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Bodhiheart is Wells Hanley and Noah Hoffeld

About Wells Hanley:

Wells has worn many different hats along his musical journey, working for periods of time as a rock drummer, a classical pianist, a jazz improviser, and a songwriter.

Along the way, Wells has collaborated with the giants of a variety of genres, including Dave Matthews, Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, Tom Wopat, and Steven Lutvak. He established a vocal coaching and accompanying business in NYC which he still maintains today, helping singers from Broadway to amateurs to hone their creative voice through an emotionally empathic approach to accompanying and collaboration.

Although Wells has performed for audiences all over the US and Europe, recorded extensively, and worked as an arranger on Broadway musicals, he finds the deepest satisfaction sharing music in a one-on-one setting – improvising along side a dancer or storyteller, or sharing in a musical dialogue with a cellist or a poet.

In his new podcast, I Wrote this Song for You, Wells interviews people whose lives and stories have inspired him to write a song for them. He and his guests share stories, ideas, and often laughter and tears, and then they listen together as Wells plays their song for them. I Wrote this Song for You has been called “…a rare gem in the recent glut of new podcasts…”, “…a uniquely wonderful work of art…”, and “…”…full of love, as well as heart-wrenchingly beautiful.”

About Noah Hoffeld:

Noah comes from a life in Classical music, but playing classical was never everything to him. Before graduating from Juilliard, he began pushing limits by bringing improvisation to the cello and asking questions that would move his career beyond the ordinary.

His musical life is varied, alternating performing his own music, playing featured cello for the likes of Renee Fleming, Philip Glass, and Natalie Merchant, and recording solos for films like The Skeleton Twins (with Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader), Experimenter (with Peter Saarsgard), and A Walk in The Woods (with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte). He is a regular band member for Krishna Das, “rock star of the yoga world,” where his commitment to the spiritual path finds expression in music.

Noah played solo cello on the 2020 Grammy-winning Best Jazz Album Finding Gabriel by Brad Mehldau.

On his debut album of songs, Play Human, Noah brings home a message of spirituality and human values. Baeble Music says the album “brings the best of classical music and modern rock to bear to gorgeous effect.” And Music Existence says “Play Human is a masterfully executed work of art.” A new album is in production now.

Bodhiheart’s latest album is “Out of Doors: Meditations for Piano and Nature”

A longtime devotee of yoga and meditation, Hoffeld believes in the power of reflection to create meaningful change, and takes to heart Gandhi’s “Be the change you wish to see in the World.” As well as enjoying the benefits of yoga and the outdoors, Noah is a surfing novitiate at Brooklyn’s Rockaway Beach.

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