http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:39:54 GMT http://bandzoogle.com http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=869090 Not an April Fools joke ... The show at Thunderbird Lanes in Syracuse,NY has been cancelled!!! Sorry for the last minute notice but I just found out today! Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:39:54 GMT 71792E710F6C7D44379C1837A0A8C7A3 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=827351 Just confirmed June 25th @ Kellish Farm in Manlius,NY for my CD release Party and Summer Tour kick off! Should be a wonderful tour that will take me all over the US! The new CD is coming along nicely. Just trying to decide weather or not to release a Double CD or 2 separate ones. Just not sure yet. The Dylan tribute album is also coming along nicely! More news to come!
]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:33:48 GMT 5C2B9EC88CF1CF2A4E24041913E3B034 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=827350 Just confirmed June 25th @ Kellish Farm in Manlius,NY for my CD release Party and Summer Tour kick off! Should be a wonderful tour that will take me all over the US! The new CD is coming along nicely. Just trying to decide weather or not to release a Double CD or 2 separate ones. Just not sure yet. The Dylan tribute album is also coming along nicely! More news to come!
]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:33:47 GMT 0B404DB1F06CB2638FEBFA579317ECBB http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=755197 RUHA is much life and is ever changing! The lastest run of shows that are being booked will be a trio of Brian Lauri, Crissy Noel and Charley Orlando. There will be lots of harmonies, piano, organ, guitars and harmonica and some percussion! We are very much looking forward to stripping things down for a little bit! The first of these shows will be at the wonderful Kellish Farm in Manlius,NY. There are more for the winter and spring in the northeast, southeast, and a national summer tour! We will also be stepping into the studio to literally whip off an album of acoustic music! See ya'll out on the road!!! Much Love! ]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:46:29 GMT CDC52EEA73AC2E1A043C9815527E997C http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=710990 What A great night of music!  True to RUHA fashion we whipped out several new tunes to add to a diverse set.  Trumpet player Tyler Brown added to the tapestry of sound with his wandering and weaving style of playing!  ]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:27:40 GMT F94B9431AC6589FF78E7FDE6B573279B http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=703625 RUHA ‎@ The Westcott Theater; Syracuse,NY This Evening (1/16) doors @ 5pm Show @ 6pm! For those of you out of town that would like to join in looks like the show will be streamed at the link below!!! There be some fun special guests and we will be doing a 2 hour set! ... http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiva-s-live-concerts ... for free live downloads go to www.ruhamusic.com ]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:02:12 GMT 362EECD6A81491853EFAD38F5C5E6ED7 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=702008 We will be posting all our shows for better or worse you can enjoy our musical journey with us!  We fly by the seat of our pants and have a wonderful time doing it!  Here is your chance to be a part of the growing creative process that is RUHA!  enjoy! Here is the link to more Live Music http://ruhamusic.com/fr_home.cfm ... attached is a version of Back To You from 1/2/11 in Syracuse,NY @ Westcott Theater. ]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:46:42 GMT 5E10B1BD1095CB5A3DFBB04A5F2D6FC5 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=701494 Hey Folks in the Albany,NY area ... request RUHA at WEXT 97.7 ... they have been spinning our tunes and more can't hurt anyone now can it! ]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:09:49 GMT D3C90D34BD74DD5F8BC885410317B548 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=683685 RUHA will appear on WCNY Connected with Ted and Amy at 9pm on 1/6/11 and at 10:30pm. The clips of the band playing "idaho" and "Back To You" as well as a short interview will also be available at www.wcny.org the following morning!
]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:45:45 GMT CD9BA8D3F4F0C8CBBC78871E77B12F2B http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=673802 "Drop" is the third sinlge from RUHA's Luminosity EP! As always if you dig the song share it with your friend and encourage them to share it as well. Spread the love my friends!!! See ya tonight (1/2/11) @ The Westcott Theater; Syracuse,NY 6-8pm all ages!!!! ]]> Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:50:50 GMT 24A160A4B55990BC013D33552BD05D79 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=672449 Welcome to 2011 people! It is the road to LIGHT! Here is where the love starts to take over and the ego is left to help instead of lead! 2011 will find RUHA leading the way to this Love & Light that will warm us all in the coming years of change! There is alot of talk about 2012 and the "end" of time! Well it is only the end if that is how it is preceived! How about a beginning? How about a new way of being? How about chaos turned into abundance and prosperity for all who open up to it! Either way we look at it we as human beings have changed the course of the world and our existence simply by being greedy and selfish! The time is now to abandon those schools of thought and be open, loving, tolerant, patient, honest, harmonious and enlightened. Come join RUHA in our journey to the heart of love and peace! Be well and Be AWAKE!
]]> Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:24:48 GMT D99B9DB12C6476ECACC50AE3031D6D2E http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=668952 Greetings once again my friends! "Letter Full Of Blues" is the second single from RUHA's Luminosity EP! If you like this song please pass it on to your friends to share and let's how far this tune can spread thorugh the cyberworld! Much Love & we'll see ya'll at The Westcott Theater; Syracuse,NY 1/2/11 for an amazing gathering of energy! ]]> Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:27:18 GMT AF0B409D00F91482166AD216204C73D7 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=663872 "Idaho" is a song written by David Rippon and it's the first sinlge from RUHA's Luminosity EP! If you like this song please by all means share it with all your friends and ask them to share it with their friends. Let's see how far we can spread this tune! Much Love!!! Enjoy!
