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Sprouts
Sprouts Radio from the Grassroots is a 30-minute weekly program featuring radio programs produced at community radio stations or by other independent producers from across the country and sometimes around the world.
GRAMMY and NAMA nominated, Dawn Avery has worked with musical luminaries Luciano Pavarotti, Phillip Glass, John Cage, Ustad Sultan Khan, and R. Carlos Nakai. She has toured the world playing Delta Blues with the Soldier String Quartet and Sufi Persian Funk with Sussan Deyhim, and Jazz masters Will Calhoun and Grover Washington, Jr., to Indian electronic master, Karsh Kale.
She worked in musical theatre and global music performances, including The Rumi Concert with Coleman Barks. She made several acclaimed albums, including working with Guitarist Larry Mitchell.
Dawn’s original soundtrack and recording, Crane, is part of the Ibex Puppetry show “Ajijaak on Turtle Island”, produced by Heather Henson. Ajijaak’s story puts forward visions from indigenous communities to reach the next generation of storytellers and change-makers.
Dawns latest recording is “Beloved” on the Sufi theme of spiritual love, integrating its message with her Mohawk heritage, that values gratitude for all of creation, peacefulness with all our relations, and hope for generations to come.
Featuring:
Toni Pennacchia (Host) w/Dawn Avery
Credits:
MergingArts Productions – Produced by Toni Pennacchia and Paul Elsnau
