Tag: folk gospel

• The Cure I Couldn’t See | The William Altig Choir

  

  A blues-folk meditation on the physician’s parable from the Lotus Sutra. This song tells the story of a soul searching desperately for healing, only to realize the remedy was offered all along—but pride and delusion kept them from believing. Inspired by ancient Buddhist wisdom translated through the language of Delta blues and Appalachian folk, “The…

  William Altig

  November 8, 2025

  Chapter 16, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, acoustic folk, American roots, Americana, appalachian folk, Blues Folk, buddhist folk, buddhist music, Buddhist song, Conscious Music, contemplative music, delta blues, devotional music, Dharma blues, fingerstyle guitar, folk ballad, Folk Blues, folk gospel, gospel folk, harmonica blues, indie folk, Lotus Sutra, meditation music, philosophical folk, roots music, singer songwriter, slow blues, spiritual blues, spiritual folk, traditional blues, traditional folk

• Cool and Refreshed

  

  “Cool and Refreshed” – A Spiritual Blues-Gospel Duet A powerful testimony of transformation told through male and female voices. “Cool and Refreshed” weaves Buddhist wisdom into the American blues-gospel tradition, exploring the journey from spiritual burden to liberation. Walking heavy with the weight of the past, two souls discover that their true nature is pure—not…

  William Altig

  October 24, 2025

  Chapter 6, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic gospel, Americana gospel, awakening music, blues ballad, blues gospel, blues soul, buddhist gospel, buddhist music, christian buddhist fusion, Conscious Music, contemporary gospel, delta blues, Dharma blues, enlightenment song, faith, faith music, folk gospel, freedom song, gospel duet, grace song, healing music, inspirational music, karmic healing, liberation music, male female duet, meditation music, mindful music, nectar song, neo soul gospel, prophecy song, pure nature, redemption song, revival gospel, roots music, sacred music, slow blues, soul ballad, soul music, southern gospel, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Music, spiritual testimony, teacher wisdom, testimony song, traditional blues, transformation music, uplifting gospel, worship music

• Love Till Love’s the Only Sure

  

  An old physician rolls into town with medicine that promises to cure any illness forever. But there’s a warning: “Many will hate this cure with jealousy.” Why? This 14-minute spiritual blues odyssey answers that question through the marriage of Buddhist philosophy and American roots music. It’s about three healers whose identities are threatened by ultimate…

  William Altig

  October 15, 2025

  Chapter 10, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  432 Hz adjacent, 65 BPM, acceptance music, acoustic blues, acoustic gospel, activist music, agape, all is one, already free, americana blues, analog warmth, applied dharma, authentic blues, authentic recording, authentic self, awakening songs, beyond words, blues as dharma, blues philosophy, bodhisattva music, bodhisattva vow music, body wisdom, breath music, Buddha Nature, buddhist blues, Buddhist Christian dialogue, Buddhist meditation music, buddhist music, Buddhist Wisdom, call and response, centering music, church music, civil rights music, Compassion Meditation, compassion practice, confessional music, conscious blues, Conscious Music, consciousness music, Contemplative blues, contemplative music, contemporary spirituals, cosmic support, counterintuitive truth, crossroads blues, Deep Blues, Deep Listening, defended by love, delta blues, devotional blues, Dharma blues, Dharmapala music, direct pointing, ego death songs, Ekayana, embodied spirituality, emptiness and form, endurance music, enemy love, Engaged Buddhism, enlightenment music, esoteric blues, everyday awakening, existential blues, fearless compassion, flesh and spirit, folk gospel, forgiveness blues, four vows, freedom songs, frequency music, gospel blues, gospel soul, grounding songs, guardian songs, Hammond organ blues, harmonica blues, healing music, hidden teachings, hidden wholeness, highest teaching, holy blues, hope music, identity transformation, impossible love, indigenous wisdom, ineffable blues, Infinite Compassion, inherent enlightenment, interbeing music, interfaith music, intimate blues, Jack Kornfield vibes, Japanese aesthetics, juke joint gospel, karuna, letting go music, live feel, lo-fi blues, long suffering, Lotus Sutra music, love your enemies, Loving-kindness, ma music, Mahalia Jackson style, Mahayana music, medicine songs, meditation music, metta music, mindful listening, mindfulness music, MLK inspired, modern gospel, movement music, Music as Medicine, mystery songs, mystic traditions, mystical blues, narrative folk, natural tuning, neo-traditional blues, Nichiren Buddhism, non-dual awareness, nonviolent resistance, Odetta inspired, one take energy, one taste, One Vehicle, ordinary magic, original blessing, parable song, paradigm shift music, paradox music, patient love, Pauline Oliveros inspired, pause and presence, peace music, Pema Chodron style, perennial wisdom, perfectly imperfect, persecution and compassion, perseverance blues, philosophical blues, prophetic blues, protection music, protest blues, radical love, raw production, raw vocals, reconciliation songs, resilience songs, resistance music, revival blues, revolutionary spirituality, rootedness music, roots music, sacred blues, sacred mundane, sanctified blues, secret doctrine, secular sacred, Self-realization, serenity blues, Sharon Salzberg metta, silence and sound, slow ballad, slow blues ballad, socially engaged spirituality, somatic blues, Son House feel, soul blues, sound healing, space between notes, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, spiritual folk, spiritual warrior, steel guitar blues, stones to doves, storytelling blues, street level enlightenment, suffering and redemption, supreme dharma, surrender songs, teacher of dharma, teaching songs, testimony songs, theological blues, Thich Nhat Hanh inspired, Tiantai Buddhism, traditional blues, transcendent music, transformation songs, transformative music, transmission music, true self music, truth telling, turn the other cheek, ultimate truth music, unconditional love, unconventional wisdom, unity consciousness, universal love, universal spirituality, unplugged blues, unpolished beauty, vibrational healing, vintage sound, votary songs, wabi-sabi music, we are one, wisdom tradition, witness music, woke blues, wrathful compassion, Zen and blues, zen blues

