OneSpaceLove Sessions

A Candid Deep Dive into the life of Holly Riva, OneSpaceLove Session with Host Steph Papas filmed at Hug Media in Sydney

Holly shares her journey from the tender age of 10, when Holly opened the Festival of Diwali in Rishikesh on the banks of the Ganges to 10,000 people. Growing up and travelling with her parents to Kolkata, where they all work in support of the famous charity The Hope Foundation, for whom, together with writing partner Craig Gannon from the Smiths, she wrote the song “Hope”, which the charity have now adopted as their main musical theme to support their marketing programme. We get to share a snippet of this song which is yet to be released.

Holly has been writing with some of the very best contemporary songwriters in the USA and UK, including: James Birt (Mimi Webb), David Glass (Flo Rida US #1), Craig Gannon (The Smiths), Swavy Beats (Kanye West US #1) and more. In early 2023 Holly performed her single 'A Memory' live to 1 million viewers + on the BBC TV.

Holly then shares behing the making of her singles, and about her new singles coming out. At the end she shared with us a live version of her new release which comes out in Jan 2024 " Probably Not Right For Me" and at the end of the talk Holly sings a little version live for us.

There is a common thread through Hollys journey where she is doing what she loves while wanting to make a difference with her music.

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Learn more about Holly Riva

www.hollyriva.com

Watch the interview

https://youtu.be/lCjp56RAC4g?si=hazQ8Bw08G6OegN3

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OneSpaceLove for the love it of.. Steph Papas shares conversation with Joss Jaffe "I am worthy" 

Joss Jaffe’s music is rooted in his desire to unite people through spirit, love, joy, community and consciousness. Joss creates innovative songs that bring international artists from different cultures and languages into a nexus where new music is discovered. His music invites the audience into a space of spontaneous joy.

Joss’ earliest memories include mantra chanting, listening to 60’s-70’s era vinyl records, and experiencing the sounds of the world through travel. By age 9 he could play guitar and began writing and producing his own songs. Drawn in by the music of India, at 16 he studied tabla, sarode, and vocal music from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. His studies with them continued for the next 10 years.

Ben Catley's mesmerising guitar playing, huge vocals and uplifting stage presence have seen his live shows become renowned for their energy and craft.
Performing at festivals and shows all around Australia, New Zealand, UK and across the world, Ben weaves effortlessly between wild and beautiful moments with the biggest look of joy on his face.
With sold out WA shows recently and with regular releases (including tracks featuring the legendary Wim Hof), Ben has created an exciting and uplifting sound, with a live show that captivates audiences like few other solo acts.

"Vibrant and big energy roots. It’s pure and feeling-centric.” Xpress Mag
"It's clear that Ben Catley has something special here." Pilerats

Learn more visit www.onespace.love

Elijah Ray is an international recording artist, vocalist, composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist with a professional music career spanning more than 17 years.

He produces music that crosses a wide variety of genres…from Acoustic, Soul, Funk, World Beat, R&B, Pop and Rock… to soul stirring Piano Ballads, Symphonic Soundtracks, and Sound Healing.

His shining presence, gritty soul, and message of love invite the listener into an experience of what it is to be “in the BAND OF LIGHT’. His anthems, love songs and sonic hymns have transformed audiences all over the world. Many are calling his music the “soundtrack of the awakening.” Both mystical and raw, Elijah’s charisma and musical prowess draws his audience into life’s nectar–spiritual, sexy, sweaty, gritty, and ecstatic.

Elijah, alone, generates a full band sound on most of his tracks, playing almost every instruments and arranging many of his pieces himself. He has mastered the art of solo touring–taking his audience from one dimension to another with just his voice, his loop-pedal and his guitar, Ruby.

He has toured the world from Bali to Ibiza to Egypt and the US at large. Elijah has played, collaborated and shared the stage with countless artists like Bibi McGill (Beyonce’s Lead Guitarist), Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5), Graham Nash, Andre Manga (Paul Simon), Ben Stiller, Donovon Frankenreiter, G Love, Brett Dennon, Bushwalla, the Luminaries, Tina Malia, Youssouphe Sidibe, Tubby Love, Jay ‘Bird” Koder, Michael Ruff, and many more.

