Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
As a member of the Blockheads, Gilad has also recorded and performed with Ian Dury, Robbie Williams, Sinead O'Connor and Paul McCartney. Gilad has also recorded with Robert Wyatt, the Water Boys. In 2014 he recorded with Pink Floyd and is featured on their last album The Endless River (Anisina).
In 2000 Gilad founded the Orient House Ensemble in London and started re-defining his own roots in the light of his emerging ethical awareness. The Ensemble includes Chris Higginbottom on Drums, Yaron Stavi on Bass and Frank Harrison on piano & electronics.
Gilad writes on political matters, social issues, Jewish identity and culture. His papers are published on very many press outlets around the world. Here is just a short list of his recent publications: World News, Press Tv, Rebelion, The Daily Telegraph, Uprooted Palestinians, Veterans Today, Palestine Telegraph, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Aljazeera Magazine, Information Clearing House, Middle-East-Online, Palestine Chronicle, The People Voice, Redress, Shoa (The Palestinian Holocaust) , The Guardian, transcend and many more.
Gilad is a popular political analyst and is often guesting on Television and Radio stations around the world such as RT, Press TV, BBC and many more.
Atzmon's novels 'Guide to the perplexed' and 'My One And Only Love' have been translated into 24 languages. Gilad's latest book, The Wandering Who?, is a study of Jewish Identity politics. It was published in English in October 2011 and has since been translated into ten languages and been a best seller since then.
Over the years Gilad Atzmon's music has moved increasingly toward a cultural hybrid. As a bandleader and reed player he has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Coltrane’s powerful approach on the sax, Gilad's live performances are simply breathtaking and overwhelming.
Gilad's work is highly praised by the musical press. Here are just a few quotes:
"Atzmon's fluid lyricism is in full flow on songbook classics and worldly originals. But as sweet romance morphs to modernist uncertainty, the bittersweet balance and rich emotional palette equally impress." Financial Times ***** March 2009
“A formidable improvisational array...a jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height...” The Guardian.
“The best musician living in the world today” Robert Wyatt
"Gilad Atzmon, the expat Israeli saxophonist/clarinetist, combines thrilling jazz musicianship with a maverick political intelligence" The Guardian ****
"Like the best of albums" Jazzwise **** March 2009
"Atzmon always manages to tell a story" Uncut **** March 2009
"One of the finest alto players around, Gilad pays his respects to Bird ...It's striking how similar Gilad's sweet, open-throated sound is to Parker's, but as you'd expect from the fiery philosopher-turned-Blockhead, this is no tribute album." BBC Music Magazine March 2009
In 2007 Gilad extended his role as a Producer, working with outstanding singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie to produce her debut album released in September 2009.
In 2008-9, Gilad also produced the Brazilian percussion star Adriano Adewale, the multi ethnic Irish band Yurodny and is currently producing the UK legendary bass player Norman Watt-Roy’s debut album. In 2010 Gilad produced The Ghosts Within with Robert Wyatt and Ros Stephen. He also produced Sarah Gillespie's In The Current Climate.
“Suns of the Earth’s music fills you, floods you with sustenance and good vibrations, vital life source to keep you going… it’s not just music it’s medicine, mantras for harmony”
-THE EXAMINER
Suns of the Earth are singing a rallying call to the global village to join together in community, celebration, and to take action in the world from a place of love and Earth guardianship. Their music is all tuned and recorded at A 432 hertz -aligned to the natural harmonic frequency of Planet Earth- creating a unique resonance with the listener rather than the industry standard A 440. Their energy and charisma is reminiscent of the Beatles meets modern day Matisyahu meets Nakho and Medicine for the People. One of the few up & coming bands out there using the full strength of their male voices in chorus harmony, their passionate soundscape reveals Alok Ananda’s lyrically powerful verses that flow effortlessly between a Jim Morrison or hip hop style delivery. Sun’s sound is anchored by Eila Scott’s shining acoustic guitars and driven by Duke’s strong worldy percussion and reggae tinged baselines.
GUEST: GIADA VALENTI
Born and raised in Venice, Italy, Giada Valenti started to sing and play piano at the age of seven. She began touring professionally with a band by age twelve. She studied piano and music theory at the Santa Cecilia music school in Venice and received her music degree at the G. Tartini in Trieste. She also studied jazz with American singer Dawn Mitchell.
