Be the Change Radio

The Levins! We had the great pleasure of seeing this musical duo perform at Café Mezzaluna in Saugerties recently. They are the most joyous people we’ve met in quite a while. Ecumenical, too.

Phillip Kanakis and Nandapriya Sattva are co-founders of Turn Up the Peace. Starting in Carnegie Hall last January, Turn Up the Peace brings together a joyous array of musicians at each event. Their next concert is at the Bardovan in Poughkeepsie. Music of love, peace, and unity, give audiences a visceral experience of peace while [...]

Livia and Bill Vanaver and Gaby O’Shea of The Vanaver Caravan, a dance company committed to promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding through live dance and music.

Listen: Be the Change 2010-09-01 Elly Wininger returns with a new solo CD, Part Time Paradise, and a wealth of musical projects.

Listen: Be the Change 2010-04-07 Terry LeRoy of Haitian People’s Support Project and Evelyne Pouget, co-producer of “One Voice for Haiti,” a fund-raiser for Haitian support to be held at BSP in Kingston on April 23th.

Listen: Be the Change 2010-03-10 Peter Muir, co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Music and Health (IMH). IMH is a center based in New York’s Hudson Valley providing specialized training and service for those interested in using music for wellness. If you can’t listen to the whole interview, be sure not to miss the [...]

Listen: Be the Change 2010-03-03 Louise Montello is a practicing psychoanalyst, music therapist, and award-winning author of Essential Music Intelligence. She has a workshop coming up in April at Kripalu: The Voice of Trauma: A Sound Approach to Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma.

Elly Wininger hosts the show today. What will she do?

Listen: Be the Change 2010-01-06 Byrdsong, directed by Nancy Chusid, is a twelve member women’s acapella singing group. They sing for us, and talk about the joy of joining their voices in song. Byrdsong also makes a practice of singing at the bedside of the sick and dying.

Listen: Be the Change 2009-12-16 Barbara & Phil Mansfield tell us about their late son Killian, his big heart, and the foundation he created. The mission of the Killian Mansfield Foundation is to empower children with cancer and other serious illnesses through integrative health care dedicated to treating the whole child—mind, body and spirit.