Elijah has been featured in documentaries such as Indigo Evolution, and Living in Light, alongside such luminaries as Neale Donald Walsh, Dr. Matsuro Emoto, Doreen Virtue, Gangaji, Eli Jaxson-Bear and Panache Desai. Hecontinues to tour the world, release new music and broadcast live shows. Those who want more can experience Elijah’s work by attending a SoundLight Experience, retreats, vocal empowerment workshops, masterclasses, and a host of other community projects.

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This is the second time I have had Pat Tierney on OneSpaceLove, you can find our first chat on https://onespace.love/pat-tierney-paving-a-new-way/

Lap slide guitarist and roots troubadour Pat Tierney brings an eclectic and captivating musical experience to everything he touches. 
Taking influence from the likes of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and Ben Harper, Pat’s music dances between folk, blues, roots, and soul. A true songwriter and poet, Pat brings an old school approach with modern tales of love, loss, hope, and social justice. 
Over the past 18 months, Pat has toured across the country with the likes of Australian blues-rock legend Russell Morris, roots reggae lords, The Beautiful Girls and good friends Bobby Alu to name a few, spending time in between recording his brand new album ‘Red Moon’, released in late 2019 to rave reviews. 
Winter 2020 will see Pat hit the road with blues maestro Ash Grunwald for a run of special shows after a few months away from the stage, as well as some time back in the studio.

Learn more visit www.onespace.love 

Lisa Mitchell's music consistently elicits an emotional response. Her artful storytelling awakens long forgotten memories, engulfing listeners in wistful nostalgia. 

She is currently working on her new music to be released in 2021, and Lisa and I catch up and discuss her creative process during these current challenging time, and we delve deep into conversations about her interests, passions and what tools she has gathered along the path to trust in flow. 

Learn more visit onespace.love/podcast 

Miriam caught up with Steph Papas on OneSpaceLove, sharing about her journey, and how she came to birth her latest album and new release "Infinite We Are " a celebration of our own imagination.

​“A thing of intoxicating beauty.” Rhythms magazine

(Miriam) has a knack for giving her songs a feeling of significance, even while they float with effervescent pop pleasure.“ The Music

​ “Her songs are beautifully melodic, richly textured but can have pointed themes…. Simply brilliant" 4.5  stars, Jeff Glorfeld, The Age

​African influences blend seamlessly with blues-infused melodies and soaring vocal harmonies in the music by Sydney singer song-writer Miriam Lieberman. Her albums are soulful collections of stories, beautifully told through strings, African kora and Lieberman’s unmistakable voice. The stories speak of Lieberman’s musical journey, which has taken her from Guinea and Mali, where she studied the kora – a west-African harp with a beautiful, evocative tone – to central India, Indonesia, Mexico and South America. These places have left an imprint on Lieberman’s musical style as well as a catchiness and contemporary tone that is entirely her own.

The Miriam Lieberman Trio is a combination of players, adding luscious vocal harmonies and soaring string arrangements. Regular members of the trio are Lara Goodridge (Baby et Lulu, FourPlay) on violin and harmonies, Susie Bishop (an opera singer and member of Chaika and guest for other bands) also on violin and harmonies, Carl St Jacques (Miami Symphony) on viola. Earliest member of the trio with Miriam was Kate Adams on cello.

Miriam is a multiple awardee of grants such as the John Butler Seed grant, Australia Council, Create NSW, APRA, Music NSW and the Australian Songwriters Association Award. She has regularaly featured at festivals around Australia including Woodford, The National Folk Festival (as the NSW showcase act), Fairbridge (WA), Yungaburra Folk Festival (QLD), Shir Madness, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Four Winds Festival, The Multicultual Festival (Canberra), Paramasala (Parramatta), Cygnet (TAS), Denmark Festival Of Voices (WA) and many more. Internationally, she has featured at The Guinean Jazz Festival, Hakodate World Music Festival (Japan), Voix des Femmes (Mali) and The Bali Spirit Festival.

