Artist description Organic music from the Midwest inspired by the East and West Indies, and the Middle East.

Music Style Reggae with various world music influences

Musical Influences Scratch, Violent Femmes, David Lindley, 3 Mustaphas 3

Similar Artists We like to think we have our own sound.

Artist History In a nutshell, it has been a labor of love.

Group Members Wallace Pryor: vocals, guitars, mandolin, bouzouki, balalaika, tambora, harmonium, melodica, punghi, shanai, tablas, rain stick, vibraslap, duffli. Dan Bayne: bass, lead vocal on "Waitin' For The Right Time", "Paint The Window Blue" and choruses of "Old Time Corruption", cabassa on "I'm All Alone." Kirk Kirkwood: drums, dhumbek on "I Know What I Need". Ray King: congas, timbales, guirro, octobons, vibraslap, tambora on "Korma." Ray left the band after the first full length recording. Scott Galyon: Congas, vibraslap, guirro, talking drum, giant djembe, steel drum. Scott joined the band after Ray King left. Patrick Pryor: trumpet on "Food Fascist", "Hey Mr. Lonely Man" and "Kahf Wa Nun." The picture at the upper left shows (from left to right) Ray King, Kirk Kirkwood, Dan Bayne, and Wallace Pryor. Photography by Ray King.

Instruments All instruments are real, with the exception of the voice and orchestra sample on one tune.

Albums 1. "Organic Reggae And World Beat" (70 minutes, available on MusicBuilder.com. It will soon be available on RadioNur.com's own recording label. 2. "Baha'i Reggae and World Beat": shorter version of "Organic Reggae" (with one additional song) available on MP3.com. 3. "Korma In Dub"; dubs and remixes, available on MP3.com, most of these tunes are also included on "Organic." 4. "Food Fascist": not quite complete, a few songs still need to be "cleaned up" in the mix. However, it is available on Mp3.com in it's present form. 5. 'Demos and Versions": short CD with Korma's first demo recordings and remixed versions. The cover songs are not available on any other recordings.

Press Reviews No "real" reviews that I know of. Korma's music has been described as "techno-reggae." This caught me by surprise since no electronic instruments and there is a sample on only one song. Maybe the tempo tends to be too fast for reggae? Maybe some peoole think the unusual instruments are sampled (they are not). Songs have been played on at least two FM radio stations; KDHX FM 88.1 www.kdhx.org in our home town of St. Louis, Missouri, and KUGS FM 89.3 www.kugs.org in Bellingham, Washington. Korma may have also appeared on Radio stations in California, Madison (Wisconsin) and Melborne (Australia). We are also a regularly featured artist on RadioNur.com (Baha'i internet radio).

Additional Info The name comes from Hinduism. Korma (or Kurma) is a reincarnation of Vishnu, the Lord of the universe, in the form of a turtle. In some versions of the story, he holds the earth on his back.

Location St. Louis, MO - USA

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