Green Island Serenade (綠島小夜曲) by HEPNOVA HEPNOVA is dedicating our cover version of Green Island Serenade (綠島小夜曲) to jailed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. As a song that was popular in Taiwan, China, and across the Sinosphere, we think it is a poignant symbol of cross-strait solidarity. On the surface, the lyrics are a pop song [...]

Koto player Masayo Ishigure explains the koto and plays a tune at the JETAANY / Mie Inc cultural event on February 19, 2011.

Petrosino Square is a new track and first time lyrical collaboration with Joe Gualtieri.   Hepnova co-pilot Nicholas DiBiase and I cut the track over the holidays.  It’s a somber, shifting, and moody track whose title and inspiration come from the mini park at the crossroads of Little Italy, Chinatown and SoHo where Joe and I [...]

New music for your next ccowboy zombie prom slow dance from Hepnova & JC Cassis Original version of Again Tonight More Hepnova Music on Bandcamp

Here’s a new groove for #MusicMonday: an updated version of the Hepnova track You’re For Me with vocals by the fierce and fabulous Ms. JC Cassis.   The original version of You’re For Me was on our eponymous 2009 album and featured vocals by Hepnova co-founder Nicholas Dibiase. The electric guitar solo (you know, the [...]