“Something of a renaissance woman ……Somehow she achieves the almost impossible in blending patterned western-ed pop writing with the earthy mystique of African rhythms and freaky world instruments.” - Sydney City News​

Nina Angelo was born in Athens, Greece, shortly after WW2 and migrated to Sydney, Australia in June 1949 with her parents, both survivors of the Nazi concentration camps.

In the early 60s, Nina nourished her passion as an artist at the National Art School, experimenting with many art forms before settling on her life-long journey with textiles. Her community work and artistic and cultural heritage led her on countless adventures across Australia, the Pacific Islands and ultimately, back to Europe.

While overcoming significant challenges from ‘frying pan to fire’; Nina has founded, coordinated, publicised, taught and work-shopped creative and community arts and festival events, for over thirty years. She is a colourful character with a gift for connection with people of all ages and cultures.

In 2009, Nina was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for her ‘Service to the Arts and the (NSW) Central Coast community’. Her wider Australian contribution to community and culture has been recognised through a range of honours, awards and positions including Artist in Residence in Fiji through Australia Council for the Arts, two Australia Day Community Awards, the Governor of NSW Children’s Week Award for her work in remote locations, and an Edna Ryan Feminist Award for her life’s work empowering women and sharing their stories through the arts.

Nina’s first book, a memoir called “Don’t Cry, Dance”, celebrates and honours life, love, family and tolerance of people from all cultures, colours and creeds. She discovered her father Alberto’s interviews from 30 years ago, which had been held in the Holocaust Museum in the USA, and combined these with her mother Janka’s story, who first met her father in Auschwitz. As a storyteller and artist, it was time to add her story to theirs, and leave a lasting memory for her children, grandchildren and for future generations.

Nina is a connector of the creative dots in communities. She is a motivational speaker, arts consultant, mentor, intuitive artist, registered Marriage Celebrant, writer and activist. Nina is passionate about gathering women together to share their truth and heal the impacts of intergenerational trauma through storytelling. She seeks to uncover the creative spirit in all of us and capture the stories of our culture in our times.

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OneSpaceLove guest is Matiu Te Huki. Matiu’s unique life path of growth driven learning and cultural immersion, a calling for music and leadership, mixed with a desire to engage and share with vastly varied communities, whilst holding passports to many alternative realms, have moulded Matiu into a man ready to stand and deliver–his way.

Learn more visit www.onespace.love 

Dr. Tommy John is a performance coach and perpetual student and a leading, unapologetic voice across the globe in the medical freedom movement of today. A former professional athlete and published author with three degrees following his name, Dr. Tommy is both scholar and teacher, patient and healer, private and general. He owns and operates the Dr. Tommy John Performance and Healing Center in San Diego and with over 20 years of clinical experience, he's impacted countless lives with his proven "Way to Live Utilizing the 8 Essentials to Performance and Healing," a system for harnessing action steps to adapt and thrive in this lifetime.

At the core of this work, his patients relearn what it is to be truly sovereign and free within their bodies. For given these liberties, the body self heals, regenerates and holds the power to cure itself from anything, to actualize any vision, dream or desire. But we must be free.

With body sovereignty at the heart of his life's work, in 2020 Dr, Tommy became a founding member of Health Freedom for Humanity. Here he continues to fight for the inalienable right for all to live free and thrive. It’s time the authenticity of humanity became popular.

“I stand for bodily freedom when it comes to health and medical intervention.”

Learn more www.onespace.love 

Ben Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake. Lee has released eight solo studio albums. 

Ben has shared many sold out shows with OneSpace Events, and it was so beautiful to catch up with him and have him on OneSpaceLove. 

We talk about Love, Spirituality, Mind Altering Substances, Creativity, Relationships, and jam pack so much in one chat. Ben is a colourful, joyful, playful soul who dedicates his life to being a creative soul with all the work he does, no matter of the medium.

Learn More www.onespace.love 

Nathan Kaye releases his latest single “Humble Yourself” we go deep to talk about humble yourself and how he came to walk the path he walks today, sharing his art & music to create a ripple of change.

An influential part of the Australian roots music scene & renowned as the world’s first didgeridoo-beatboxer, Nathan Kaye, is a globe-trotting one-man-band who thumps out songs on slide guitar, slide didge & electronic foot-drums.

