Colorado is coming to life with Guayaki and Rising Appalachia As part of our month-long “Come To Life: Colorado” campaign, we’ve been hosting events and concerts to bring the Front Range community together to ultimately take steps to regenerate the Colorado community and show that taking positive action is possible. Our gatherings have been […]
Colorado, you are a state defined by the most incredible landscape. Your people have a zest for life, a penchant for celebration, and drive to act upon your laurels that is inspirational to say the least. What you may not know, is that you are also resilient and regenerative and are leading the way to […]
“My world was blown open in summer 2016 while volunteering at Calais Jungle refugee camp in France. I woke to culture and language completely beyond my understanding, and also the simple power of humans making beauty together – from nothing” – Moira Smiley Today is World Refugee Day, an opportunity to support and help generate attention […]
Boat song. Swollen wood and salty water. Ancient island lands resplendent in their offers. Hands on deck, hands on banjo, hands in the dirt and on the harvest. Gulf-throated lullabies and wee-hour sharp sailor eyes leading us through phosphorescent night waters and Salt Spring harbours. – On May 9th, 2017 a band of farmers, musicians, […]
In the second episode of our series chronicling the Sea To Seed tour we explore how musicians can be of service to those stewarding the land. “Any chance that a human being gets to turn earth and work soil and plant is a part of remembering what it means to be a human. It creates […]
One dreamy coastal night many months back, we set sail on the third Sea to Seed adventure. The inspiration for this journey was a desire to use art as a platform to help promote the work of those who we respect so deeply: the farmers. Upon those fruitful explorations, the vision of Sea to […]
In the third and final episode of Sea To Seed series we explore how community thrives when our youth and elders are held with the respect and love of the community as a whole. “To bring people together from all generations is the safest, most empowering, most assured way of creating harmony. The elders are […]
Come to Life presents “I Dreamed a Dream”, a new song from singer-songwriter Dustin Thomas that was recorded live on Lasqueti Island in BC. “I Dreamed a Dream” is Dustin’s first offering of new music since his 2017 mixtape “Year in Review.” Featuring the captivating vocals of folk darlings Leah and Chloe, and rounded […]
An ode to the captains. To the sage navigators, windcatchers and salty humored ones. To the keen eyes sharpened fast and steering us on from dusk till dawn, through the long hours that lay beyond. This final episode of Sea To Seed is an ode to the captains, to whom we are ever grateful for […]
Download Handsome Molly here By the candle light of a cool summer evening, a trio of singers, sirens if you will, gathered by the seaside to sing an old irish folk tune in a sailboat anchored in the far islands of the sailish sea. The adventures that followed spanned many islands, many farms, and bridged […]