Category Archives: Musica Pagani

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Musica Pagani #7

Another edition of Musica Pagani is in archives. Thank you to all who listened live and to those who are listening in archives. RevKess enjoys music and enjoys sharing that music with people. Musica Pagani brings a wide selection of music to the listener from the New Age and Pagan music genres.

This edition featured music from Fiona Joy Hawkins, Al Conti, Brian Henke, Meg Bowles, Mama Gina, Frenchy and the Punk, Blackmore’s Night and Damh the Bard. The July start up music is from Jenna Greene and the closing song is from Tuatha Dea. Following is the detailed playlist with links to artists and some videos of the songs played during the program.

Piano, flute, guitar and synth for the new age section. Homegrown, drums, rock and bardic for the vocal Pagan section. Wonderful combination of sounds in this collection of music. A hearty thank you and much love to all the talents who have made their delicious music available to us here at the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. The Musica Pagani show is for them and for you, the listener. Enjoy! and let us know what you think of the line-up by emailing us at paganmusings@gmail.com or commenting on this blog post.

Music

  1. Jenna Greene – Rise Up Singin’ – Crossroads
  2. Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years – 600 Years in a Moment
  3. Fiona Joy Hawkins – The Lost Ballerina – 600 Years in a Moment
  4. Fiona Joy Hawkins – Running on Joy – 600 Years in a Moment
  5. Al Conti – The Merchant’s Rose – The Blue Rose
  6. Al Conti – The Rainbow Bridge – Northern Seas
  7. Al Conti – Quest for Orpheus – Poeta
  8. Brian Henke – A Dancing Gnome – A Child’s Garden
  9. Brian Henke – Willow – Seven Magic Spells
  10. Brian Henke – It’s a Beautiful Day – Seven Magic Spells
  11. Meg Bowles – Into the Gloaming – The Shimmering Land
  12. Meg Bowles – Night Walk Across the Isle of Dream – The Shimmering Land
  13. Meg Bowles – The Sweetness of Mist – The Shimmering Land
  14. Mama Gina – Freya’s Lullaby (single)
  15. Mama Gina – Flicker and Flame (the Firefly Song) – Goddess Kiss’d 
  16. Mama Gina – Sisters Waiting – Goddess Kiss’d
  17. Frenchy and the Punk – Specter of the Forest and Sea – Elephant Uproar
  18. Frenchy and the Punk – Orient Express – Elephant Uproar
  19. Frenchy and the Punk – Rock Paper Scissors – Elephant Uproar 
  20. Blackmore’s Night – The Spinner’s Tale – Dancer and the Moon
  21. Blackmore’s Night – The Last Leaf – Dancer and the Moon
  22. Blackmore’s Night – Lady in Black – Dancer and the Moon
  23. Damh the Bard – Ceridwen & Taliesin – Antlered Crown and Standing Stone
  24. Damh the Bard – Spirit of Albion – Spirit of Albion
  25. Damh the Bard – The Land of the Ever Young – The Hills They Are Hollow
  26. Tuatha Dea – The Blessing – The Tribe

Video Bonus

Dancing Hands has been producing some wonderful ASL videos, here is their cover of Rootless by SJ Tucker. 

Damh the Bard performs the title track from Antlered Crown and Standing Stone live at the Glastonbury Assembly Rooms. 

 

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Musica Pagani Video Bonuses #2: Globe Trotting

MPBTRadbannerIn the first posting of the MP Video Bonuses, RevKess treated you to a collection of New Age/Pagan rap and hip hop music. Now he’s going to go globe trotting and bring you foreign language videos.

First out the gate is Faun with “Diese kalte Nacht” from Von den Elben. 

Though the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel does have permission to play this next group, and it does not contain any lyrics, it is still a good match for a collection of videos from around the world. Omnia’s “The Sheenearlahi Set” live recording from a concert in Cologne, Germany. You can find this on Omnia’s Live on Earth album as well. 