In Italy she has won several important music awards like the prestigious La Grande Occasione and Festival di Castrocaro. While she was studying psychology at the University of Padova, she met the love of her life and moved to The Netherlands. She participated in the song contest San Remo New Talents in the World, a contest held annually for Italians living abroad and won with her pop ballad Solo Con Te (Only With You). This led her to a record contract with BMG Ariola in Europe and she had several hits in the charts. One of her songs was even used in a radio and television commercial for Piaggio-Vespa scooters.
When in 2004 her music got serious interest from a major record label in New York she decided to move to the United States. In December 2005, her self-released CD Italian Signorina was launched in the USA to great reviews. Italian Signorina featured the song Caruso that she performed on the red carpet at the Columbus Day Parade in 2005, 2006, and 2007 in New York City, broadcast every year live on NBC Television. She has been featured in the editions of this prestigious Parade in New York City, which is broadcast every year live on ABC Television, every year ever since.
Producer Sonny Grosso and musical director Phil Ramone selected Giada for a role in the Broadway musical Be My Love, based on the life story of tenor Mario Lanza. In 2008 iTunes has selected her version of the song Caruso as one of the 50 best songs in the Italian language. In 2005 and 2006, she performed her own original shows La Dolce Vita Swings and Moonlight and Romance, in sold out-theatres in New York. During these shows, she takes her audience on a journey across the Atlantic, singing the most beautiful Italian and American love songs. In June 2007 she made her debut at the premiere cabaret room in the United States: Feinstein’s at the Regency Hotel in New York City. With her show Tribute To The European Divas, featuring the music of such great female singers as Edith Piaf, Dusty Springfield, Shirley Bassey, Mina and Ornella Vanoni, she had become a regular performer at this prestigious venue, till it’s closing in 2012. In 2009 she made her debut in Atlantic City, at the Hilton Casino Hotel.
The Italian television reported several times about her successes in the United States. In 2008 the channel Sky Italia made an hour long documentary about her life as an Italian in the United States. In 2011 she was the protagonist in an hour long reality docu on Rete4 about her life and work in the United States. Over the years she was also featured in many interviews on RAI and Canale 5.
In the United States Giada’s talent and contributions to culture has been recognized by several organizations. In October 2008 Giada was named Woman of the Year by the Organization of Italian Charities In America. In February 2010 she was honored by the Commission for Social Justice of the Order Sons of Italy in America for being a good Italian role model. In October of 2011 Giada was awarded the Merit of Honor by the Borough President of Queens, NY for her outstanding cultural contribution to the Italian community in the USA. In April 2012 she was honored by the Saint Brigid Parish for he Distinguished Service in Promulgating the Beauty and Value of Italian Culture and Heritage. In November 2012 she was honored by the Italian American Labor Council for her Work, Achievements and my Life Dedication to Music. Giada is also a seven times recipient of a Grant of the NIAF Sergio Franchi Music Foundation.
Currently she is working on the post-production of her television special From Venice With Love, filmed partly in Venice Italy and partly in New York. The television special is expected to air on Public Television starting in August 2015 in support of a 40 dates tour to start in April 2016 in the USA. In this television special she will take her audience on a romantic virtual journey to her beloved Venice and she shares with her audience her memories of this magnificent city. In her show Giada performs some of the most beautiful love songs of the last 30 years.
For this project she is working with some of the best professionals around, like music arranger Chris Walden (Andrea Bocelli, Rihanna, Josh Groban, Barbra Streisand), Grammy Award winning music producer Gregg Field (Natalie Cole, Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Estefan), television director Alex Coletti (MTV Unplugged, PBS Special Celtic Woman, National Christmas Tree Lighting), Emmy Award winning line producer Frank Garritano (MTV Movie Awards, Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame Awards, Justin Timberlake), set designer Tom Lenz (Lady Gaga, ESPN, MTV, BRAVO), lighting director Chris Landy (PBS special Annie Lennox, Jimmy Fallon Late Night).