Kaye’s step-father, Yabu Bilyana, was Aboriginal. Nathan got given his first Yidaki (didge) when he was in his teens by a full-blood Pintjantjarra tribesman who said, “You been black fulla before.” Kaye got circular breathing within the first few days of starting.

Having invented blending human beatboxing into the didgeridoo way back in the 90’s, Nathan was invited to perform his didge-beatboxing at the UK Beatbox Championships, Glastonbury Festival & other festivals over there in 2005, which spread the technique throughout the UK & Europe. But really, at the core of his multi-tasking abilities lies a big-hearted man with a powerful mission to inspire people to make the most of the gift of life, with his talent-packed show that has to be seen to be believed. Trust us, you’ll be better for it.

Tracks by Nathan Kaye shared in this episode "Be Still and Listen to the Call' and "Humble Yourself" all links and past onespacelove episodes visit www.onespace.love 

Music is the language of the spirit, It is the literature of the heart, It speaks to our highest aspirations, It is the greatest uniter, It is the force for change. 

On this show I caught up with Ella Belfanti and Halle Belfanti (Tyde Music), Daniel Champagne, Declan Kelly, Nicky Bomba (Melbourne Ska Orchestra), Mama Kin - Danielle Caruana (Mama Kin Spender) and Julz Parker (Hussy Hicks)

A very special episode with the news of Bluefest 2021 cancelled for the second year in a row, showcasing artists who were part of the line up and how they are finding hope for the Australian Music Industry. 

Learn More and find links to music featured and artists links on www.onespace.love

"Talk more about your dreams, more about what your passions are. Talk more about what you're creating, not about whats stopping that" Kate Williams

Kate Williams is a psychic channel, and she specialises in life purpose readings and helps you to gain clarity, focus and inner perspective. Inner purpose comes from finding your centre. Finding your core and learning how to access that on a daily basis.  

Kate Williams is a psychic channel, and she specialises in life purpose readings and helps you to gain clarity, focus and inner perspective. Inner purpose comes from finding your centre. Finding your core and learning how to access that on a daily basis.  

You can learn more about Kate at https://www.katewilliams.com.au/

Music shared in this episode is from Elijah Ray and Daphne Tse who coming soon as guests on The OneSpaceLove Show. 

Garrett went from busking and living out of a backpack to tallying over 63 million worldwide streams and performing sold-out shows alongside Damien Rice and Ziggy Alberts.

Garrett has over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, following the release of his sophomore album “hemispheres” in December 2020 and his 2021 offerings, singles “Be” and “Firestarter”. He landed a sync in Hollywood blockbuster ‘Bad Moms’ and his single ‘Take It Slowly’ has over 14 million Spotify streams. He hasearned the endorsement of triple j, Rolling Stone and Beatroute Magazine.

At the same time, he has cemented himself as an in-demand, platinum-award winning producer. triple j has dubbed him as the “Producer and musician behind some of the most prominent sounds coming out the Byron Bay's booming buskers scene”.

Garrett produced Ziggy Albert’s EP “Four Feet in the Forest” and album “Laps Around the Sun” (both certified Platinum in Australia) and has also worked with Julia Stone, Pete Murray, Tones and I, Kyle Lionhart, Riley Pearce, Pierce Brothers, Jack Botts and more.

Garrett will play Byron Bay Bluesfest in March and plans to tour Europe/UK with Pierce Brothers.

“I most definitely look at these songs as paintings,” he affirms. “It’s totally a mad scientist situation. I blend sounds together in order to aesthetically serve the song. The writing, engineering, and producing are all married. I’ll tinker with a track for two months. I look at it, walk away, and come back as if I were leaving a painting on a canvas. The chords, melodies, and moods are like images to me. I don’t use instruments for genre, but rather for frequencies, tones, and cadences. Getting the chance to see different parts of the world and hear so many stories inspired some of the insights and colours I wanted to use.”

