Let It Shine is the newest album from Darren Marc, a self-described “mystic, world traveler, and ambassador of change dedicated to spreading positive vibes.”
Darren Marc is a self-described mystic, world traveler, and ambassador of change dedicated to spreading positive vibes.
He began writing and performing music at a young age and as he progressed into his 20s, he fronted two pop bands who toured the US and Asia. His original solo music has landed placement on many TV shows and even garnered Grammy consideration for (“Whole Lot of Love”) a song on MTV’s Real World.
During his time as a performer in LA, he also evolved as a yoga teacher and Reiki healer, which led to a strong calling to pursue kirtan and sacred music.
About Let It Shine
Let It Shine is Darren’s latest album. This entire work is full of well-crafted, inspirational pop songs, with rich and tasteful acoustic guitar interwoven throughout.“Home Sweet Om” is a soothing, classic Americana-style track with Darren’s pure and straightforward voice, joined on the choruses by Lauren Beth Brown, whose voice blends so perfectly with Darren.
“Love and Grace” is another standout track that also features Brown and continues along the gentle Americana vibe. It is followed by “Waves of Divinity” which has the pleasant surprise of a horn section and back-up vocals by Jeri Silverman.
My favorite track is “Heaven is All I See.” Silverman joins in for this pretty little ballad with jazz flourishes and piano featured prominently in the instrumentation.
It seems that Darren is imparting a very sweet, simple, and loving vibe with his music as an extension of his personality.
Let It Shine could be especially suitable for kids given the uncomplicated, positive messages in the lyrics. It seems that Darren is imparting a very sweet, simple, and loving vibe with his music as an extension of his personality.
McKenna caught the “yoga bug” as a little girl, watching Lilias Folan on PBS. She leads an active life hiking, running, sometimes snowboarding, and once was a nationally-ranked equestrian. After years of working in the digital industry for clients in entertainment, publishing and fashion, she took a sabbatical to acquire her yoga teacher certification. A desire to help people heal soon followed. Also a successful musician and composer, McKenna shares cutting-edge music during yoga classes, recruiting musicians and DJs to perform with her. She owned and operated East Hollywood’s Chakra 5 Yoga studio throughout 2011, creating a vibrant community on and offline, but decided to shift to a mobile model. Now Chakra 5 brings yoga classes on site and by appointment to businesses, schools and organizations throughout greater Los Angeles. McKenna was certified in Hatha/Kundalini at Karuna Yoga, and has additional teacher training in Restorative Yoga with Master Teacher Judith Lasater. She teaches yoga at Chakra 5 classes and international retreats.