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Kalichi

Dundalk, Leinster, Ireland | INDIE

Dundalk, Leinster, Ireland | INDIE
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"A Song Cycle of Redemptive Love"

“Time for the Turning. A song cycle of redemptive love and of loving that spins towards the light, that gifts its lovers with a ‘crazy sense of future’. Here are songs rooted in love’s varied sources, personal, spiritual, sexual; in lullaby and healing; in waiting for those kisses we need; songs hewn from flawed relationships and from public as well as personal tragedy. At the core of this Time for the Turning cycle lurk two powerful contrasts, ‘In This Tower’ on the Twin Towers falling, and ‘Age Old Questions’, a lullaby for a baby daughter. Kalichi’s lyrics confront and inspire, tell stories and open dreams.”

Seamus Cashman, author and publisher of Wolfhound Press, Dublin, Ireland
- Seamus Cashman, Wolfhound Press


"Hints of Christy Moore...Bob Dylan"

“I am really impressed with the presentation and the content. The sound and production is excellent. And the quality of the musicianship first class. I like the timber of your voice. I can pick up hints of Christy Moore, Brian Ferry, and, yes, Bob Dylan. My favorites so far are ‘The Mourning After’, ‘In This Tower’ and ‘Tale From Antiquity’.”

Sandy Fitzgerald, founder and former director of the City Arts Centre, Dublin - Sandy Fitzgerald, City Arts


"Beauty and the Unknown"

Dear Kalichi,
I tried calling you on the phone after your CDs arrived, but no answer. I wanted to thank you so much for your soft songs, and their beauty, and the quality of the unknown that comes through them. Maria and I both loved them. We have passed on the extra copies to friends and good homes.

Our warmest wishes
Peter Kingsley - Peter Kingsley, author of Reality and The Dark Places of Wisdom


Discography

Time for the Turning. Debut album on Blue Horse Records, 2006.

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Kalichi was born in Yonkers, New York in 1950. He was deeply influenced by the spirit and politics of the 1960’s. In 1978 he took a one way ticket to Ireland and has been a resident there ever since.

“I left America, having spent the previous eight years as an anti-war activist. As a young man of seventeen in 1967, I remember marching in my first peace rally in New York City. Those events and times changed the direction of my life.”

While living in Ireland, Kalichi has worked in performance contexts, education, prison, health, and religious institutions. He directed and performed in six original dance plays with Liberation Dance Workshop, which he formed in Dublin in 1979. He has also been teaching Tai Chi for 30 years and is the author of Dance, Words & Soul.

Kalichi’s integrated approach to working with dance, music and writing has received numerous awards from the Arts Council of Ireland. He is currently completing a book on the philosophy and practice of Liberation Dance Workshop.

“When I first came to Ireland, I arrived with a guitar, a backpack full of books and a few songs which I had written and performed back in New Haven, Connecticut where I had lived. Over these many years I continued to play the guitar and write songs. But it took another 25 years before I gave myself to this deep desire to perform my songs and music in public again.”

“My ‘coming out’ again as a songwriter and musician was in March 2003. I was doing support for the songwriter Mick Hanley at The Spirit Store in Dundalk, Co. Louth. It was the first night of the infamous ‘shock and awe’ bombing of Baghdad. It seemed a fitting night to start singing again.”

“My first recorded song, In This Tower, was written in response to what happened in New York City on September 11th 2001. The song was also a response to the build-up of the war in Iraq and to the millions who marched for peace - reminding us that our actions, our voices can make a difference.”

Kalichi’s debut album, ‘Time for the Turning’, was recently been released on Blue Horse Records. He will be touring in the autumn of 2007.