]]> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:06:19 GMT 251BE7DC1EF80D2C22D30C57EA8E9ED8 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=663717 We are very pleased to announce that RUHA will be performing 2 songs and an interview for the popular Central NY TV show WCNY Connected!  The show will air on January 6th @ 9pm! ]]> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:43:04 GMT B6929BC27E3301E07E4D4B093DBE78DB http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=656752 On the Regular with Ruha “Ruha” means “air, breath and atmosphere” in the ancient language of Aramaic. To Charley Orlando, this definition perfectly matches his understanding of music. “I look at music as something that is just like air to people,” he says. “I can’t live without it and I assume most people can’t either.” Although Orlando has brought his music to audiences through his solo projects and various bands including Dexter Grove and The Charley Orlando Band, it is Ruha, his current group, that is striving to create something people can’t live without. Ruha will perform at the Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St., on Sunday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m., opening for Joe Driscoll. Ruha will also perform at the Westcott in a residency of sorts, on Sundays, Jan. 2, 16 and 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. Orlando anticipates the band’s sound will really come together during these shows. “With the Westcott residency, we want to form our sound in a live atmosphere. We’re basically going to get the knowledge of how the songs are and pretty much build our sound in front of everybody,” he says. “We want to make it a very communal experience.” The band has been recording songs for their latest and currently unnamed album, due in 2011. However, these songs have all been built in various studios, rather than through live group performances. These gigs mark Ruha’s first time playing together for an audience. Ruha is a super-group of sorts, uniting some of the most capable musicians in the area. The current roster features Max McKee (vocals, percussion, guitar), Greg Evans (drums, percussion), Greg LaPoint (percussion), Orlando (guitar, vocals), Crissy Noel (vocals, percussion), Brian Lauri (vocals, piano, organ) and Adam Fisher (vocals, bass). Orlando describes this assembled multitude as “unbelievable.” “Ruha is a very high-level situation for everyone in the band,” he adds. “Everybody is extremely talented, so we hold it to that extremely high level on a constant basis. We’re always pushing each other to raise the bar. Not in an egotistical way, but how can we make this something we would come see?” For Orlando, this is a new experience. Although he has played with an incredible number of musicians throughout his 25-plusyear career, he calls this lineup the best he’s ever been a part of and one guided by similar beliefs as well as ability. Orlando firmly believes in the power of channeling and meditation, especially with regard to how he composes music. Often, his songs come to him through a channeling, where certain spirits guide him toward a lyric or musical line. “I wrote a song that hasn’t been played yet by anybody, but as I was having a beer one day, I noticed that on the label of the beer was the line from my song,” he notes. “Marcel Proust had written it. He’s someone who has come through several times to me and I’ve probably written three songs with his guidance, but I never realized that song was him.” Orlando calls Proust “France’s Herman Melville.” Orlando believes this channeling represents the universe working through him to deliver a bigger message with a higher purpose. Everyone in the band shares this same thought process, which helps them see beyond the present and focus on the bigger picture. “Our ultimate message is unity,” says Orlando. “Not to sound hokey, but peace, love and harmony. It’s something everybody talks about, but not everybody practices.” Ruha exudes that peaceful, harmonious vibe and demonstrates it through their writing process. Although Orlando was often in charge of writing music for his previous projects, Ruha brings the best of everyone’s work together. “There really wasn’t too much of a method to most of this. We built the songs in a very organic style,” says Orlando. “Ruha is a group of musicians working together to show the unity process. It’s not as easy as you think to find people who will drop an ego and just lay with each other. It’s big.” Collectively, the members of Ruha have about 50 years of touring experience. They all write music, have been a part of other projects and contribute significantly to the band. Their sound is raw, rootsy and reminiscent of jam bands like Reid Genaur and The Assembly of Dust. But what is most astonishing about Ruha, is how naturally it all comes together. “We very much go on vibe,” says Orlando. “We very much go on what is presented to us. We don’t try to force anything that’s not going to happen. So, the easier, the better, would be a motto for us. If it’s easy, then it’s right.” As they flow between sounds and discover themselves, Orlando predicts the first to the last show of the Westcott stay will be completely different experiences for both the band and the audience. He invites you to come along for the ride. Tickets to the all-ages Ruha-Joe Driscoll show on Sunday, Dec. 26, are $12. January’s solo Ruha shows, also all-ages events, will be $10. For information, visit www. thewestcotttheater.com.
“Ruha” means “air, breath and atmosphere” in the ancient language of Aramaic. To Charley Orlando, this definition perfectly matches his understanding of music. “I look at music as something that is just like air to people,” he says. “I can’t live without it and I assume most people can’t either.”

