David Darling (Wind Over Earth) has won the 2010 Grammy for Best New Age Album, with his latest, Prayer For Compassion. Congratulations David!
“Maverick cellist” is the phrase most often assigned to David Darling, but it hardly captures the richness, diversity, breadth and sense of humor of a man who literally has redefined the way the cello is played and the way music is taught. His five solo albums and appearances with the likes of Bobby McFerrin, Spyro Gyra, the Paul Winter Consort, Arlo Guthrie, Peter Kater and R. Carlos Nakai represent nearly every musical genre and every conceivable way a human can communicate via stringed instrument. Recent credits include collaborating on the musical scores for works by European film makers Jean-Luc Godard and Wim Wenders.
“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast and limitless. When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched… you begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space”. – Pema Chodron
