The Value of Being Face to Face. July saw my wife Julia and I taking to the highway in support of our new album, Caravan of Dawn, our latest sonic child which carries on The Levins’ family name. The release has had a successful radio emergence on Folk and Root’s…

The Value of Being Face to Face. July saw Julia and I taking to the highway in support of our new album, Caravan of Dawn, our latest sonic child which carries on The Levins’ family name. The release has had a successful radio emergence on Folk and Root’s Charts, (Top…

The Radical Love of Bev Grant — The first time I saw Bev Grant, she was playing guitar and singing an Ida Cox song on the streets of Nyack, New York. With an inviting illustrious grin, she sang out, “Wild women don’t worry….Wild women don’t have the blues.” The glimmer in Bev’s eye was so earnest and…

The Greenheart of James Dean Conklin — James Dean Conklin is a beautiful human being who cares about the Earth and all of us crazy creatures on it. I have met many activists but few who make each breath consciously count as much as James does. …

The Whirling Worlds of Gregangelo Herrera and Velocity Arts and Entertainment — Life is filled with grand characters who whirl by us and sometimes with us. Last month, I had the great pleasure of working with and befriending Gregangelo Herrera, an empire of creativity- a man, a circus, a museum and a sweet advocate for internal liberation through collaboration.

My Friend Hafiz How a Gift Turned My Life Into A Circus “Write them all down, all your worries and your fears. Even from a thousand years, I will lean in to today and the flame inside my heart, will burn them all away.” – Hafiz of Shiraz as rendered by Daniel Ladinsky and adapted by The Levins The journey of the…

A Star Trek Reality at Interfaith Convention — With the fires raging in California, a city-wide Yahrzeit for eleven funerals in Pittsburg, and the country seething over an abyss just before midterm elections, my wife Julia and I crossed the border into Canada to present and perform for the 2018 Parliament of World Religions. …

A Lighter Perspective On The Haunted Holiday — For many people Halloween is their favorite holiday, hands down. Is it the candy, the costumes, the pumpkins, the atmosphere, the abandon, the synchronicity of all of these, or something else unseen but felt? Beyond the annoyance of the commercial emergence of spooky lawn and door decorations in August, when…

How Our Interconnectivity Brings Our Vulnerability into Love — It’s a very special time of year. “The big shift” as my wife calls it. The school year starts, nature begins preparation for change and the windows get a chance to be open for days at a time. The inspiration, motivation and rejuvenating energy makes this season exhilarating for Julia…