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Feb 26, 2026
A full spectrum sonic exploration into the inner workings of the human experience... one theme at a time.
Michael Alan Hams is a drummer/percussionist, composer/performer, poet/producer based in the Hudson Valley’s rolling farmlands outside of Red Hook, NY. He and his wife, Laura Zarougian, collect records, put on shadow puppet shows, write and perform music, and love taking road trips—along with the mixes they make that accompany them along the way. Michael’s original music can be found on Bandcamp.
Playlist:
- Great Expectations (Orange Lady) / Ravi Chary, Pete Cosey, Michael Henderson, Adam Holzman, Marcus Miller, Taufiq Qureshi, Wallace Roney, Vince Wilburn & Vikku Vinayakram
- Groung / Zabella Panosian
- Ornithology / Bud Powell
- Reincarnation Of A Love Bird / Eric Dolphy
- Miroirs - II. Oiseaux tristes / Maurice Ravel
- Blue Jay Way / The Beatles
- La Pava Congona / Andres Landero Y Su Conjunto
- Asa Branca / Luiz Gonzaga
- Hummingbird / Leon Russell
- Can vei la lauzeta mover / Bernart de Ventadorn
- Comme un corbeau blanc / Johnny Hallyday
- Chicken Wired / Ronnie Lane
- Nightbirds / Wayne Horvitz, Butch Morris & Bobby Previte
- Cutty Wren / Ian & Sylvia
- Havoun havoun feat. Havun havun (Live) / Orchestre Navasart
- The Albatross / Wayne Shorter
- Aghavnee (Dove) / Mal Barsamian, Khatchig Jingirian & Jim Karagozian
- Rainbirds / Tom Waits