Live Music to set the score for gazing at the beautiful Joshua Tree night sky.
Immersive and expansive performances by modern psychedelic rock pioneers.
Experience the beautiful summer nights sky while listening to psychedelic instrumental music and desert -centric spoken word performances.
Three Events Staged in the open air amphitheater at The Joshua Tree Retreat Center / Institute of Mentalphysics in Joshua Tree California.
We encourage guests to bring blankets, camping chairs, folding loungers,
Full Bar and a variety of food will be available.
Sat June 24th 7:00pm YAWNING MAN / THE SOUND BATH DUO
"A melancholic mix of dreamy space rock with elements of improvisation , as well as middle eastern guitar style". A legendary desert band, know for their indescribable musical connection to the desert landscape. See video of the band live in the high desert concert film Yawning Man live at Giant Rock
Setting the vibration for the evening will be William Cordell and Crystal Cordell's amazing SOUND BATH DUO. The Cordell's take the traditional sound bath experience to a deeper dynamic place of shifting tonal vibrations from a variety of instruments, bowls and gongs.
Fri July 28th 7:00pm EARTHLESS / EL PADRE EL DON
Earthless consider themselves most strongly influenced by krautrock and psychedelic bands from Japan. Their instrumental rock excursions take you on a journey through classic rock, heavy jazz and psychedelic rock. Intense and immersive.
El Padre El Don is the father and son duo of Mario Lalli & Dino Lalli, their project features interwoven guitarscapes with haunting spacious themes.
SAT AUGUST 26th
MATHIAS SHNEEBERGER is a producer and musician with a long history of collaboration and producing such artists as MARK LANAGAN, SUNNO, YAWNING MAN and more. His music is influenced by the great groove of Krautrock and dreamy sound scales of post rock amd shoegaze.
JANIE COWAN has accrued a vast and diverse resume of performances with international folk groups, desert rockers, songwriters, ambient sonic explorers and as a solo artist. She has been lucky to share the stage with such luminaries as Bennie Maupin in Adam Rudolph's Go: Organic Orchestra, Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom, Victoria Williams and late great saxophone legend Ralph Carney. Residing in Pioneertown, California, Janie is proud to be part of the high desert experimental music community and finds inspiration in the intersection of the new and the old, her own voice present throughout.