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Learn more https://www.garrettkatomusic.com/

Danni Carr is Founder of Earth Bottles, a range of eco friendly, reusable bottles and coffee cups. She is also a mother of two children and partnered with the well-known Australian musician, Ash Grunwald. So life is never dull with a touring husband and a global business to run. She is now the beautiful host of "How I Quit Alcohol.

We chat about how she came to be on the journey of quitting alcohol in her personal life and how that lead her to start the podcast "How I Quit Alcohol" and became a coach to help others overcome their addictions. How in that process a whole lot of healing happened, and the clarity, the self love that was discovered and how she knew it was time to step onto a new path. 

Danni shares very vulnerably how she showed up and getting past the first three months of sobriety and past these months, how she came to really know herself, and rediscovered her relationships. "Getting to know myself, that in it self was beautiful" Danni Carr 

Visit www.onespace.love for more, & references mentioned in our chat 

We played snippets from the tracks Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald - Thinkin 'Bout Myself and Whiskey Creek by Danni Carr 

Áine Tyrrell adds her voice to the cry of women everywhere, declaring “We Were Born To Do This!”

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Irish singer-songwriter, Áine Tyrrell, based in Australia, releases a new film clip for her feminist anthem, Born To Do This.

Written and recorded in Ireland in 2018 for the Return To The Sea album, a project Áine states is all about not being afraid to be in her own skin and reconnecting with who she is and where she comes from; this release couldn’t come at a more opportune time.

Women all over the world are taking steps to stand in their power and speak their truths. In the last few weeks in Australia look no further than Parliament House. In Ireland, the female experiences are still being silenced, with ongoing decisions by church and state like the recent sealing of documents that give testimony to these misogynistic structures.

“We are speaking up now, but our power structures are inherently misogynistic and continue to silence us. This song is our battle cry, it comes deeply from our mothers and grandmothers who did not have the freedom to speak their truth. We WERE born to do this and we will hold all those to account that stand in the way of truth and equality”

Inspired by conversations with both men and women about the patterns of the patriarchy that define us in gendered roles that are hard to shake and dangerous and detrimental to us all; Áine was searching for a way for us to remember who we were, before the patriarchy told us who they wanted us to be. “The words “You Were Born To Do This” fell out of my mouth whilst playing guitar and became the bones of the anthem call that this song is”.

Born To Do This has always been inextricably linked to Irish women for Áine. The final recording session of the album was held just after she was invited to sing at an event in Melbourne, raising funds and awareness for Repealing the 8th Amendment in Ireland, a cry for Irish women to finally have autonomy over their reproductive rights after decades of archaic and dangerous legislation. This fundraising event happened on the same weekend Áine, a survivor of domestic violence, was reporting to the police the 78th breaches of an intervention order by her perpetrator.

“The FUCK YOU came out of me directly from THOSE experiences and I feel as female artists there is a side of the truth about what we put up with that is never out there in public... I gave myself permission to say it loudly, proudly and in my power. So often as women and female singers we are told to be quieter, prettier, slimmer, and more palatable, but this chorus is the antithesis of that”.

Videos

https://youtu.be/dBLuomfvtxE

Music

https://soundcloud.com/ainetyrrell/born-to-do-this https://open.spotify.com/track/5W0ShkDOJSAHiuB5ifq8YZ?si=f8baf72c98f4425d

Socials

instagram.com/ainetyrrellmusic
facebook.com/AineTyrrellMusic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4W901kQvVeyKbYo7crhtYA

That's a Wrap 2020 features a recap of all my guests for 2020. Each guest is highlighted in order of the shows, capturing the gems they shared on the shows for 2020.  Its also available with video footage on OneSpaceLove You Tube Channel 

https://youtu.be/Wnle-vSQFR8

Huge thank you to all our guests for 2020. After running OneSpace Events for almost a decade, Steph Papas took some time off to ground and reflect on her mission. During Covid, while homeschooling her three youngest children, OneSpaceLove Podcast was born, it began in her home and with no knowledge of where it was going, it began to take on a life of its own and served as a safe space for our guests to share during what has been a very unknown time for creative souls.  

Join the OneSpaceLove Community 2021 more to come  

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Follow, subscribe to all the creative souls featured on this years season and let’s support creative souls doing what they love while making a difference on this planet. 

