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 "Earth
Spiral Water Sound"
2005
Progressive cross-cultural world rhythm invocations, soul
healing transportations, spirit heart chants & songs
of earth mystery musings.
CD
$15
Special Sale: with
"The Gathering Sun" CD, $25
Special Sale: with
"Divining Signs" CD, $25
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RG - Dousongoni,
dulcitar, sanza, African drums (djembe, sogo, kidi, ashiko),
talking drums, doumbek, frame drums, kanjira, clay pot,
udu, bendir, bazouki, melodica, jaw harps, keyboards, bamboo
sticks, berimbau, conga, shakers, tambourine, bells. Chant,
chorus and lead vocals.
with guest artists:
DAEVID ALLEN
(of Gong) - Glissando guitars and Vocals
JOANNE SHENANDOAH - Lead and Chant vocals on "It's
Always There".
STEVE GORN - Bansuri Bamboo Flutes
RAY JUNG - Bass
BRIAN KOLINS - Wind Gong and Suspended Cymbal
LIANA TURNER - Vocals
BAR SCOTT - Vocals
JIM BALLARD - Vocals
KATE MCDONNELL - Vocals
ALYSUN PANICHI - Vocals
AMY FRADON - Vocals
KATY TAYLOR - Vocals
Earth
Spiral Water Sound is Rich's most visionary, inspired
and far reaching production to date. With many special guest
artists including Gong and Soft Machine co-founder Daevid
Allen, Grammy nominated Native American musician Joanne
Shenandoah and Bansuri Flute master Steve Gorn.
The instrumentation
is heavily multi-ethnic acoustic with plenty of African
and middle-Eastern hand drumming, dousongoni, sanza, dulcitar,
wordless vocal chants, and cosmic trance-portal glissando
guitar work and vocal improvisations from master musician
Daevid Allen. Also with eco-spiritual lyric vocals on several
tunes, including Joanne Shenandoah's exquisite rendering
of "It's Always There".
"WOW!!
As a Shamanic practitioner, transportative vessels such
as this disc I find to be few and far between. It is Masterful,
and for anyone wishing to look further than the end of their
own head for glimpses of the rest of the Universe, known
and unknown, it has worked as well as anything I have ever
used to Journey with. My deepest compliments!"
~ Kevin Wilkinson, Visual/Energy
Artist
"Well,
it came, I listened, it conquered, captured, enveloped,
convinced. Truly, your best work.
Visionary...Transporting...Beautiful Musicianship from everyone!
Thank You, Rich, for Listening with a capital L and holding
to the Great Song, the Great Gift. Blessings."
~ Saruah Benson - Musician, Sound
Healer, Spirit Guide
Dear
Rich,
Yr CD is an absolutely beautiful piece of work. I enjoyed
it immediately & it keeps playing itself!! Thanks for
including me.
Love, daevid
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 "The
Gathering Sun"
1999
Progressive world beat art songs.
CD
$15
Special Sale: with
"Earth Spiral Water Sound" CD, $25
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| RG – Keyboards
(piano, organ, synthesizer), African drums (sogo, kidi, djembe,
ashiko), berimbau, dousn’goni, frame drums, acoustic guitars,
jaw harps, talking drums, kanjira, melodica, auto harp, log
drum, clay pot, doumbek, shakers, hand claps, tambourine,
percussion, chant vocal. |
| CHARLOTTE PHARR
– Lead and chant vocals |
| AMY FRADON
– Lead and chant vocals |
| MITCH ELROD
– Vocals, dobro |
| JOHN RAGUSA
– Flutes, harmonica, vocals |
| CARL ADAMI
– Bass |
| BRIAN KOLINS
– Snare, bass drum |
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"Think percussive
quicksilver. Think a rain of talking drums. Think melted sweet
butter poured through a piano during a performance of Terry
Riley’s In C. Then stop thinking…and listen. Then stop
listening…and feel. Mmmm. Yes. Nice. …deftly integrating
subtle Third World rhythms into challenging yet fully realized
compositions. The Gathering Sun is ambitious fare,
but Goodhart and his collaborators rise to the challenge,
creating an album that surprises every bit as much as it delights."
