A review of Turner’s autobiography, “Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good.”
Musical Meditations
Lion’s Roar magazine’s associate art director Andrew Glencross looks at three bodhisattvas of the music world: Éliane Radigue, John Coltrane, and Philip Glass.
What Is the Sound of Buddhist Music Today?
The dharma speaks through music—it always has, it does today. From jazz to metal to rap to emergent hybrid forms, Buddhism’s influence on the musical realm can be discovered at almost every turn.
The Spark Is There All the Time
Forget the stereotype of the tortured artist, says Steve Silberman. For David Crosby and Becca Stevens, the Muse is happy.
Phoebe Bridgers: Her Music as Meditation
Ray Buckner on how Grammy nominee Phoebe Bridgers’ music is a spiritual friend, a path forward into the unknown.
Jarboe on Flying Lotus’s Album “Your Dead!”
The best music opens our hearts and minds. Jarboe on how Flying Lotus lyrically and sonically explores liberation.
The Music in My Heart
For Michael Imperioli, ANOHNI’s voice is a reminder that he’s part of a vast interconnected network of minds and beings. Her voice makes him feel emotions he never knew he had.
Hip-Hop Wisdom
Run the Jewels demands its listeners look outward as much as inward. Annaka Gale on this legendary hip-hop duo.
Heavy Dharma: Metal Music Forged By Buddhism
One might not immediately pair the calm of Buddhism with the thrashing tumult of metal, but for creators of heavy music, it is a match made in nirvana. Continuing our overview of Buddhism’s influence on modern music, we look at music’s purveyors of thunderous riffs inspired by the dharma.
The Seekers: Modern Classical & Buddhism
Buddhism’s impact on the musical realm can be found in almost every genre – from classical to pop to experimental. In our survey of Buddhism’s influence on modern music, we look at how the dharma speaks through the compositions of some of music’s most innovative vanguards.