HuDost is living proof that the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts, pulling together musical styles as diverse as the jellies in Marco Polo’s kitchen cupboard. Their music weaves a seamless tapestry that renders tears and laughter in listeners, cultivating that nameless longing that abides somewhere in all our hearts.
Their new EP, ‘Waking the Skeleton Key’, contains the first songs written by lead singer Moksha Sommer since she underwent brain surgery to have a tumor removed which impacted her language abilities. The EP also contains remixes of tracks from their last album ‘Trapeze’, produced by Grammy Winner Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Peter Gabriel). The EP was mixed by Grammy Winner Oz Fritz (Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Primus).
Having toured the US, Canada, and Europe constantly since April 2006. Some of their shows include performances at Alex Grey’s CoSM in NYC, the Salvador Dali Museum, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, FloydFest, The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, headlining SE NPR’s World Fusion Fest, Heat Wave, The Levitt Pavilions, WoodSongs at the Kentucky Theater (on PBS), Nashville’s Bluebird Café, and Tim Robbins’ WTF?! Fest. HuDost has also opened for the Snatam Kaur, California Guitar Trio, Bell Orchestre, and Jefferson Starship and has worked with Alex Grey, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Neko Case, and Mercan Dede.