J. Eric Smith, METROLAND
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| The Gathering
Sun is
the most dynamically arranged and musically evolved of Rich’s
work. Combines some of the best elements of world music, progressive
rock and eco-spiritual poetry. |
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|  "Never
Give A Sword To A Man Who Can’t Dance"
1995
Progressive world beat instrumentals with wordless vocals.
Sold Out
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| RG – Dousn’goni,
berimbau, African drums (sogo, kidi, ashiko), frame drums
(tar, riq, bendir), sanza, keyboards, doumbek, talking drum,
log drum, clay pot, percussion, conga, bamboo jaw harps, tabla. |
| AMY ABDOU
– Vocals |
| MITCH ELROD
– Vocals |
| STEVE GORN
– Bansuri bamboo flute |
| JOHN RAGUSA
– Flutes, trumpets, harmonica |
| THE SWIM TEAM
SINGERS and THE GOODRICH CHOIR |
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| "This is music
with a true sense of adventure, with plenty of backbone
and vibrant heart."
GLEN VELEZ
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| "Amazingly
talented… his versatility and vision are rare. The ultimate
soundtrack to one’s most private ritual dream." PJ
Birosik, NAR
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| "An ecstatic
listening experience." TIME AND A WORD
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| "The song
development is gradual flowing and intentional. At a time
when amateurs are honing their production skills with experimental
"worldly" product, this self-produced album represents the
forefront of hybrid song-building." RHYTHM
MUSIC
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| "Stunningly
subtle…brilliant." DIRTY LINEN
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|  "Affirmative
Reply"
1991
Progressive world beat instrumental.
CD
$14.00
Cassette
$5.00
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RG – Sanza,
keyboards, doumbek, berimbau, frame drums, talking drum,
udu drum, roto-toms, percussion, conga, bass, pan pipes.
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STEVE GORN
– Bansuri bamboo flutes
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JOHN RAGUSA
– Flute and trumpet on "Blue Bertolli"
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RAY JUNG
– Bass and Chapman stick on "Blue Bertolli"
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| "Anyone familiar
with his fine first album, Divining Signs, needs
no introduction to the exotic, richly textured web Goodhart
weaves with his panoply of ethnic instruments. On Reply,
he delves more deeply into the organic language of his drums
and percussion, and the resulting rhythmic conversations
are both warm and primitively, provocatively mysterious."
METROLAND
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| "Built around
the rich watery tones of the sanza, … a fluid field of sound
that draws on many ethnic traditions while recasting them
in a contemporary light." HEARTBEATS
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| "Goodhart
shows a real mastery of the music." OPTION
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| "A sumptuous
feast of polyrhythms and subtle atmospheric twists of melody
and counter-melody." METROLAND
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| Among Musical
Starstreams Top 20 Albums of 1991 along with Mickey Hart’s
"Planet Drum", Dead Can Dance, Enigma and Ottmar Liebert. |
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|  "Divining
Signs"
1989
World beat instrumental w/ New Age leanings.
CD
$14.00
Cass
$5.00
Special Sale: with
"Earth Spiral Water Sound" CD, $25
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| RG – Sanza,
tabla, synthesizer, piano, berimbau, udu drum, frame drum,
acoustic guitar, percussion, roto-toms. |
| JOHN RAGUSA
– Flutes |
| STEVEN KRASKOW
– Bass on "What Do Your Eyes See?" |
| TIM
DINOVO – Drums on " Won’t You Join The Dance?"
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"Southeast Asian,
Brazilian, Indian and African rhythms come and go, as do some
lovely flute improvisations by John Ragusa. New Age drivel
this ain’t." OPTION
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"Atmospheric but
rhythmically complex. The human element missing from so much
of today’s music is clearly in evidence here." METROLAND
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| "Often sounds
like the beautifully eclectic Codona projects that featured
Goodhart’s late teacher, Oregon percussionist Collin Walcott."
THE GAZETTE |
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