Although Orlando has brought his music to audiences through his solo projects and various bands including Dexter Grove and The Charley Orlando Band, it is Ruha, his current group, that is striving to create something people can’t live without. Ruha will perform at the Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St., on Sunday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m., opening for Joe Driscoll. Ruha will also perform at the Westcott in a residency of sorts, on Sundays, Jan. 2, 16 and 23, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Orlando anticipates the band’s sound will really come together during these shows. “With the Westcott residency, we want to form our sound in a live atmosphere. We’re basically going to get the knowledge of how the songs are and pretty much build our sound in front of everybody,” he says. “We want to make it a very communal experience.”

The band has been recording songs for their latest and currently unnamed album, due in 2011. However, these songs have all been built in various studios, rather than through live group performances. These gigs mark Ruha’s first time playing together for an audience.

Ruha is a super-group of sorts, uniting some of the most capable musicians in the area. The current roster features Max McKee (vocals, percussion, guitar), Greg Evans (drums, percussion), Greg LaPoint (percussion), Orlando (guitar, vocals), Crissy Noel (vocals, percussion), Brian Lauri (vocals, piano, organ) and Adam Fisher (vocals, bass). Orlando describes this assembled multitude as “unbelievable.”

“Ruha is a very high-level situation for everyone in the band,” he adds. “Everybody is extremely talented, so we hold it to that extremely high level on a constant basis. We’re always pushing each other to raise the bar. Not in an egotistical way, but how can we make this something we would come see?” For Orlando, this is a new experience.

Although he has played with an incredible number of musicians throughout his 25-plusyear career, he calls this lineup the best he’s ever been a part of and one guided by similar beliefs as well as ability.

Orlando firmly believes in the power of channeling and meditation, especially with regard to how he composes music. Often, his songs come to him through a channeling, where certain spirits guide him toward a lyric or musical line.

“I wrote a song that hasn’t been played yet by anybody, but as I was having a beer one day, I noticed that on the label of the beer was the line from my song,” he notes. “Marcel Proust had written it. He’s someone who has come through several times to me and I’ve probably written three songs with his guidance, but I never realized that song was him.” Orlando calls Proust “France’s Herman Melville.”