RevKess was recently listening to a new program on his local community radio station, KZUM, and discovered some really different First Nations music with a club flavor. A Tribe Called Red was featured at the end of one of the episodes of The Language of Music. Here is a sampling of their music for you enjoy.  Here is a live “in-studio” recording from Studio Q. 

Corvus Corax is a favorite of Murf’s over on Murphy’s Magic Mess on KZUM. She let RevKess borrow their Sverker CD this past weekend. Here is the title track in a live performance. 

Alash Ensemble is Tuvan throat singing with instruments. They have been on tour in the US and during their visit to Lincoln, NE they stopped by KZUM and one of RevKess’s local stores, Bodhi Imports. Here is their tribute to the Anasazi. 

A little blast from the past for RevKess, he learned this song while attending a public high school. His mixed chorus did a concert that included songs in French, Latin, and Hebrew. This is Dundai, a children’s dance. No lyrics to this video, but it certainly is fun. 

That does it for this Video Bonus from Musica Pagani. Hope you have enjoyed!

Extra Special Bonus Video

While browsing around preparing for this posting, RevKess came across the concert video of Gregorian – The Dark Side of the Chant 2011 tour. Pop music done in the Gregorian chant style with epic instrumentation. 

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Musica Pagani #6

Sunday 7 July 2013, the sixth edition of the rebooted Musica Pagani on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. An extra long edition of the show this time around. RevKess had to do tracking for Murphy’s Magic Mess on KZUM, which means longer tracks to make it easier to track. So, still in the mood for long pieces of music, that is where he began for MP.

Introducing some new artists to PMPC and new music from some other artists, is what happens the beginning of every month. July being no exception. Fiona Joy Hawkins has a new release called 600 Years in a Moment and Craig Urquhart sent out his latest, First Light, for sharing on the show. Blackmore’s Night also has a new CD out this summer called Dancer and the Moon. New artists to the collection include Meg Bowles, Sensitive Chaos and Mama Gina. Rounding out the show are some old favorites, Tuatha Dea, Frenchy and the Punk and some lighter music from Michael Brant DeMaria.

As it is a new month, RevKess has picked a new opening and closing piece. Opening the show for the month of July will be Jenna Greene’s “Rise Up Singin'” from her Crossroads CD. Finishing off the show will be “The Blessing” from Tuatha Dea’s The Tribe. (Read RevKess’s review of The Tribe over at RevKess Reviews.)

The Music

  1. Jenna Greene – Rise Up Singin’ – Crossroads
  2. Meg Bowles – Venus Rising – The Shimmering Land
  3. Meg Bowles – Beneath Radiant Stars – The Shimmering Land
  4. Meg Bowles – Undulant Sea – The Shimmering Land
  5. Sensitive Chaos – Contemplation of One’s Place in the World – Amerisynthecana
  6. Sensitive Chaos – (Put Out) The House of Fire – Amerisynthecana
  7. Sensitive Chaos – Amerisynthecana (extended edit) – Amerisynthecana
  8. Fiona Joy Hawkins – Ancient Albatros – 600 Years in a Moment
  9. Fiona Joy Hawkins – Captured Freedom – 600 Years in a Moment 
  10. Fiona Joy Hawkins – Earthbound – 600 Years in a Moment
  11. Craig Urquhart – First Light – First Light
  12. Craig Urquhart – The Wanderer – First Light
  13. Craig Urquhart – Contentment – First Light
  14. Blackmore’s Night – Dancer and the Moon – Dancer and the Moon
  15. Blackmore’s Night – Troika – Dancer and the Moon
  16. Blackmore’s Night – The Moon is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea) – Dancer and the Moon 
  17. Tuatha Dea – Khawuleza (featuring Spiral Rhythm) – The Tribe
  18. Tuatha Dea – The Hunt (Corners) – Kith & Kin
  19. Tuatha Dea – Granny’s Bedtime Tonic – Tuatha Dea 
  20. Mama Gina – Persephone – Goddess Kiss’d
  21. Mama Gina – Summer of the Fae – Goddess Kiss’d
  22. Mama Gina – Song of Atonement – Goddess Kiss’d
  23. Frenchy and the Punk – Hey Hey Cabaret – Hey Hey Cabaret 
  24. Frenchy and the Punk – Tie You Up – Hey Hey Cabaret
  25. Frenchy and the Punk – Oh Gypsy (as the Gypsy Nomads) – At The Carnival Eclectique
  26. Michael Brant DeMaria – Grandfather – Siyotanka 
  27. Michael Brant DeMaria – Mysterious Stranger – The Maiden of Stonehenge
  28. Michael Brant DeMaria – Moonlit Sea – Ocean
  29. Tuatha Dea – The Blessing – The Tribe