All links on the website. 

Jamie Catto is an author, film-maker and musician running transformational workshops and events to reclaim all the treasure we edited away into the shadows and facilitate everyone daring to be more real, more fallible, more tender, more intimate.

Jamie Catto is a former and founding member of Faithless. He was the ballad singer/songwriter, and became Art Director and Video Director of the band before leaving in 1999 to form the double-Grammy nominated, global music and film project 1 Giant Leap. His last album with Faithless was Sunday 8PM. He is also known as a photographer, script editor and creative catalyst.
When Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman formed 1 Giant Leap, they toured to such nations as Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, America and Europe, equipped solely with a digital video camera, a laptop and a vision to explore ‘The Unity in the Diversity’. They released the first ‘1 Giant Leap’ in 2002. (It was nominated for 2 Grammys in 2003, sold over 300 thousand albums, and won numerous awards globally).
They collaborated with such artists as Dennis Hopper, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Stipe, Bono, Susan Sarandon, k.d. Lang, Tom Robbins, Dido, Brian Eno, Tim Robbins, Daniel Lanois, Yoko Ono, J. P. Donleavy, Naomi Klein, Oumou Sangare, Billy Connolly, Baaba Maal, Rokia Traore, DBC Pierre, Neneh Cherry, Robbie Williams, Lila Downs, Bob Geldof, Neale Donald Walsch, Stephen Fry, Gita Mehta, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Speech, Mahotella Queens, Michael Franti etc.
In 2004, Simon Fuller and 19 Entertainment backed the production of the 2nd 1 Giant Leap Film, TV Series and CD, “What About Me?”1 Giant Leap finished their second film / album ‘What About Me?’ released on region 2 DVD June 2008 in the UK and won Grand Jury Best Documentary at Red Rock Film Festival at first screening in America at the end of 2008, has received numerous recognitions and additional screenings including a special screening at the DocMiami International Film Festival in 2010. (The making of What About Me? TV series screens on Channel 4 this November 2010.)
They travelled across 50 countries and 5 continents recording music and interviews What About Me? website
It features Tim Robbins, Daniel Lanois, KD Lang, Susan Sarandon, Zap Mama, Bob Geldof, Noam Chomsky, Billy Connolly, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walcsh, Courtney Love, Carrie Fisher, Bhagavan Das, Ram Dass, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Stephen Fry, Eckhart Tolle, Michael Franti, Michael Stipe, DBC Pierre, Will Young Ram Dass Daniel Lanois, Maxi Jazz, Oumou Sangare, Mahotella Queens, Stewart Copeland, Lila Downs Ramata Diakite, and others.

Deep breathe, Jamie is insanely gifted and our chat he shares his wisdom and we delve more into the workshops he is offering in 2020 and how he lets life happen to him and moves with the beat rather than move against the beat. He finds the space between the notes, and it definatly shines through in our chat, just what an amazing human being Jamie is.

I was super nervous in our catch up, which I feel confident in my other talks, I have mastered moving through my nerves, but you can see why in our talk, Jamie is a big soul with a lot to share and I am committed to bringing my listeners the best parts of my guests, I believe we were able to reveal a lot of gems in our chat, and I hope to get to have him on again as their is so much more to share..

You can catch the full episode on OneSpaceLove You Tube Channel visit www.onespace.love 

Sunny Smith is the solo project of Sydney-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Smithson (The Kava Kings, Caravana Sun). Chris released his debut track, Ziggy, under the moniker in November 2020 with a five-track EP slated for release in early 2021.

A debut eight years in the making, Chris first knew music was for him when he skipped out on a year 10 trial exam to go on tour with his band, The Kava Kings and hasn’t looked back from massive international festival stages across Germany to a disorganised show at a public pool in Italy.

Chris isn’t new to the scene with three European tours under his belt with The Kava Kings and Caravana Sun supporting follow big acts, The Skatalites (Jamaica) and Ozomatli (USA) . As well as wearing a track around Australia having supported John Butler, Lime Cordiale, Birds of Tokyo, Ocean Alley and The Beautiful Girls.