Orlando believes this channeling represents the universe working through him to deliver a bigger message with a higher purpose. Everyone in the band shares this same thought process, which helps them see beyond the present and focus on the bigger picture.

“Our ultimate message is unity,” says Orlando. “Not to sound hokey, but peace, love and harmony. It’s something everybody talks about, but not everybody practices.”

Ruha exudes that peaceful, harmonious vibe and demonstrates it through their writing process. Although Orlando was often in charge of writing music for his previous projects, Ruha brings the best of everyone’s work together.

“There really wasn’t too much of a method to most of this. We built the songs in a very organic style,” says Orlando. “Ruha is a group of musicians working together to show the unity process. It’s not as easy as you think to find people who will drop an ego and just lay with each other. It’s big.”

Collectively, the members of Ruha have about 50 years of touring experience. They all write music, have been a part of other projects and contribute significantly to the band. Their sound is raw, rootsy and reminiscent of jam bands like Reid Genaur and The Assembly of Dust. But what is most astonishing about Ruha, is how naturally it all comes together.

“We very much go on vibe,” says Orlando.

“We very much go on what is presented to us. We don’t try to force anything that’s not going to happen. So, the easier, the better, would be a motto for us. If it’s easy, then it’s right.”

As they flow between sounds and discover themselves, Orlando predicts the first to the last show of the Westcott stay will be completely different experiences for both the band and the audience. He invites you to come along for the ride.

Tickets to the all-ages Ruha-Joe Driscoll show on Sunday, Dec. 26, are $12. January’s solo Ruha shows, also all-ages events, will be $10. For information, visit www. thewestcotttheater.com.

]]> Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:37:08 GMT CD19A1606BC32E1117AE1FA47B93220E http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=646470 Staring on Sunday Dec. 26th RUHA kicks of a run of shows at The Westcott Theater in Syracuse,NY. The 26th RUHA will open for international traveler Joe Driscoll! Followed by 3 Shows in Jan. of 2011 on the 2nd, 16th, and 23rd 6-8pm all ages hangout!  Every week will be a different experience as RUHA experiments with song and sound!  Come join in!
]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:30:00 GMT 6B27B25C0D95DBC0DECC896DC3670448 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=386857 The wonderful music site Pandora has accepted "Free World Citizen" into their project. It'll still be about 3months until the music is freely flowing through the Pandora site but keep checking!!! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:24:26 GMT 3FCAF471EF67D6A950EF874A0A03529F http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=232456 Greetings one and all. Thank you to all the wonderful people that made Spring Tour 2010 a great success as well as tons of fun! Spring is a time change and R U H A is no exception. We have hired a new Bass player. We welcome Joe Grosvent to R U H A with much love and expectation of a new sound and direction! We also wish our former bass player Max McKee all the best and send him off with amazing memories and SO much love! We will be doing a few Northeast shows in April-June as well as recording a new album! Look for R U H A to hit the road again at the end of July - the Middle of August. The Summer Tour will take us back to the Rockies and the Midwest! Be well and stay in the moment. We love you! ]]> Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:03:27 GMT 9A705FAF9E2B4B312FD3E947D35A8D5C http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=201258 http://therfw.com/2010/03/ruha/ ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT 11A1F44032FC3A560DE623CBB596E995 http://charleyorlando.com/podcastblog.cfm?feature=421060&postid=193940 Well the first leg of the Spring Tour through the Northeast was a blast! It started in Albany with a crazy storm that ended up being just a rain storm and of course the fear based media talked everyone into staying home. The 40 or so people who braved the rain had a blast as well as us.  We got to sing with our favorite addition to R U H A Ms. Cris Noel. She is amazing!!!!!!!!!  Then we headed up to Plattsburgh,NY to the historic Monopole.  This show was a riot. We reallt ripped it up and the crowd freeeeeeeked over the music. So much fun. The opening act Ginge & The giants, fueled by the songwriting of Luke Brown were excellent!  We ended the run in Johnson,VT at The Hub. It was a small crowd but had a blast with the friends that did show up.  All in all a great warm up for the major portion of the tour coming up!  Off to the Midwest! :) ]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:28:15 GMT F73352A2D6F4EF8893B606D864E166C1