Bonus Material

(Not included in the podcast.)

  • Robert Gass- Ancient Mother 
  • Walter Thompson III – Cloned Hearts in Love (#2) 
  • Walter Thompson III – When All is Bare 
  • An interview segment with Frenchy and the Punk from AnachroCon 2013, featuring the title track from their Elephant Uproar.  Soon to be added to the PMPC music line up.
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Musica Pagani Celebrates Independence

RevKess would like to say happy 4th of July to all the listeners in the United States and all of those who appreciate the freedoms and independence that they have or want to have. Every year on the 4th of July, millions of people celebrate the freedom and independence that they have in the United States. Even with the inequities that barrage US citizens on a regular basis, people in the US have much more freedom than most other places around the globe. It is due to the long battle that the US people have waged for centuries that they can celebrate on this day, and any other day of the year. Religious freedom, sexual equality (a work in progress), workers’ rights, voters’ rights, property and inheritance rights, all those things that many in the US take for granted. They are all reasons to celebrate.

Though Musica Pagani is a music program, as the name suggests, RevKess wanted to share that Crystal Blanton is a new staff writer for the Wild Hunt. Her first article for TWH was published for the 4th of July and it pertains to the celebration in the United States as well as the major disappointment that many have with the Supreme Court of the United States after their decision to over turn Section 4 of the Voters Rights Act on June 25, 2013 – one day before their major decision regarding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. In the article she quotes such figures of the Pagan community as T Thorn Coyle, Peter Dybing, Yeshe Rabbit and Erick DuPreee.

This 4th of July, Musica Pagani celebrates freedom, diversity and independence with music and song.

The Music

  1. Celia – Lady Liberty 
  2. Fiona Joy Hawkins – Freedom – Live at the Q
  3. Stephen DeRuby – Freedom – Awakening
  4. Celia – Red Alabaster & Blue – Red Alabaster & Blue 
  5. Gaia Consort – Cry Freedom – Secret Voices
  6. Big Bad Gina – Freedom Connection – Lake of Dreams 
  7. Lis Addison – My Big Community – Grace of the Green Leaf
  8. Ian Corrigan – A Charm for Religious Liberty 
  9. Celia – Build the Wall – Military Religious Freedom Foundation 
  10. Celia – Symbol Song 
  11. Heather Dale – Brother Stand Beside Me – The Green Knight 
  12. Tron Syversen – Freedom Song – Piano Poems 
  13. Emerald Rose – Hills of America – Bending Tradition 
A special thank you to the editors and collectors of sound effects over at www.freefx.co.uk for some of the sounds you heard on this special edition of Musica Pagani.
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Musica Pagani wants you (to tell us who you want to hear)

MPBTRadbannerRevKess would like to know who you want to hear on Musica Pagani. He’s not just talking about the music. Who do you want to hear an interview with? Respond to this poll and give him some ideas of who to do an interview with in an upcoming edition of MP. Vote on the already listed musicians or add your own suggestions.

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Musica Pagani #5

It is the 5th Sunday in a month, which means RevKess gets to play around a little more with the music for Musica Pagani. Instead of a combo of New Age and Pagan music, it is all vocals or lively instrumentals this time around. This edition is more a review of RevKess’s favorites on the channel. Music from groups like Murphey’s Midnight Rounders, Telergy and Omnia with some fun from Blackmore’s Night as a teaser for their new album (which parts will be aired in July) and Frenchy and the Punk (adding their Elephant Stomp in July).

