Art & Music ~ Dreams & Visions ~ Nature, Spirit & Magic: Original Songs, Performances, Art Videos & Recordings
Creative Music vibrant with instruments as wondrously diverse as the cosmic rainbow colors of muse's magic palette of sound...
Lotus Unfolding - contact us for our next show, or to book a show at a venue or event near you! In addition to regular performance venues and special events, we periodically host an Art & Music House Concert at our home studio and gallery!
"Lotus Unfolding"
Along with his wife Sylvia Riverwind, Asante plays in their band "Lotus Unfolding," performing 'Earth-Spirit' Music written by both Sylvia and himself, playing a range of musical instruments including those in the photos above. Many of their inspiring songs can be heard on their band's Band Camp website:
https://lotusunfolding1.bandcamp.com/music
& their ReverbNation website at: https://www.reverbnation.com/lotusunfolding
& SoundCloud website: https://soundcloud.com/lotus-unfolding
as well as Lotus Unfolding's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/LotusUnfolding
Lotus Unfolding has enjoyed playing varied venues in the Pacific Northwest & the Smoky Mountains including performances at: The Atrium, Eugene, OR; Whirled Pies Downtown, Eugene, OR; Saturday Market Stage, Eugene, OR; Vanilla Jill's, Eugene, OR; Holiday Market, Eugene, OR; River Road Reading Series - Park Annex, Eugene, OR; Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon; Earth Day, Coiner Park, Cottage Grove, OR; Cozmic Pizza, Eugene, OR; Interfaith Prayer Service, Eugene, OR; ESAP Gallery, Springfield, OR; New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR; All Good Coffee, Weaverville, NC; Bodhi Tree, Asheville, NC; Kathmandu, Asheville, NC; Phoenix, Brevard, NC; Dobra Tea, Asheville, NC; 3DL, Hot Springs, NC; Jubilee, Asheville, NC; and house concerts in Eugene & Cottage Grove, OR and Weaverville & Clyde, NC; among others...
https://lotusunfolding1.bandcamp.com/music
& their ReverbNation website at: https://www.reverbnation.com/lotusunfolding
& SoundCloud website: https://soundcloud.com/lotus-unfolding
as well as Lotus Unfolding's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/LotusUnfolding
Lotus Unfolding has enjoyed playing varied venues in the Pacific Northwest & the Smoky Mountains including performances at: The Atrium, Eugene, OR; Whirled Pies Downtown, Eugene, OR; Saturday Market Stage, Eugene, OR; Vanilla Jill's, Eugene, OR; Holiday Market, Eugene, OR; River Road Reading Series - Park Annex, Eugene, OR; Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon; Earth Day, Coiner Park, Cottage Grove, OR; Cozmic Pizza, Eugene, OR; Interfaith Prayer Service, Eugene, OR; ESAP Gallery, Springfield, OR; New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR; All Good Coffee, Weaverville, NC; Bodhi Tree, Asheville, NC; Kathmandu, Asheville, NC; Phoenix, Brevard, NC; Dobra Tea, Asheville, NC; 3DL, Hot Springs, NC; Jubilee, Asheville, NC; and house concerts in Eugene & Cottage Grove, OR and Weaverville & Clyde, NC; among others...
"Quantum Mirage" ~ An improv journey of inner & cosmic dimensions, opening track Starlight shimmers in slow meditation, chimes gongs & crystal bowl open, joined by flute, rattles, rainstick, building in complexity as the tracks open like lotus petals, digeridoo & drum weave between light & shadows... cello, electric guitar, electric sitar, & vocals emerge, as the depths of dimensions & sentient consciousness open to the vastness within... this album invites its listeners on a journey into the wonders of their own playfully creative consciousness...
"Sunrise Music" ~ "Year of Water Dragon's Return"
60 years into a person's life, the original Chinese year of their birth returns in its same birth-year element. In 2013, Asante's Year of the Water Dragon birth year returned. In celebration of his 60th birthday and original birth year, he is publishing the third book in his "All Our Relations" series: "Year of Water Dragon's Return." This volume contains both art and its corresponding verse created during the Water Dragon year. The art video below presents a musical preview of the book's art, featuring a song Asante created as the year began to reach its conclusion, "Sunrise Music." Performed by Lotus Unfolding, with Asante on electric guitar and vocals, and Sylvia Rodrigo Riverwind on cello, the song is a celebration of the magic inherent in all...
Asante Riverwind's Music on Sound Cloud:
In addition to "Lotus Unfolding's" facebook page, there are a number of both Sylvia's and Asante's songs that can be played by clicking this link to Asante's sound cloud page: https://soundcloud.com/asante-riverwind