A Wish Format:Audio and the planet—begins with one

and the planet—begins with one important step: waking up

poet and Catholic scholar John O'Donohue explores the themes of self-exile and hardship

and excitement

gazing into the infinite space with natural freedom and eternal peace

A Wish Format:Audio and the planet—begins with oneWith this, the last of 14 albums released during his lifetime, world music legend Hamza El Din produced seven new masterworks. Dedicated to Toshka, the village of his birth flooded over three decades ago by the Aswan High Dam project, A Wish is Hamza's prayer for the remembrance of his home. Joined by cellist Joan Jeanrenaud (formerly of Kronos Quartet), composer and pianist W. A. Mathieu, Jordanian percussionist Hani Naser, Japanese diva Shizuru