Giada’s charismatic and charming personality is touching the heart of her fans all over the world. At her concerts she loves to share with her audience the stories of her life in Venice and in New York. With her honest and open spirit, her bubbling and funny personality is able make them laugh, make couples hold hands, make them sing-a-long and even sometimes have them shed a tear. It is her dream in life to promote with her music the beauty of her Italian heritage and her beautiful Venice. She likes to share her positive attitude and her strong believes. She loves to inspire young women to follow their dreams like she always did. One of her favorite quotes is from Walt Disney “If you can dream it, you can do it”. And she adds to that: “but be ready to work hard, smart and to make sacrifices”.
An acclaimed fitness trainer, Mohey Elsayed brings many years of experience to encourage and motivate clients from star athletes and entertainment giants to top corporate executives. Among the high-profile clients he’s personally trained are the Sammy Sosa family, top team members of the New York Knicks and New York Mets, the Miami Heat and the St. Louis Cardinals, as well as entertainment powerhouse Missy Elliott--who publicly thanked him on one of her CD covers “for making my thighs toned” after a remarkable weight loss. VH1 music television calls him “the best trainer money can buy.”
Mohey is Fitness Director of the Internationally famous Williams Island Spa in Florida, and Director of Fitness for Healthy Living NYC magazine and a regular contributor to their its online forum.
Through college and beyond, Mohey’s interest in the combination of wellness and fitness moved from anatomy to biology and nutrition to the study of human behavior. As a candidate for a Master’s degree he’ll be entering a PhD program in Psychology soon, the culmination of his longtime interest in the psychology of self-improvement. He says, “We all possess amazing potential once we tap into it. I consider myself simply a key that turns on a powerful engine.”
Mohey attributes his great success with his clients to the three M’s of The M3 Lifestyle--Mindset, Motivation, and Moderation.
Author and Speaker - in the areas of Spirituality and Herbalist for over 20 Years
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Minister for "Center for Creative Living" in San Juan, PR
Education
Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Emerson Institute, Oakhurst, CA
B.A. Degree, Psychology, Stress Management, The Union Institute, Sacramento, CA
M.S. Degree, Religious Studies, The Emerson Institute, Oakhurst, CA
A.A. Degree, Biological Sciences, Yuba College, Marysville, CA
A.S. Degree, Certified RVT—Research Associate, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA
Yoga Master—Extensive work in the yoga for years.
Master Herbalist -- for over 20 years
QiGong Master—He has been teaching the mind/body experience of QiGong for years.
Master Meditation Instructor—Teaching Meditation to thousands of people.
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mind Body Training Center, Sacramento, CA
Certified Past Life Regression Therapist, Mind Body Training Center, Sacramento, CA
Certified Massage Therapist, Mind Body Training Center, Sacramento, CA
Certified Reiki Level Three Practitioner, Master Skip James, Santa Cruz, CA
Certified Photographer, Glen Fishback School of Photography, Sacramento, CA
Specialized Training—Fitness Instructor, EMDR, NLP, Mindfulness, Color Therapy,
Ordained Minister
Specialties: Dr. Paul Haider is a well know author on spirituality and herbalism
His books “Relax into Success” and “21 Ways to Live a Stress Free Life in Only 21 Days” have sold countless copies.
Dean Adams is a Documentary filmmaker, with a committed interest in using film – the stories we tell- to heal the world. Trust me when I tell you that Dean Adams in unique; he is on a mission to facilitate this growth into heart consciousness. Dean is a cinematographer whose work has been showcased in documentaries for the BBC, ABC News, France 24, Arte Reportage, PBS and the Discovery Channel. In 2008, he was awarded a Media Excellence Award from the International Association of Broadcasters; his half-hour film was nominated for best documentary at the Bayeux-Calvados Prize for War Correspondence. In addition to making his own films, Dean has established himself as a master trainer, running video journalism intensives for the BBC, TV4 Stockholm and RTL Germany. But it was his filmmaking workshops with refugees and underground Burmese journalists, and his contributions to the 2010 Oscar nominated documentary, Burma VJ, that opened his eyes to the empowering nature of documentary filmmaking. In 2012, Dean was recruited as part of the management team tasked with creating the Documentary Unit at the new Qatar TV. He continues his duties to the channel as Deputy Editor-In-Chief and Senior Reporter, launching new series and directing half-hour documentaries. Dean has started a grass-roots movement where Social Media and Technology intersect – this is his initiation of “10-HOPE-FILMS”. Dean's future goal is to create character-driven stories from the trenches of human ingenuity, about visionaries who are leading the mantle for change in the environment, education, public health, politics, religion and science.
