So… after about three months on the radio charts, our single “It’s Never Easy, Si” from the BEDFELLOWS album has risen to number two on the World Indie Music Top 100 chart. We are… …amazed… …moved… …honored… …confused… Where do we go from here? Stay tuned…
We’ve got our first radio chart hit! Our single “It’s Never Easy, Si” from the BEDFELLOWS album has been on worldwide radio charts for the past seven weeks, and this week, we broke the Top 20 on two different charts. We’re #16 on the World Indie Music Chart (week of 12/12/22, with over 3,200 global… More Top 20 Chart Hit!
We love our friends in the Specialized Project UK — a ska-soul supergroup that’s dedicated to raising money for charities like Teenage Cancer Trust. This year, they put together an all-star version of the classic tune “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding,” featuring Dunia on backing vox and Aram on bass, along with… More Christmas Special-ized
We’ve got a new single out! It’s our NYC street party-style take on the Annie Ross/Wardell Gray classic jazz tune (also made re-famous by the great Joni Mitchell). We recorded this for the Specialized Project compilation “Our Way,” featuring four discs of Rat Pack-era tunes reimagined by today’s ska, reggae, and punk bands (including another… More Dunia & Aram get TWISTED
Dunia and Aram are taking a moment to create in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. The lovely people at local music store Tapestry were so helpful and generous. We have everything we need to work on new material for the next album.
We recently had the amazing opportunity to work with artists in our local area, known as the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) to build what has turned into a concert and compilation called Out of Our Shells. For several months in 2022, Dunia, Aram and master recording engineer Neil Perry (a former Hit Factory… More Out of Our Shells Concert
We’re over-the-moon excited to announce the release of our debut album BEDFELLOWS, from GMO-the-label in Cologne, Germany. The album features eight original songs across genres including ska, jazz, reggae, and soul, as well as covers of David Bowie, Billie Holliday, and our dear friend and musical collaborator Vivien Goldman. We recorded all the tracks for… More New Album: Bedfellows
We made new friends! Dunia & Aram have joined forces with the Tributary Project, an amazing world music fusion supergroup. The rotating personnel includes founder Rob Coltun (afropop guitarist), Kenyan percussionists Josek and Justo Asikoye (from Jabali Afrika, the first Grammy-nominated musicians from Kenya), and four astounding Balkan singers (Zlati, Elin, Kathryn, and Jess). Together,… More Tributary Project
The first video from our forthcoming album, Bedfellows is, “Backwards Blackbird”, created by Brigid Maher. The song is inspired by her documentary of Sally Dixon, a pioneering curator of avant garde film.
