ThunderBeat

I am SO IMPRESSED by Mayan Landing 2012! What a fantastic accomplishment! I fell in love listening to it for the first time, which is rare for me. Thank you for sending the review copy. I will certainly do a raving review for you!! - Ann Ulrich Miller -The Star Beacon Colorado

A Skilled and Skillful Native American Drummer. This alternative healer knows her stuff. A delightfully mind opening audio experience that real adults tastes will love. - MIDWEST RECORD RECAP

ThunderBeat's latest release, "Mayan Landing 2012" is one of the most exiciting exotic unique CD I’ve heard. ThunderBeat, aka Devara White, creates an atmospheric CD using a multitude of instruments and varied styles of music indigenous to different parts of the world. I would say that the disc will mostly be enjoyed by those who prefer World Beat/ New Age music or music where percussion takes center stage. The release uses a multitude of instruments, some of which I have never heard of before; indigenous and ethnic drums, including udu, box, djembe, and Native America ceremony styles; didgeridoo; cedar flutes; marimba; ocarina; percussion including chimes, bells, and rattles; sounds of the Jungle, and vocals.
I might also find myself getting lost in this disc after a hard day's work. The beats and combinations of sounds, prose, and vocals are soothing and refreshing. I find it an enjoyable listen.
- Best Female Musicians Dennis Halsey

Mayan Landing 2012 - ThunderBeat takes you to the lush jungles of the Mayan Temples. She uses a large varitey of exotic drums, Jungle sounds, bells and rattles, didgeridoo, cedar flutes, marimba, ethereal sounds and vocals. The artist Devara White known as ThunderBeat has studied at the prestigis Eastman school of Music.
She has played with Robert Mirabal, Brooke Medicine eagle, Greg Braden and Steven Halpern. And more. As an ethnomusicologist, Mayan Landing 2012 is a incredible blend of influences from around the world. indigenous and ethnic drums, including udu, box, djembe, and Native American ceremony styles; didgeridoo; cedar flutes; marimba; ocarina; percussion including chimes, bells, and rattles; sounds of the Jungle, and ethereal vocals. ThunderBeat’s masterful drum performance is powerful , dynamic and atmospheric. This is a one the most original CDs I ever heard. Check out her music on her web site. www.ThunderBeatMusic.co - Kathryn Sargeant world magazine review.

When I first met ThunderBeat I was a bit in awe, having been playing her meditative CD Chakra Journey for relaxation after a stressful day. The cover art enticed me with thoughts of attaining balance, and after feeling deep peace, in walks Thunderbeat herself. Due to the albums top-notch quality, I had assumed this artist was a big-time New Age name so I felt privileged to meet her. Since then, I have witnessed this great talent demonstrating her drum playing at various performances, attacking the drum with the passion and skill of the late, great John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, but also branches out to several types of Native drums and keyboards.
Born to be a musician, ThunderBeat has recently released her fourth album Mayan Landing 2012, which she composed and produced. Mayan Landing evokes power, magic, and Native wisdom. This is pure temple music, sounding at once ancient, tribal, and mysterious. One envisions themselves in the middle of a Mayan initiation ceremony around a fire, among the pyramids of Mexico in ancient times. The album cover is truly awesome, showing a Mayan pyramid in its mystical glory with a lighted spacecraft overhead emanating a shaft of light down through the temple. This album is dedicated to the Mayan message that the Earth will be reborn in 2012, not destroyed. It seems as though ThunderBeat’s album could be a sacred ceremonial offering to honor the ancient Mayan ancestors and raise consciousness to the importance of this age we are in. An impressive and diverse album with evocative vocal work by local artist Kaleah, ethereal sounds, Native flutes, didgeridoo, and masterful drumming which guides the album’s artistic and spiritual vision, Mayan Landing 2012 marries high energy beats with worldly trance-inducing sounds of Native lore. ThunderBeat’s CD’s include: Chakra Journey, Trance Dance, One Heart, and Mayan Landing 2012.
- Miguel Montoya 4 Corners Magazine Sedona AZ

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Radio Airplay 2008
Stations that added
“Mayan landing 2012”


KASU State University AR

Nightlight Fairbanks AR

KXCI 91.3FM Tucson AZ

CFRO Radio 102.7 Fm BC

KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley CA

KPFK 90.7 and 98.7 FM CA

KMUD Redway CA

KZYX/KZYZ Talmage CA

AOL Radio 31 million subscribers

WVUD Newark DE

WMNF Tampa FL

WFIT Melbourne FL

KKCR Kilauea HI

NARAS Round Lake IL

WTUL New Orleans LA

KRSC Berea KY

Woman in Rock Boston MA

WJUL Lowell MA

WERU, 89.9 FM East Orland ME

KMSU/KMSK Mankato MN

KGLT Bozeman MT

WDVR Sergeantsville NJ

Airos Lincoln NE

KUNM Albuquerque NM

KGLP Gallup NM

KBAC Santa FE NM

WFIT/NYC New York NY

WAER Syracuse NY

WSIA Staten Island NY

Catskills Public Radio NY

WYSO Dayton OH

KBOO 90.7 FM Portland OR

WXPN Upper Darby PA

KESD FM Brookings SD

WAWL Chattanooga TN

KVLU 91.3 FM Beaumont TX

KAMU Collage TX

KRCL Salt Lake City UT

KAOS Olympia WA

KCWU Ellensburg WA


WWVU Morgantown WV

RadioArad Romania

Radio Slor The Netherlands

EarthSong 79 stations Nation wide

Ancient Mirrors Sydicate

NativeRadio.com

Also being played in Alaska , UK, Spain, Gemany, Netherlands & Japan
- Air Play

ThunderBeat has a new Middle
Eastern CD out called Ancient Sun.
You will journey to the Egyptian
pyramids, dance your way through
the temples with lingering, ancient
melodies that are extremely powerful,
mysterious... and unforgettable.
ThunderBeat, internationally
renowned composer, teacher, author,
shamanic practitioner and Reiki master,
is a pioneer in sound healing.
Her music has earned its place in my
collection of higher consciousness
music. She uses activational healing
music and sacred drums. Not only is
this music calming to the nerves and
inspirational, but it causes one to transcend reality.
ThunderBeat is of Choctaw and Shawnee heritage.
She works with and openly embraces Great
spirit, and has traveled to many
sacred sites to bring back the ancient
music and the ways of healing. She
has won two Native American Music
awards and a Beacon of Light award
for her wisdom, compassion, creativity,
inspiration and service to the
world.
You can order the CD through
her Web site at
www.ThunderBeat.com, and while
you are there, take a look at her other
wonderful offerings, including
Cosmic Dreams (space music), Fly
High (trance dance), Chakra Journey
(great for massage therapists) and
others, my favorite of which still remains —
Mayan Landing 2012!
— Ann Ulrich Miller
- Star Beacon

Hey Thunderbeat.
Wow! Thank you for considering me for airing your new CD here in the UK. I've been listening to the CD and they are, honestly, awesome. Dare I say, your best yet! A fantastic mixture of ancient instruments and new technology. And also wonderful rhythm. I would be honored to feature "Ancient Sun" in the near future on ARFM. UK
Bruce Gull Synth Heaven - Bruce Gull DJ at ARFM UK