Press. Stephen has studied Eastern philosophy for over thirty years and has traveled to India to learn and gain experience about his spiritual path. He has published articles on health, consciousness, and emotional well-being in various health related magazines and is a contributing writer for an international spiritual magazine. Stephen Linsteadt is also CEO of Natural Healing House, assisting in the health and happiness of all beings through cellular nutrition, homeopathic products, and supplement solutions. Websites: www.stephenlinsteadt.com, www.globalalchemyforum.com, and www.naturalhealinghouse.com
Interview: April 1st 2010 La Quinta, California, United States
Photo: Stephen Linsteadt / StephenLinsteadt.com

“Music is the tangible semblance of the Divine Emanation that is the creator and sustainer of matter, time, and space.” - Stephen Linsteadt, author of "The Heart Of Health: The Principles Of Physical Health And Vitality"

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THE LUMINOUS SKY are a Christian electronica-infused melodic-rock band founded in Kona, Hawaii. "Luminous (Self-Titled)" (2003), and "Exposing The Dark" (2005) are both available from Ignited Records, "Beautiful Revolution" (2008) was independently released and is available from The Luminous Sky. Their rocktronica sound has soaked up musical influences from Depeche Mode, Muse, Mute Math, Snow Patrol, The Killers, and The Smashing Pumpkins. The Luminous Sky has extensively toured throughout New Zealand, Australia, Western Europe, Japan, Central America, and the United States. Tim Wells is also drummer for Christian metal band Terebinth based in Christchurch. MySpaces: www.myspace.com/theluminoussky and www.myspace.com/terebinthmusic, and Website: www.theluminoussky.com
Interview (Tim Wells): July 5th 2010 Christchurch, New Zealand
Photo: Tim Wells / TheLuminousSky.com

“Music is significant because the melodies, chord progressions, rhythms, and lyrics that make up a song or musical piece, create a bridge that enables us to connect more meaningfully with the spiritual realm.” - Tim Wells, drummer in The Luminous Sky

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GWAR are a shock-rock and thrash-metal band from Richmond, Virginia. "Hell-O" (1988), "Scumdogs Of The Universe" (1990), "The Road Behind [EP]" (1992), "America Must Be Destroyed" (1992), "This Toilet Earth" (1994), "Ragnarök" (1995), "Carnival Of Chaos" (1997), "We Kill Everything" (1999), and "Violence Has Arrived" (2001) are all available from Metal Blade Records, "Slaves Going Single" (2000), and "Let There Be Gwar" (2004) are both available from Slave Pit Records, "War Party" (2004), and "Beyond Hell" (2006) are both available from DRT Entertainment, "Lust In Space" (2009), and "Bloody Pit Of Horror" (2010) are both available from Metal Blade Records. GWAR are a two-time Grammy Award-nominated band best known for their elaborate sci-fi and horror-film inspired costumes, and graphic stage performances of political parodies and taboo themes. MySpace: www.myspace.com/gwarofficial and Website: www.gwar.net
Interview arranged by Rikki Zazula, Publicist, Adrenaline PR
Interview (Dave Brockie): September 10th 2009 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Photo: GWAR / GWAR.net

“Music and spirituality are closely interwoven... There is never so peaceful, never so satisfying, never so spiritual a moment than the completion of a successful performance.” - Dave Brockie, bassist and vocalist in GWAR

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GYPSY SOUL is an acoustic-soul and roots-rock duo based in Jacksonville, Oregon. "Test Of Time" (1997), "Sanctuary" (1998), "Sacred" (1998), "Superstition Highway" (2001), "The Journey" (2003), "Amazing Grace" (2003), "One Beautiful Night [Live]" (2004), "Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery" (2007), "Distant Early Warning" (2008), "Wanderlust" (2009), "Gypsy Soul Live At Triple Door [DVD]" (2010), and "Grace And Tranquility" (2010) were all independently released and are available from GypsySoul.com and Off The Beaten Track Recordings. Singer-songwriter and vocalist Cilette Swann (US/Canada) was named after St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music, and always knew that music would be her life. Musician, songwriter, and co-producer Roman Morykit (UK) has co-written and produced a total of eighteen CDs for numerous artists around the world. Gypsy Soul have sold over 110,000 CDs on their own, utilizing the internet and touring to develop their global fanbase. The duo/group consistently sell-out theaters and have a grown a devoted and international following via their unforgettable shows, extraordinary songwriting, and performing excellence. In 2009, Gypsy Soul's album "Beneath The Covers: A Rediscovery" (2007) won the "Best Cover Song CD” by Just Plain Folks, the world's largest independent music awards. Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Gypsy-Soul/13496418393, MySpace: www.myspace.com/gypsysoulmusic, and Website: www.gypsysoul.com
Interview (Cilette Swann): September 14th 2009 Jacksonville, Oregon, United States
Interview (Roman Morykit): September 15th 2009 Jacksonville, Oregon, United States
Photo: Shane O'Donnell / GypsySoul.com

“Music is my meditation and prayer. I know that I have tapped into my deepest self when I give my heart up to the music and am no longer simply singing, but have become the music.” - Cilette Swann, singer-songwriter and vocalist in Gypsy Soul

