Artist description Zorah Staar makes "pagan pop" or "radically-uplifting pagan music that rocks, bops and boogies you across the dance floor." Her songs blend lyrics about love, the earth, the Goddess, and other age-old pagan themes with wild new pop, disco and Celtic rock sounds, plus some gentler ballads to catch your breath. Imagine an infectious fusion somewhere between Tori Amos and Loreena McKennitt, all ecstatically played by Zorah (on guitar and piano) and the other magical musicians on her new CD (available at www.paganpopmusic.com).

Music Style "pagan pop" - also described as "radically-uplifting pagan music that rocks, bops and boogies"

Similar Artists Tori Amos, Loreena McKennitt

Artist History Where does Zorah Staar and her "pagan pop" come from? As just one example, submerged off the coast of Holland is a 1st century A.D. temple to the Goddess by the name "Nehalennia" - used by Zorah's Celtic and Frisian ancestors and many other pagan folk. Fast forward to the 21st century dance club Goddess "Nehalennia," now the focus of of a song by Zorah which melds pounding rhythms with lyrics of transformation and optimism - "So many shining worlds to be... let's start to create what we can't yet see!" Just as integral to the developing "pagan pop" sound have been the two main musicians on Zorah's new CD (available at www.paganpopmusic.com): amazing multi-instrumentalist Adrian Schamberger, who's played with the Rheostatics and many others, and gifted percussionist John Hildebrand, formerly of the Celtic funk band "Mad Pudding." For more info about Zorah Staar and "pagan pop," visit www.paganpopmusic.com.

Group Members Zorah Staar (with Adrian Schamberger, John Hildebrand and Caridwen Irvine).

Instruments electric guitars & bass, acoustic guitar, kit drums, hand drums, piano & synthesizers, fiddle, flute, tamborine & various other percussion

Albums pagan pop

Press Reviews "The music on Zorah Staar's "pagan pop" CD (available at www.paganpopmusic.com) can instigate remarkable inner change. As the songs sink down into your heart and mind, your skin and bones, they inspire an intimate sense of wonder and open-hearted joy. From the deeply moving ballads to the funky, inspiring disco raves, Zorah's music invites us to remember our sense of value and vulnerability and reinforces our endless relationship with the Universe. These songs heal, the lyrics calling out to us, invoking the desire to make friends with life. Zorah's rich, emotionally moving voice emerges from somewhere deep within her, melding and dancing with the brilliant musicianship of her band. For a fun, fiery, deeply loving ride through the mysteries, this CD is the ticket." David K.

Location Pender Island, BC - Canada

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