Sherri Stoneberger's life's meaning and direction have always been defined by helping family and others. Originating from a Danish immigrant family of 14 children in a small farm town in Oklahoma, Sherri Stoneberger dreamed of having a better life than the struggling farm life of her parents. She pursued a Bachelor's degree at the University of Central Oklahoma and later studied Educational Psychology at California State University East Bay. She married an Air Force officer and became a young mother of a treasured son Mark. Her family was soon transferred to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she welcomed a beautiful daughter Melissa to the world. Eighteen months later, the direction of her journey changed forever with Melissa's diagnosis of brain cancer. Sherri's never-give-up attitude determined how she shaped her life during this period. When doctor's said there was no hope , Sherri committed to a different reality that there was and she raised her daughter with that philosophy. Sherri took her experience and background to purse a Real Estate Executive career 28 years ago to accommodate a flexible schedule of doctor's appointments and continuing treatments for Melissa. She flourished in meeting the needs of other families and providing a wonderful environment for her daughter and family.
Dan Cunningham has more than 25 years of experience as a financial controller and CFO having worked for a variety of companies both large and small. Dan started his career in finance and accounting with Marriott, Inc. He has worked in the gaming, mortgage and restaurant industries. He served as the Controller for Stuart Anderson’s Black Angus Restaurants which at the time had over 100 restaurants across the country. Prior to starting his own accounting and tax practice, Dan was the Chief Financial Officer for Team San Jose, the company that operated the San Jose Convention Center and the surrounding theaters. Dan’s business specializes in helping the small business owner manage their financial health and focus on realizing the business owner’s goals. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Masters in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.
Dr. Jeffrey LaGrasso is a plastic surgeon in the complete sense. His desire to make things more beautiful, his ability to listen, his artistic sense and his superior technical skills set him above the rest. Dr. Jeffrey LaGrasso is a world renown plastic surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. His surgical skills were perfected through his extensive training and experience. Dr. LaGrasso completed his General Surgical training at the New York Hospital of Queens and then continued onto his Plastic Surgical training at Albany Medical Center. He was then selected to complete a prestigious Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, an honor only a select few plastic surgeons receive. "Beauty is a lifestyle; it cannot be taken for granted. It requires dedication and maintenance. Beauty is like an orchid, it requires the necessary watering, sun and care, but the happiness of a beautiful flower is enduring"
Suzanne Ross has been a wellness professional for over 20 years specializing primarily in fitness and nutrition programming. She opened her first fitness center in Southern California in 1996 and continued expanding her facility until 2008 when she moved to Northern California. She now provides wellness services for Clubsport in Pleasanton – a premier Bay Area lifestyle center. As an Elite Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, Suzanne offers both one-on-one services as well as workshops focused on integrative wellness for the body, mind and soul. Her workshops have been so well-received at Clubsport Pleasanton that she has expanded into other Clubsport facilities. She also conducts workshops at smaller venues that embrace an integrative approach to wellness and to larger corporate groups seeking progressive wellness programming. Due to the powerful transformations that her students were experiencing as the result of the workshops, she felt compelled to reach a wider audience with her evolutionary approach to wellness. Suzanne has since become an inspirational author and motivational speaker impacting the lives of many. She does motivational speaking engagements focused on human potential and is writing a book based on her own personal concept of “Evolutionary Wellness” called, “Lighten Up! 10-days to a More Enlightened Way of Being”.
Louie Bernstein is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in Couples and Relationship Counseling. Using an integrative and holistic approach, he draws from the best of the relationship and psychological philosophies, including: Object-Relations theory, Harville Hendrix’ Imago Therapy and Dr. John Gottman’s Couples research in assisting individuals and couples in creating healthy, supportive and fulfilling relationships. Personally inspired by the miracle and perfection of nature’s hand in guiding the growth of a living system such as an abundant fruit tree, Louie has developed a unique approach to show couples how to “grow their own great relationship” by aligning with and embracing those same growing principles that Nature uses in growing that great fruit tree from tiny seed to full fruition. By learning how to keep our intimate relationship well nourished with “sunshine, water, nutrients and care”, we can grow that great relationship in which we feel completely Alive, Loved, and Fulfilled.