The show was mapped out before the disappointing need to reschedule Tuatha Dea’s interview, so there are three tracks from them and some of their Tribe (Spiral Rhythm and Celia). RevKess is working on adding Spiral Rhythm to the approved play list so the listeners can enjoy more of their wonderful tunage as well.

Later this week is the 4th of July celebration on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. This year we are going to do it on Musica Pagani with lots of music about freedom, diversity and independence. Be sure to tune in this Thursday (4 July 2013) at 7pm CT for a musical celebration!

The Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Ridha Vit – I Am the Goddess
  3. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Sky Father – I Am the Goddess
  4. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – One Voice Cries (song for Patrick) – I Am the Goddess
  5. Tuatha Dea – Akasha – The Tribe (featuring Spiral Rhythm)
  6. Tuatha Dea – Granny’s Bedtime Tonic – Tuatha Dea 
  7. Tuatha Dea – Mishiamagu – The Tribe (featuring Celia)
  8. Blackmore’s Night – The Clock Ticks On – Shadow of the Moon
  9. Blackmore’s Night – Play Minstrel Play – Shadow of the Moon 
  10. Blackmore’s Night – No Second Chance – Shadow of the Moon
  11. Telergy – Rumors – The Legend of Goody Cole
  12. Telergy – Accusations – The Legend of Goody Cole
  13. Telergy – Ghost – The Legend of Goody Cole
  14. Featherscale – House of the Rising Sun – Gypsy Heart
  15. Featherscale – Gypsy Heart – Gypsy Heart
  16. Featherscale – Castle Perilous – Gypsy Heart
  17. Elvendrums – Dream time – Gateway to Faerie
  18. Elvendrums – Forest Squid – The Dragon
  19. Elvendrums – Night Journey – Drumstruck
  20. Omnia – Jabberwocky – Wolf Love 
  21. Omnia – Toys in the Attic – Wolf Love
  22. Omnia – I Don’t Speak Human – Musick 
  23. Frenchy and the Punk – L’Horizon – At the Carnival Eclectique (as Gypsy Nomads)
  24. Frenchy and the Punk – Ogre Dance (vocal mix) – Thread & Stone (as Gypsy Nomads)
  25. Frenchy and the Punk – Vaudeville Voodoo – Happy Madness 
  26. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Finding Our Way Back OM – Alien Technology 
  27. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Head Down – Alien Technology
  28. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Stardust+Energy=Me – Alien Technology 
  29. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Witch Doctor – Alien Technology
  30. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – As You Depart – I Am the Goddess
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Musica Pagani Video Bonuses

MPBTRadbannerOn Musica Pagani we bring you music from New Age and Pagan Artists that have graciously given us their permission to podcast their music. But there is so much more music out there than we currently have permissions to air. From time to time, RevKess will bring you a selection of music videos (either slide show, still, or motion picture) that features some of the music out there he doesn’t yet have permission to podcast.

First up on that list is MC Yogi. Taking the stories, myths, and mantras of Hindu spirituality and meshing them with rap music, MC Yogi has brought the ancient to the modern. Here is his rendition of the story of Ganesha, Son of Shiva.

The Goddess Alchemy Project is another group that brings the flavor of rap and hip hop to New Age music. Here is their Science of a New Time off Frequencies of the Motherland. 

There seems to be a trend with this first edition of the MP Video Bonuses – Rap and hip hop…. Next up is the Lost Children of Babylon with “The Venus Project” from their Zeitgeist: The Spirit of the Age release. 

Kellee Maize is an out Pagan rapper. Yes, you read that right. Pagan and a rapper. She has also given us permission to add her music to our podcast play list. While waiting for that to happen, here is a sample of her work.  You can get free downloads of Kellee’s music through her website.

Four looks like a good place to stop for this first Musica Pagani Video Bonuses. MC Yogi, The Goddess Alchemy Project, Lost Children of Babylon and Kellee Maize are just some examples of the R&B, hip hop and rap styles for Pagan and New Age music. Hope you enjoyed.

