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 recognizes the darkness in the world today, from the contemporary civil rights movement and ongoing police brutality to the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the world indoors. “Where Do We Go From Here” furthers the bands’ mission to shine a hopeful light in the darkest of days as they continue to hold out a hand to help everyone rise up.
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. The album is born from the world of spirits but void of the trappings often found surrounding that terrain. “I’m not looking for spiritual music,” Medeski says, “I’m looking for Spirit to come through.”
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 Leeda Lyric Jones and Austn Haynes of Free Radio, and is one of the seven tracks on Saint Disruption’s debut album ‘Rose In The Oblivion,’ out April 8th. It’s an invitation into the spiritual duality of Saint Disruption’s music, paying tribute to Umar Bin Hassan and the Last Poets while showcasing Medeski’s solo prowess and highlighting the lyrical tour de force that is Haynes’ who speaks of Martin Luther King Jr. and others who have championed equality and justice for all.