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KATHRYN LAMBERG is a composer, massage therapist, meditation instructor, music for healing practitioner, performer of healing music for piano, published poet, sound healer, and workshop facilitator from Port Jefferson, New York. She is the Director of Tadasan Center For Natural Healing offering meditation classes, one-on-one yoga, therapeutic massages, and is a NY State Licensed Massage Therapist for over twenty-three years. Kathryn Lamberg also offers monthly healing retreats, poetry gatherings, and sound healing workshops under her spirit name Rosha-Kate. Blog: kathrynlamberghealing.blogspot.com
Interview: January 7th 2010 Port Jefferson, New York, United States
Photo: Kathryn Lamberg

“Music is, and will always be a continual source of spiritual sustenance for me.” - Kathryn Lamberg, Director of Tadasan Center For Natural Healing

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ANN LICATER is an international recording artist, Flute for the Soul workshop facilitator, and world flutist from the San Francisco Bay area. Her debut album "Following The Call" (2007) was nominated for Best Native American Album and Top Twelve Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards 2007, and her latest album "Doorway To A Dream" (2010) is available from Cul de Sac Mystic Productions. Ann’s music can be heard on National Public Radio stations in the United States, on "Hearts Of Space", and on cable and radio stations worldwide. During her live concerts and workshops, booked through her Cul de Sac Mystic Productions, Ann performs on a dozen or more hand-crafted, indigenous Native American and world flutes made of wood and clay. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and a Master of Liberal Arts degree in Creation Spirituality from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Ann’s music is available for purchase at New Age music and book retailers, as well as online at Amazon.com, CDbaby.com, and iTunes.com. Facebook: www.facebook.com/annlicater, MySpace: www.myspace.com/annlicater, and Websites: www.AnnLicater.com and www.FluteForTheSoul.com
Interview: March 16th 2010 San Francisco, California, United States
Photo: Greg Crowder / www.AnnLicater.com

“Music is a taste of the infinite cosmos and a whisper of the ever evolving Universe. Ultimately, it awakens our connection to each other and to the divine.” - Ann Licater, world flutist

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MARCOMÉ (pronounced Mar-ko-may) is a singer-songwriter from Montreal, Canada. "Seven Seas" (1995/2006), "River Of Soul" (2006), "Remixes" (2009), and "Twitter Me Some Love" (2010) are all independently released and are available from Marco Productions Inc. and Marcome.com. Marcomé is gifted with a pure voice, blending lyrics with a unique wordless language that brings listeners into an atmospheric universe. Marcomé carefully fuses different world music influences with jazz style and classical vocals creating a new world music genre. Marcomé produces, arranges, and engineers her musical work. She is also a keyboardist, programmer, and sound engineer as well as a proficient percussionist. Marcomé's music industry collaborations include work with Cecilia Bartoli, Diana Krall, Daniel Lanois, Le Cirque du Soleil, Branford Marsalis, Sir George Martin, Pat Metheny, Tom Waits, and Yes. Her music achieves extensive airplay on radio, satellite, Internet, music television, and video websites around the world. MySpace: www.myspace.com/marcomewebsite and Website: www.marcome.com
Interview: March 31st 2010 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Photo: Marcomé / Marcome.com

“Spiritual music helps you tap into the 'true you', allowing for a peaceful feeling of integrity: of being whole.” - Marcomé, singer-songwriter

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MAGGIE NICOLS is an activist, actor, composer, dancer, improviser, musician, performer, teacher, and vocalist from Edinburgh, Scotland. Cats Cradle's "Cats Cradle (Gift Of Time)" (1997) was available from 33 Records, Mike Figgis' "One Night Stand" (1997), and "Loss Of Sexual Innocence" (1999) were both available from Polygram Records, Ken Hyder, Dave Brooks, and Maggie Nicols' "In The Stone" (1998) was available from Impetus Records, Loverly's "Life" (1999) was available from 33 Records, Les Diaboliques' "Live At The Rinefalls" (2000) was available from Intakt Records, Maggie Nicols, Caroline Kraabel, and Charlotte Hug's "Transitions" (2002), and The Gathering's "For John Stevens" (2003) are both available from Emanem Records. Maggie Nicols has also been an active participant in the European improvisational community since joining the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in the late 1960's. She is a co-founder of the Feminist Improvising Group, working to further women in improvised music and in the creative arts through collaborations and workshops. Website: www.maggienicols.com
Interview: December 2nd 2009 London, England, United Kingdom
Photo: Maggie Nicols / MaggieNicols.com

“Listening and dancing to music, as a young woman, often profoundly affected me in ways in which even time seemed to stand still.” - Maggie Nicols, vocalist

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CAROL PETERSEN-PEREZ is a musician, percussionist, storyteller, visionary, and vocalist based in Joshua Tree, California. Carol is a bi-cultural woman of Nicaraguan and Danish heritage. She is a celestial shaman, traditional elder, Founder of the Rainbow Medicine Blanket, member of the Confederations of Councils of Wise Elders of Abya Yala, Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Council of Knowledge, Tiwanacu, Bolivia. Carol was also the Worldwide Event Co-ordinator for The Harmonic Concordance, is a student of consciousness, and believes that genetics exhibit the key to divinity. Carol is a celestial navigator from the Bee Hive Cluster with the ancient temples of the Yucatan Maya, the Bolivian Aymara, and the native peoples of Argentina Amazonia. She has become their voice as a creation singer. Websites: www.fwii.net, www.harmonicconcordance.com, and www.stargrail.net
Interview: April 9th 2010 Joshua Tree, California, United States
Photo: Carol Petersen-Perez

“A drum in communion with the handler becomes a dimensional gate way vibrating the bones, tissues, and organs to produce a neural resonance.” - Carol Petersen-Perez, percussionist and vocalist

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