Inspired by Tame Impala, Gorillaz and Neil Young with a slice of Andy Shauf, Blake Mills, Ethan Gruska and Whitney thrown in the mix inspired Chris to create the sound that is Sunny Smith.

The dreamy three minute thirty track lives up to the Sunny Smith name transporting you to beachside scenes with musing of the future. Ziggy explores the feeling of anemoia, that nostalgic feeling for a time you’ve never known, and is inspired by the many stages of life, the different goals we all aspire to big and small culminating at that moment where you crossover from person to parent.

Written during a self-described songwriting drought, Ziggy was the muse to allow Sunny Smith to pour his heart into “the most honest writing I’ve ever done”. This underpinned honesty coupled with inspiration from the likes of Andy Shauf, Blake Mills and The Police create a dreamy track perfectly timed for you to walk to and create your own sense of anemoia.

Sunny Smith jumped into the studio with Sydney drummer and producer legend, Declan Kelly (Bernard Fanning, Katie Noonan, Kasey Chambers) to bring Ziggy to life. “The morning we started on Ziggy, Declan thought we should lay down a guide drum track to create a good foundation for the song. We both loved that take so much we kept it, and the song grew from that point on. The beat doesn't change for the whole song. It's just so nice when something unplanned becomes such an integral part of a song.” Chris Smithson, SunnySmith.

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Philip’s mission is to motivate and empower people to transform their lives to express their unique individuality.

Philip has more than 25 years’ experience in bodywork and kinesiology. He works with people of all ages, from babies with allergies to teenagers and adults looking for direction, solving specific issues or improving their health and wellbeing.

Philip uses various techniques to retrain your neurology to enable you to adapt to the challenges currently being presented. This allows the individual to easily integrate to a state of equilibrium.

Philip’s clients experience: A sense of fulfilment and purpose; Improved relationships and communication; Ability to learn easily; Ability to release stress and manage it better; Career direction and clarity; Better sleep; Faster recuperation after illness; Release of physical and emotional symptoms.

Learn More www.onespace.love

Steph talks to Kate William's about connecting to the guru within you. In these current times, it is especially important to create space in our lives to go within and be still. 

We've just received the news that there's an extension on the, the lockdown and that's having a lot of effect on a lot of people in it,  very real effects and there's very real things going on for a lot of people and a lot of people are finding their circumstances quite difficult to cope with so I guess about, you know for me it's been using this time adequately is a time of reflection I guess and going inward like what is it, I always ask myself what is it that the universe, asking of me right now, like, this is what it is. I can't change it I can't make, it not be here. So, you know, what is the universe, asking of me and it's asking me to be still. And it's asking me to have time alone, and it's asking me to be quiet. And so, In that, I'm going into myself even deeper I've extended my meditation practice to longer periods of time, and it's been really quite profound and amazing experience for me, and the sense of connection, I have with the greater universe the cosmos has been expanded and deepened, and you know my awareness of who I am and you know the construct of time and reality and I don't know asking those big questions about what is reality and who am I, yeah. All of that always surfaces up.

Kate and I share how we create space to connect to the guru within us and in this space we are able to find our centre and let the miracles of grace unfold.

Steph Talks every Friday on OneSpaceLove Podcast www.onespace.love 

https://www.katewilliams.com.au/

"It doesn't matter how far away astray we go from ourselves there is this part of us that is constantly calling out to us, asking us to come home to our self" Nat Carey aka Valentina Brave

Nat and I caught up for the first time, sharing her journey from growing up around music, storytelling, to her own personal mission sharing story through the power of sound vibration and music.

Nat Carey shares how she does Sound Healing. You can follow,  Brave_Spirit _Sound_Sessions on instagram to learn more and book in for a session. 

Learn more about Valentina Brave Music

Latest release "This place your soul" produced by Danielle Caruana (Mama Kin)

To capture Valentina Brave's voice and music is to hitch a ride in Persephone's Ute, having burned across the darkest night of the soul, picked up the Virgin Mary herself to ride shotgun, with Betty Davis on the bonnet.