• Cell Block Chant

  

  A blues anthem for anyone who’s ever felt broken beyond repair. This song tells the story of Maya Chen—a disbarred lawyer serving time for embezzlement—and Rosa, the older woman who taught her a simple Buddhist chant in their shared cell block. What starts as desperate skepticism becomes a practice of transformation: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Through gritty fingerpicked…

  William Altig

  October 12, 2025

  music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, acoustic soul, acoustic storytelling, american dharma, american prison blues, american roots music, Americana, awakening song, blues anthem for healing, Blues Folk, blues for the broken, broken made whole, buddhist blues, Buddhist chant, Cell Block Chant, chant music, compassion music, courage through suffering, delta blues, emotional storytelling, enlightenment in darkness, female resilience, folk blues anthem, folk blues ballad, folk blues storytelling, folk gospel, forgiveness song, grit and grace, heartfelt blues folk, humanity and hope, Lotus Sutra, mantra music, maya chen, meditation and mantra, meditation blues, mindful blues, mirror metaphor, modern dharma songs, modern gospel, modern spirituals, music for healing, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, Nichiren Buddhism, poetic storytelling, power of prayer, prison reform, prison song, rebirth song, redemption song, roots revival, rosa, songs of transformation, soul revival, soulful storytelling, spiritual awakening music, spiritual blues, strength in scars, survival blues, transformation blues, turning poison into medicine, william altig, William Altig Choir, women in prison, women’s voices in blues

• “One Word of Praise”

  

  What if everything you’ve been told about spiritual progress is backwards? This song came from reading an ancient Buddhist text—the Lotus Sutra—that completely flips our understanding of how transformation happens. We’re taught that meaningful change requires years of effort, countless hours of practice, immense sacrifice. Grind long enough and maybe, just maybe, you’ll get somewhere.…

  William Altig

  October 7, 2025

  Chapter 18, Chapter 2, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  70s folk, acoustic blues, acoustic gospel, acoustic soul, acoustic storytelling, alt folk, Americana, americana blues, authentic folk, bluesy folk, Bob Dylan style, brushed drums, buddhist folk, buddhist music, conscious folk, contemplative folk, contemplative music, delta blues, dusty folk, Dylan-esque, earthy music, existential blues, fingerpicked guitar, folk ballad, folk gospel, folk noir, folk revival, gospel folk, Grounded folk, Hammond organ, hand percussion, healing music, honest folk, hope music, indie folk, interfaith music, intimate vocals, Iron and Wine, John Prine style, joy music, liberation songs, meditation music, mindfulness music, Modern Folk, organic folk, philosophical folk, porch music, praise music, raw vocals, roots music, sacred music, singer songwriter, Slide Guitar, slow blues, soulful acoustic, spiritual awakening, spiritual blues, Spiritual Journey, stripped down, sutra music, The Tallest Man on Earth, traditional folk, transformative music, universal spirituality, vintage folk sound, walking bass, wisdom songs

• Celestial Wings of Wisdom

  

  Immerse yourself in the transcendent melodies of Celestial Wings of Wisdom. This soul-stirring folk-gospel journey is inspired by Chapter Seven of the Lotus Sūtra. This song unites heartfelt harmonies and luminous imagery. It issues a universal call for enlightenment on the wings of celestial Brahma angels. The song features intricate gospel harmonies. It also has…

  William Altig

  December 10, 2024

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  Acoustic Guitar, Brahma angels, celestial music, cosmic connection, cosmic harmony, divine light, Enlightenment, faith, folk gospel, folk inspiration, Gospel Harmonies, hope, life, Lotus Sutra, love, multiverse, mystical sound, poem, poetry, soulful melodies, spiritual awakening, Spiritual Journey, spiritual song, transcendent music, Unity