Turiya Rising: Radha Botofasina
Step into the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal every Sunday for special performances on a stage designed for the exhibition by artist GeoVanna Gonzalez. Each performance is presented in celebration of Coltrane’s legacy as a musical innovator and as an ode to her Sunday services at the Sai Anantam Ashram. Limited seating in gallery will be available on a first come, first served basis.
Bio
During a two-decade long association, Radha Botofasina recorded four devotional albums with the late Alice Coltrane, her spiritual and musical mentor. Alice Coltrane also gifted Radha with her first harp. She awakened an interest in Radha about the harp—the beauty of its harmonics and the freedom of its motion. Radha began her vocal studies while a student at Goddard College in Vermont with teacher Joyce Vos-Kadwell. She continued under the tutelage of Martin Lawrence in New York City, with whom she studied for five years. During that time, she also studied jazz piano with the noted player and composer Mary Lou Williams. Through her association with Alice Coltrane, Radha learned how to sing beyond what her mind allows and to go vocally where her heart takes her. Radha is a multi-instrumentalist—on piano, organ, synthesizer, harp and voice. She is a composer and a record producer. She has recorded with several members of the Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club, Roy Campbell Jr., Brian Auger, Ndugu Chancler, John and Jeff Clayton, Herman Jackson, John Barnes, Ernest Tibbs, Phil Upchurch, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, Oran Coltrane, Michele Coltrane, Yusuf Rahman, John Lehman, Cecil McBee Jr., Muthu Kumar, Russell Smith, Dave Stringer, Dwight Trible, Carlos Nino, Surya Botofasina, Slawomir Kulpowicz, Miguel Atwood- Ferguson and many more. Radha is the CEO of Shaila Records & Music and Prasad Songs, LLC. She has produced over 17 albums in the last 20 years of many genres: children's music, African American Spirituals, Jazz, Bhajans, Instrumental harp album and spoken word. Radha has played hundreds of gigs in southern California and around the world from Australia to India to Europe and Scandanavia.
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Ticketing: This free program is not ticketed. Limited seating in gallery will be available on a first come, first served basis.
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