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A community garden in the city of Asheville could be uprooted soon, but locals are working to save the Southside Community Farm from the threat of closure.

The artist's mixed-media works highlight the complicated history and ancestral voices in her chosen home of Asheville, North Carolina.

  Article Contributed by Shore Fire Media | Published on Sunday, April 25, 2021 Saint Disruption, the spirit-driven artistic duo led by pianist John Medeski and folk healer Jeff Firewalker Schmitt, has teamed up with Asheville-based hip-hop quartet Free Radio to release a split single and reimagined version of Yoko Ono’s “Where Do We Go From Here.” Listen to “Where Do We Go From Here” here: https://youtu.be/osZPO10zDe8 “Where Do We Go From Here” is a timely ballad that recogn...

  Article Contributed by Shore Fire Media | Published on Saturday, April 10, 2021 Saint Disruption, the spirit-driven music collective consisting of improvisational pianist John Medeski and folk-healer, musician Jeff Firewalker Schmitt, today releases their debut album The band was created after John and Jeff’s fateful meeting in the heart of the Amazon jungle. The dynamic duo share a devotion to spiritual healing and the natural world, creating the motivation that drives their music. T...

  Article Contributed by Shore Fire Media | Published on Thursday, April 1, 2021 Saint Disruption, the soul-inspired, collaborative music group consisting of John Medeski and scientist and folk healer Jeff Firewalker Schmitt, have released their latest single “Last Poet First / Ukupacha,” an ode to New York City’s Last Poets and the founder, Umar Bin Hassan. Listen to “Last Poet First / Ukupacha” here. “Last Poet First / Ukupacha” includes vocals from Boston-based musician L...