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Awareness Magazine Interview
Richard Shulman Interviews Steve Gordon
In November 2009, Richard Shulman writing for Awareness Magazine interviewed Sequoia Records recording artist, producer and co-founder, Steve Gordon, about about the intention behind their music, the Gordon's latest album Meditation Drum and about their new still developing acoustic Celtic folk project. Read the full interview with Steve Gordon here.
Where Drumming and Serenity Meet
Music Design In Review Interviews Steve Gordon
In August 2009, Dan Cowan from Music Design In Review interviewed Sequoia Records recording artist, producer and co-founder, Steve Gordon, about Meditation Drum, about the latest album from David & Steve Gordon, their interest in drumming and where Sequoia Records is heading next. Read the full interview with Steve Gordon here.
Sequoia Wins Big at the COVR Visionary Music Awards!
The COVR Visionary Music Awards were recently held on June 24th, 2009, and Sequoia Records
won four major awards —
• 2008 Record of the Year
Earth Drum by David & Steve Gordon
Celtic Lounge III by Sequoia Artists
(Tie)
• 2008 Best World Album
Earth Drum`by David & Steve Gordon
Celtic Lounge III by Sequoia Artists
(Tie)
Sequoia Groove & the Chillout Phenomenon
Music Design In Review Interviews Steve Gordon
Music Design In Review recently interviewed Sequoia Records recording artist, producer and co-founder, Steve Gordon, about the new direction and continually expanding vision of Sequoia Records and Sequoia’s sub-label, Sequoia Groove, in addition to the label’s popular Buddha Lounge series and the emergence, growth and direction of downtempo/chill-out/lounge music. Here’s what Steve had to say……
David & Steve Gordon at # 4 on Top-20 Most Popular Artists in New Age Stores
According to New Age Retailer Magazine National Survey
New Age Retailer Magazine listed David & Steve Gordon as # 4 on the top-20 most popular recording artists among New Age music fans in their 2005 national survey, which also gives them the distinction of being the # 1 male artists in the New Age genre.
Music to Lull you to Sleep
by Laura Johannes
Pillow Music: Natural Deep Sleep by David & Steve Gordon is mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article "Music to Lull you to Sleep." It explores how music can help you sleep and some of the research that has been done. Check out the complete article.
Aura Magazine Interview - March 2008
Aura Magazine profiles Sequoia Records
Read the full interview here
Composition from the Heart: Music for Healing and Serenity
Science of Mind Magazine 2008
by Beth Adelman
Healers around the world have always known that sound has the power to affect the body as well as the spirit. In ancient Greece, Apollo was the god of both music and medicine. Pythagoras taught his students that certain musical chords and melodies produce definite responses within the human body. In Egypt, healing with sound was considered...read more
Chants of a Lifetime
Interview with Sophia - Music Design In Review
Interview with Sophia in Music Design In Review Magazine.
Musician and sound
healer Sophia cements
her role as one of today's
most vibrant singers with
SPIRIT HEALING CHANTS. Sophia has been making exquisite
music dedicated toward peace and
healing for over 40 years. Her sweet,
pure voice is a natural fit for the
illuminating material she sings, and
the soft, multi-cultural rhythms she
employs add a very appealing earthy
sensibility to her music. She recently
spoke with Music Design about her
exciting new album SPIRIT HEALING
CHANTS, and reflected on the
breadth of her career. Read the full interview with Sophia here.
Into the Heart of Music - Sequoia Records Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Music to Balance Your Life - A Conversation with Steve Gordon
Brothers David and Steve Gordon spent a lot of time together playing music and hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They combined their love of music and reverence for the environment in creating a new kind of ambient music when one day they decided to record the natural sounds of the wilderness. In 1982 they founded Sequoia Records and have since earned a reputation as two of the most successful producers of albums in the new age music genre. Read the full interview here: Music to Balance Your Life... A Conversation with Steve Gordon of Sequoia Records
From the Roots of a Redwood
Sequoia Records co-founder Steve Gordon takes a looks back, and forth, in a silver-anniversary interview with New Age Retailer Magazine.
You’re hiking up a fern-lined trail alongside
a sparkling mountain brook. The moss-cushioned
top of an ancient tree stump invites you to sit — a perfect place to
rest. Your brother settles on a flat, round rock at the brook’s edge, and
the two of you naturally inhale and release
one deep breath after another. The sweet air,
bubbling waters, and birdcalls from the forest
canopy lull you into an Eastern meditation.
The frenetic city feels a million miles away.
You’re both keenly aware of the embedded
tempo, melodies, and percussive patterns
in nature’s surround-sound symphony. It
sounds like an improv jam: distant thunder
are timpani drums, the birds’ songs are muted
trumpet and vocal melodies, the splashing
brook is rolling cymbal fill... read the full New Age Retailer interview with Steve Gordon here
2010 New Age Music World
By John P. Olsen
In May 2010, John P. Olsen of the New Age Music World website, featured David & Steve Gordon of Sequoia Records. Click to read article