Announcing the release of Dharma Radio Buddhist Music Album and the Good Karma Music Project
Over three years in making, the Dharma Radio Buddhist Literature Into Songs” album by Rev. Heng Sure and Friends will be released on November 19, 2020.
What did enlightened people in China and India write about? When they sang, what stories did their songs tell? How would their songs and stories sound in English, played on a banjo or guitar? The thirteen songs on “Dharma Radio” let us hear the enlightened mind, to the music of an old-time American string band. These are translations into contemporary English from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Pali, including the story of a Tang Dynasty poetry slam, a Guan Yin chant from the Lotus Sutra, the enlightenment poetry of a 20th century Chan Master, and four original songs, that carry the Buddha’s teachings into our hearts.
The Dharma Radio album features an all-star band with the talents of Jody Stecher, the late Paul Hostetter, Robin Petrie, Suzy and Eric and Allegra Thompson, Liam Cochrane, Fabrizio Alberico, and Bhikshu Jin Wei Shi. I am honored to have Henry Kaiser and Jeremy Goody of Megasonic Sound on the controls.
And we have a new idea to get these stories into your hands and ears and, at the same time, make the world a better place for others. You can buy this album at the usual online venues, and the proceeds will be donated to a good cause. Or you can do a good deed, however you envision it. Then tell us the story of your act of kindness and we will send you an electronic download of all the songs on Dharma Radio, along with a booklet of lyrics and information. We call this project, “Good Karma Music,” and we hope you will agree that good deeds done in exchange for music shows kindness in action.
The album will be released on November 19, 2020 world-wide through Apple iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Good Karma Music and more. For now, we invite you to visit the album web page (www.dharmaradio.org) to listen to the demo clips and read the stories of the songs.