You can follow what is going on with New Age and Pagan music on MP’s Facebook page and listen to the show on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel live on Sundays at 7pm CT or in archives.

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Musica Pagani Ep. 4

Musica Pagani features music from New Age and Pagan musicians. These musicians have graciously given us permission to play their music on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. Not as many videos available for this show. Seems to indicate that RevKess needs to make some videos…..

In the fourth edition of Musica Pagani, RevKess brings the listeners a variety of music from 8 different artists, both New Age and Pagan.

The Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Acoustic Ocean – Under the Starlit Sky –  Chimes of the Spirit
  3. Acoustic Ocean – Rift Rider – Chimes of the Spirit
  4. Acoustic Ocean – If I Had Wings – Chimes of the Spirit
  5. Michael Brant DeMaria – Mysterious Stranger – The Maiden of Stonehenge
  6. Michael Brant DeMaria – Chantress – The Maiden of Stonehenge
  7. Michael Brant DeMaria – Anam Cara – The Maiden of Stonehenge
  8. Paradiso & Rasamayi – Master Teacher – Attuning to Oneness
  9. Paradiso & Rasamayi – In Service – Attuning to Oneness
  10. Paradiso & Rasamayi – As Above, So Below – Attuning to Oneness
  11. Hennie Bekker – Pachelbel’s Cannon in D – Tranquility: Transitions
  12. Hennie Bekker – Revitalized – Spa
  13. Hennie Bekker – Cry of the Wilderness – Temba: African Tapestries
  14. Jenna Greene – Dance of the Goddess – Wild Earth Child
  15. Jenna Greene – Green Man (Wild Earth Child) – Wild Earth Child 
  16. Jenna Greene – Herne – Crossroads
  17. Kellianna – The Ancient Ones – The Ancient Ones
  18. Kellianna – The Return of the Sun – Lady Moon
  19. Kellianna – Stonehenge – Lady Moon 
  20. Damh the Bard – Down in the Garden – Antlered Crown and Standing Stone
  21. Damh the Bard – Land, Sea, and Sky – Cauldron Born 
  22. Damh the Bard – The Dreaming – Antlered Crown and Standing Stone
  23. Cernunnos Rising – Soul Journey – Wild Soul
  24. Cernunnos Rising – The Witches Tree – Urban Druid
  25. Cernunnos Rising – Hawthorn – Urban Druid
  26. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – As You Depart – I Am the Goddess

Tune in next Sunday (30 June 2013) for another edition of Musica Pagani.  This one will be different. All vocals and a little bit heavier. Music from Tuatha Dea, Telergy, Elvendrums, Omnia and more!

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Musica Pagani Ep 3

Episode three of the reboot of Musica Pagani has hit the interwebs. Hear music from Brian Henke, Omnia, Acoustic Ocean and many others!

The list of artists that we can play just keeps growing. Some of the artists in this edition you will be familiar with from earlier editions of MP as well as other programming on PMPChannel. The newest on the list below is Brian Henke. RevKess got hear him perform at Heartland 2013 and came home to find his latest two CDs in the review stack from KZUM. Needless to say, permission request was sent off right away.

Upcoming editions will have more NEW music from artists like Jami Sieber, Cernunnos Rising and Michael de Salem. Keep checking in with PMPChannel on BTR and iTunes for the latest in New Age and Pagan music as well as news, views, interviews, and information from the other programming on the channel. Don’t forget to check out Pagan-Musings on Saturday the 22nd of June to hear an interview with George Nicholas and his daughter Katie from Cernunnos Rising and again on the 29th of June to hear an interview with some of the Tribe of Tuatha Dea.

Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Al Conti – Silk and Jasmine – The Blue Rose
  3. Al Conti – Sacred Space – Poeta
  4. Al Conti – Dans For Loki (Loki’s Jig) – Northern Seas 
  5. AeTopus – Alley of Dust and Soul – Angels and Machines
  6. AeTopus – Vast – Between Empires
  7. AeTopus – Reflections in the Glass – Angels and Machines
  8. Lisa Hilton – City Streets – Getaway 
  9. Lisa Hilton – Stepping Into Paradise – Getaway
  10. Lisa Hilton – Unforgotten – Getaway
  11. Leigh Ann Hussey – Greenmantle – Homebrew
  12. Leigh Ann Hussey – Rise Up Witches – Homebrew
  13. Leigh Ann Hussey – Witches Come Again – Homebrew
  14. Gaia Consort – Every Sacred Thing – Secret Voices 
  15. Gaia Consort – No Shadows – Evolve
  16. Gaia Consort – Face in the Clouds – Vitus Dance
  17. Brian Henke – Dancing with the Child in You – A Child’s Garden
  18. Brian Henke – Dancing in the Garden, Head in the Clouds – A Child’s Garden
  19. Brian Henke – A Boy Wizard – Seven Magic Spells
  20. Acoustic Ocean – Into the Mystery Landscape – Chimes of the Spirit
  21. Acoustic Ocean – Tsunami – Chimes of the Spirit 
  22. Acoustic Ocean – Midnight Rendnevous – Chimes of the Spirit
  23. Omnia – Taranis Jupiter – Wold Love 
  24. Omnia – The Well – Pagan Folk
  25. Omnia – Wytches’ Brew – Alive!
  26. Isaac Bonewits – Quarter Farewell – Avalon is Rising

While preparing the show notes today, RevKess stumbled across this site that is devoted to Leigh Ann Hussey. Her music is available for free download at www.motogrrl.org/Bands, but this site has details on her life, music career and her unfortunately and untimely passing. For those of you who enjoy Leigh Ann’s music and want to learn more about her, please visit the sites linked and share her life and love of music with others. Leigh Ann was also an author, you can hear Colin Hussey read her novella “The Lover of Lord Eithras“, or read the story. There doesn’t seem to be any videos on YouTube or elsewhere for Leigh Ann’s music, something just might have to be done about that.

Bonus Videos

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Musica Pagani #2

Sunday the 9th of June 2013 brings you the second installment of Musica Pagani the reboot. RevKess had a lot of fun putting this edition together. Recorded in advance, the show is full of music that everyone is sure to enjoy. Whether you like new age instrumental, heavy drumming and some rock, or simple Pagan ballads from some of the greatest musicians around the globe, there is sure to be something for everyone.

Before giving you the play list, the cast of personalities on PMPChannel would like to remind you to visit their advertisers and sponsors.

The Music

  1. Blackmore’s Night – Sake of the Song – Autumn Sky
  2. Al Conti – The Princess & the Emperor – The Blue Rose
  3. Al Conti – The Rainbow Bridge – Northern Seas
  4. Al Conti – Ripples on Water – Poeta
  5. Lis Addison – Hearts & Bones – Crown in the Sky
  6. Lis Addison – Solar Winds – The Song of the Tree
  7. Lis Addison – Mother Gaia – Crown in the Sky
  8. Annette Cantor – Spider Woman – Songs for the Goddess
  9. Annette Cantor – Isis – Songs fro the Goddess
  10. Annette Cantor – Venus – Songs for the Goddess
  11. Cernunnos Rising – Wise Old Yew – Urban Druid
  12. Cernunnos Rising – Beyond Us Is the Cost – Urban Druid
  13. Cernunnos Rising – Willow, Water, Moon & Stream – Urban Druid
  14. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Mystic Rituals – Alien Technology 
  15. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Grok Otok – Alien Technology
  16. Didges Christ SuperDrum – Snake Oil – Alien Technology
  17. Celia – Walking the Labyrinth – Carry Me Home
  18. Celia – Trees Breathe – Breathe
  19. Celia – Metta Prayer – For the Asking
  20. Hennie Bekker – Mystical Mother – Temba
  21. Hennie Bekker – Urban Trance – Spectrum
  22. Hennie Bekker – Inner Peace – Spa 
  23. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Wreck of the Modern Pagan – Swede Hollow
  24. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Daylight Comes Again (single)
  25. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – As You Depart – I Am the Goddess

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