Her vintage rock, murder ballads and soul anthems come directly from the underworld. These are transformative songs that will spit you out the other side of a journey that may begin in suffering, but ends in a melodic freedom. Brave makes vulnerability her ally, a powerful medicine in these times.

An artist worth witnessing, Brave shared the stage with global luminaries Michael Franti, Jackson Browne and Juanes at Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival when Franti invited her to perform for his main stage closing set. With overwhelming response, it was a landmark moment in the evolution of powerhouse vocalist, improviser and world class artist.

Her Debut EP Wildflower, produced by aria nominated musician Danielle Caruana (Mama Kin), as the title suggests, is indicative of what grows out of human heartache. Wildflowers grow in graveyards, sprung from grief, their beauty bleeding unapologetically into the earth. Like these plants, Brave is a resilient feminine force.

Listen "I Met a Man" and "Calling me Back"Nat Carey aka Valentina Brave_Calling me back

Khari Cabra Simmons is a pioneer of Atlanta's eclectic underground Soul scene. In the mid 90's he co-founded the Atlanta collective Earthseed, along with friends India Arie,, Sirius B, Anasa Troutman and Donnie.

Shortly after the disbanding of Earthseed Khari began to play with then Naked Music recording artist Gaelle, and remained an in demand bassist playing alongside the likes of Donnie, Roy Ayers, Gaelle, Russel Gunn and eventually signing on as India Arie's bassist in early 2000. When India.Aire was offered the opening act for Sade’s Lover’s Rock tour, she didn’t hesitate to invite Khari to join her on the road and after the three month tour, Khari was asked to become a full-time member of her band.
As a recording artist Khari has garnered a reputation for crafting Brazilian-influenced soul sounds via his band Jiva and now in his solo career. Khari's collaborations on his many musical projects have included work with Monday Michiru, Bluey of Incognito, Cecelia Stalin of Koop, Chantae Cann, Brenda Nicole Moorer , Grant Green Junior and Sabrina Malheiros.

His latest EP "Soul Bossa" Khari continues this exploration into his unique style of soul bossa paying homage to cats like Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes and Quincy Jones.

https://kharicabralsimmons.com/

Nina Angelo is an artist and writer who works with multicultural, & indigenous communities sharing their personal stories in regional and rural & urban communities across Australia and the Pacific.

Her personal and family memoir Don’t Cry, Dance weaves her story with her parent’s legacy as Jewish survivors of Auschwitz & the holocaust.

Nina has an OAM for her Service to the Arts and the Central Coast community.

Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster is a traditional practitioner of Hawaiian culture and traditions. He was accepted as a student of Kumu Paa Lawrence Aki in 2007. Since his acceptance Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster learned the cultural practices of his Hawaiian heritage. He learned in a traditional manner. Once initiated into the lineage he lived with his teacher in Halawa Valley Molokai. His trainings where conducted in an oral basis. Stories, chants and dance where taught through listening, observing, and repeated till mastery.

Coming into alignment with Kuma Pa'a Kawika Foster

Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster is a traditional practitioner of Hawaiian culture and traditions. He was accepted as a student of Kumu Paa Lawrence Aki in 2007. Since his acceptance Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster learned the cultural practices of his Hawaiian heritage. He learned in a traditional manner. Once initiated into the lineage he lived with his teacher in Halawa Valley Molokai. His trainings where conducted in an oral basis. Stories, chants and dance where taught through listening, observing, and repeated till mastery.

Kawika and I caught up in 2018 with such a beautiful sharing, and we sat down and began the interview and all time and space was lost as we chatted into the sunset and continued the interview at sunrise. You can capture these episodes on Onespacelove You tube.

It is so good to have him on Onespacelove Podcast and talk about these current times.

"This is the one of the most important time for people to really begin to envision, where they want to go and what they want to do, this is in almost every cultural context, Ill speak from the cultural context I stem from personally, this is one of those moments where people get to absolutely to go in,  figure out whats working for them and what isn't working for them and then move in the direction that their called to move and to completely capture this vision of themselves, their family dynamics, their history their past experiences, clear out what ever is not good in that image of who you are right now,  and then totally project out to where you want to go, what you want to be doing . " Kuma Pa'a Kawika Foster