Bobby Anderson has had a long and successful career in working with Government and the Private Sector. He has primarily been a business consultant and business owner where he managed projects that supported rights of workers in California. His emphasis has always been working with health and human services organizations. His sensitivities run contrary to most business owners that put profit before serving the community. His philosophy of life is very counter intuitive in that he believes serving others will ultimately provide him with the happiness we all so aspire to.
Mika Douglas is retired and is living in Renaca, Chile, a small beach community along the central Chilean coast, 180 kilometers from Santiago. Mika left the USA 7 years ago and has lived abroad with her husband, on the beaches in Southern Thailand and Bangkok. “Our objective was to live more simply and leave behind the everyday complexities inherent with living in North America. Mission accomplished.” Now she is involved in ChileRetirement.com, a startup business that helps people retire to Chile by providing them assistance with immigration, healthcare, housing, language, and getting settled into a new culture. As we have experienced, having someone who can help with the myriad of questions and issues that arise with relocation, makes a huge difference in achieving a new “quality of life”. Formerly, Mika spent over thirty years working for “Corporate America” in Strategic Planning, Marketing and the Sales of products and services throughout Scandinavia, Europe and the Pacific Rim.
ALAN FOX is the president of ACF Property Management, Inc, and author of PEOPLE TOOLS FOR BUSINESS: 50 Strategies for Building Success, Creating Wealth, and Finding Happiness (September 30, 2014; SelectBooks Inc.). He is also the author ofThe New York Times bestseller PEOPLE TOOLS. He has university degrees in accounting, law, education, and professional writing. He was employed as a Tax Supervisor for a national CPA firm, established his own law firm, then founded a commercial real estate company in 1968 that now owns over one billion dollars in real estate. Fox is the founder, editor, and publisher of Rattle, one of the most respected literary magazines in the United States, and he sits on the board of directors of several non-profit foundations.
Custom Solutions Inc., led by its CEO Michael Levin, provides high impact consulting services in the areas of Sales, Presentation Skills and Leadership Development. He works with a wide variety of clients from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. He has helped companies dramatically improve their results through his proven, personally developed sales techniques and leadership methodologies. Michael has launched both product and service businesses and developed them into multi-million dollar entities. He has developed and patented products that have been sold in over 300,000 retail outlets, including every major drug and mass chain, along with Home Shopping Network and QVC. Michael has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows around the country and been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. He lives in Danville, CA.
TRACE LEVINSON has traveled to over 20 countries in the past few years, and recently lived abroad for over 6 months in Santiago, Chile just this past semester. This young 20-year-old has experienced life at its best and its worst traveling through hard work, loss, and the pressures that being an over-achiever brings. Trace will weave together his experience with directed guidance for what it takes for new graduates and anyone between the ages of 20-40 years old, to find a life founded in joy. Upon his return from these last 6 months abroad, he decided to boldly disengage from his previous movement toward a career in the financial industry and instead pursue a writing career in the hopes of helping others find clarity. He is currently working on the completion of his first book, which will center upon guidance toward the achievement of happiness and fulfillment.
Michael Brabant is an Integral Awakening coach, evolutionary consultant, and emerging teacher of relational spiritual practice and collective awakening. He is interested in how to synthesize the various streams of some of the world's most potent healing and transformational technologies and translate them to be offered to the most amount of people for the most amount of local and global benefit. He is finishing his PhD in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies at Saybrook University. His dissertation is studying the efficacy of an embodied leadership curriculum he is co-creating and co-teaching at Sonoma State University for undergraduate students. He is continually studying and practicing new ways that human beings can come together and co-create world-impacting initiatives, awaken as individuals and collectives, and engage in more transparent, loving, and synergistic ways. You can learn more about Michael and his work by visiting integralawakening.com
Karen Sweet is a Senior Marketing professional in the high-tech industry. She has spent most of her 20-year career holding marketing leadership positions at some of Silicon Valley’s most recognizable brands. She has been consistently lauded for building and leading winning program teams. Karen currently manages marketing programs for one of the worlds largest industrial manufacturing companies. In addition to working full-time, Karen is the mother of two grade-school children and is very active in her community. She has held several board-level positions in her local Elementary School Academic Boosters organization and is an active team-mom and sideline sports enthusiast.