Faith, Music, & Culture special on tv June 7

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All: while we're working out the details for the 2010 World Sacred
Music Festival, I thought you might be interested in this special.
We're not involved, but it sounds progressive and thoughtful. June 7
on CBS, time TBA.

Cheers,
Scott

Scott Allan Stevens, Music Director
World Sacred Music Festival, Olympia USA
http://www.olysacredmusic.org


"FAITH, MUSIC AND CULTURE," AN INTERFAITH RELIGION SPECIAL TO BE
BROADCAST SUNDAY, JUNE 7 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

FAITH, MUSIC AND CULTURE, an interfaith religion special, will be
broadcast Sunday, June 7, on the CBS Television Network. Please check
your local station for exact time.

Music is often a vehicle for expressing religious faith and belief.
This broadcast looks at some modern music inspired within the varied
cultures of four religions.

FAITH, MUSIC AND CULTURE highlights the work of Hasidic hip-hop
artists DeScribe, Y-Love and Diwon, observant Jewish rappers with a
spiritual message. In January 2009, the trio teamed up to release a
four-song EP called Change. Their music is an effort to bring a more
positive message within hip hop, to elevate and inspire, while
encouraging unity among all people-regardless of faith or nationality.

Also profiled is the Brooklyn Qawwali Party, an eclectic 11-piece
orchestra based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The group's founder, Brook
Martinez, was inspired by the music of the late Qawwali singer Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan, and formed his own band based on this style of music.
The result is the sound of Qawwali with a funky jazz sensibility.
Qawwali is the devotional music of Sufis, the mystical arm of Islam.
The Sufis believe that communion with the divine is possible through
this music.

FAITH, MUSIC AND CULTURE then looks at Kirtan, the ancient Hindu
practice of call-and-response chanting of Sanskrit mantras.
Considered a form of meditation, Kirtan is growing in popularity here
in the United States. Featured are Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits, a
Washington, D.C.-based Kirtan group that performs in concerts across
the United States.

Finally, we hear the all-male a cappella group, Anointed Voices, that
formed two years ago after meeting at Christian-based The Bowery
Mission in New York, which has provided homeless men, women and
children with food, shelter and clothing all free of charge, since
1879. All were once homeless and struggled with drug and alcohol
addiction. The members of the group, Eugene Chisholm, Dennis Ogarra,
Ian Williams, Charlie Thompson and James Macklin have found fellowship
and a shared love of music through their participation. Anointed
Voices, performs in prisons, churches and for youth groups around the
New York area.

John P. Blessington is the executive producer; Liz Kineke is the
producer. The special is produced with the cooperation of the National
Council of Churches, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
The Islamic Society of North America, The Union of Reform Judaism, and
the New York Board of Rabbis