Singing The Bones
Upcoming Events
Tickets
Thu - Sun2 - 5Oct 2025
CONSCIOUS GROWTH CONVERGENCE
4-day transformative gathering4-day transformative gathering
The Band
The Singing The Bones ensemble leads audiences with riveting folk music from around the world, exploring reconnection to ancestral cultures as Americans through music and cultural legacy. Many of us grow up disconnected from our ancestral cultures in some way, requiring us to consciously turn towards our histories and study to learn the songs, festivities, and folklore that lie there.The ensemble weaves elements of community singing, teaching songs throughout their show, summoning the joy of singing together.
Singing the Bones engages a mix of performance and community singing, facilitating community music-making in a supportive, accessible environment.
Members
Lydia Violet Harutoonian
Persian-Armenian musician and educator who bridges ancestral healing, music, and ecological activism. A longtime student of Joanna Macy, she stewards the Work That Reconnects and founded the School for the Great Turning.Her songs—rooted in folk, Iranian melodies, and blues—carry poetry and longing, creating spaces where grief, resilience, and transformation meet.
M’Gilvry Allen
Shares fiddle tunes and ballads rooted in his Scottish, Irish, and Scandinavian heritage. His music blends traditional folk with electronic and improvisational elements, evoking both joy and grief. The result is a sound that feels ancient yet otherworldly—like it’s rising from the earth itself—inviting listeners into a space where anything can unfold.
Kele Nitoto
African-American percussionist, vocalist, and educator based in Oakland. With roots in West African, Haitian, and Congolese rhythms, he blends traditional drumming with hip-hop, storytelling, and spiritual practice. He founded Oakland Hand Drums and performs with groups like Wildchoir, using music as a tool for connection, healing, and cultural remembrance.