Singing The Bones

@singingthebones

✨ diasporic music for ancestral healing 🪕 @lydiavioletmusic 🪘 @kelenitoto 🎻 @mgilvryallen
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Amidst a wavering world, we’re holding our heart songs close and calling in the spring. Come gather with us to celebrate, dance, sing, and welcome the turning of the season together. ✨ Spring Equinox Celebration with MaMuse and @singingthebones March 21 • Doors 7pm • Show 8pm Sebastopol Community Cultural Center Head to link in bio for tickets.
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2 months ago
Just being nostalgic and going through some of my favorite musical moments of the year. Ah @singingthebones , the band I played the most with this year, weaving music from our ancestral backgrounds together across geography and political **ckery. Getting the people singing together. My guys 😍❤️ @kelenitoto @mgilvryallen
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5 months ago
What an honor it was to support the @singingthebones tour in the Pacific Northwest!🌲🎶 Four beautiful nights of ancestral music, cultural remembrance, and community song led by the incredible @lydiavioletmusic , @mgilvryallen , and @kelenitoto . 📍 Bellingham, WA – @risingmoonmeadows • Community Song Circle with @youcancallmeyin 📍 Port Townsend, WA – @eaglemount.winery • Community Concert with @bowlofstones 📍 Seattle, WA – @ballardhomestead1 • Community Concert with @revsekou 📍 Portland, OR – @bridgespacepdx • Workshop + Concert with @sonyarobinmusic In a time when many of us grow up disconnected from our ancestral lineages, this tour created a space to turn consciously toward our roots—reclaiming the songs, stories, and cultural traditions that still live within us. May we continue to remember, to listen deeply, and to sing our way back home. 💛 . . . #SingingTheBones #PNWTour #AncestralMusic #CascadiaCulture #LineageHealing #FolkRevival
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11 months ago
One of @lydiavioletmusic Iranian lullabies that she brings to the project, a well known trad song sung to children. “Leili flower, Leili flower Sleep, my sweet Leili Sleep, my beautiful flower For night has now arrived Mother tells you a story So sleep will come to your eyes So your lovely eyelids will close And you’ll drift gently into sleep.” PNW tour kicks off this week! We’re here to hold it all, together. 5/29 Bellingham with @youcancallmeyin 5/30 Port Townsend with @bowlofstones 5/31 Seattle with @revsekou 6/1 Portland with @sonyarobinmusic All info in b!o 🔮
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11 months ago
seattle, portland, bellingham and port townsend this week! i don’t know about yall but i neeeed to sing with other people right now. readin the headlines every day ain’t doin it for me. if you know folks in these places who could use the space we’re creating here, please send them our way. this song is by @thepeacepoets 🙌🏼 thu 5/29 - bellingham - song circle @risingmoonmeadows with @youcancallmeyin fri 5/30 - port townsend - concert at the palindrome with @bowlofstones sat 5/31 - seattle - concert @ballardhomestead1 with @revsekou sun 6/1 - portland - concert + workshop @bridgespacepdx with @sonyarobinmusic all our events are no one turned away. keep going, keep breathing, keep making music 💛🎻
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11 months ago
Could you use an epic evening of music for mental health and community healing?? We got you. HARD. PNW @singingthebones tour starts Thursday! We’ll be bringing songs like this one from Congo, thank you to @kelenitoto and his ancestors for summoning these technologies to hold us through this one wild and tender life 🪘 with folk music from Congo, Haiti, Iran, Armenia, Ireland, Scotland, and Appalachia. Thursday 5/29 @risingmoonfest in Bellingham with @youcancallmeyin Friday 5/30 @ The Palindrome in Port Townsend with @bowlofstones Saturday 5/31 @ballardhomestead1 in Seattle Sunday 5/31 @bridgespacepdx Workshop with yours truly and concert with @sonyarobinmusic Luv y’all, spread the good word 🔮
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11 months ago
PNWWW we’re comin for ya! So excited to be heading back up to these beloved lands next week with @singingthebones - grab a ticket and come sing with us! Thu 5/28 - Bellingham WA - @risingmoonmeadows (song circle with @youcancallmeyin ) Fri 5/29 - Port Townsend WA - The Palindrome (concert with @bowlofstones ) Sat 5/30 - Seattle WA - @ballardhomestead1 (concert) Sun 6/1 - Portland OR - @bridgespacepdx (workshop + concert) 📹 by @scottelliottferreter 🚐 by @ashley.bonn
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11 months ago
Woohoo PNW we’re coming for ya!! SINGING THE BONES PNW TOUR baby! We’re bringing a bounty of songs from our ancestries, as Americans who are rooting in the humanity and cultural richness of our ancestors to help weave cultural and community healing for these times. Come on thru! 5/29 - Bellingham at @risingmoonmeadows with special guest Yin from @earthpracticemusic 5/30 - Port Townsend at Palindrome with special guest @bowlofstones 5/31 - Seattle at @ballardhomestead1 6/1 - Portland at @bridgespacepdx See ya soon🪘🪕🎻
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1 year ago
The cutest cuties that ever cuted. @leilani__navar @singingthebones #armenian #armenianfolkmusic
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1 year ago
We’re bringing our music to LA this weekend! Sharing songs from our ancestries and inviting a conversation about cultural healing. Come learn music from Iran, Armenia, Congo, Haiti, Appalachia and the British Isles. We have two shows and two song circles - check our bio for more info! Thu 4/17 - Santa Barbara - song circle @wildernessyouthproject Fri 4/18 - Compton - concert @moonwaterfarm Sat 4/19 - Long Beach - concert @ UUCLB Sun 4/20 - Venice - song circle @animamundiherbals 🎶 Sosone (West African) 🎥 @scottelliottferreter
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1 year ago
If you knew how long it took me to get this Armenian song about a beautiful little bluebird just right! Here’s to learning ancestral culture as an antidote for attempted erasure 🌹 Cultural remembrance in the American diaspora. Singing the Bones coming to southern Californian THIS WEEK! Bringing songs with us from Iran, Armenia, Ireland, Scotland, Haiti, Congo and more. With @mgilvryallen and @kelenitoto Th Apr 17 Santa Barbara @wildernessyouthproject Fri Apr 18 Compton @moonwaterfarm Sat Apr 19 Long Beach UU Sun Apr 20 Venice Beach @animamundiherbals 🔮🌹🎻🪘 @singingthebones
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1 year ago
SoCal we’re coming! Lil run next weekend bringing songs and stories to hold us steady through the times. This song above is one we carry from Lydia’s Iranian ancestry called “Majnoon Naboodam” 🌹 with our special guest @scottelliottferreter See you soon! April 17 Santa Barbara @wildernessyouthproject April 18 Compton @moonwaterfarm April 19 Long Beach UU April 20 Venice Beach @animamundiherbals 🦚🌹🎻🪘🔮
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