New CD: Intergalactic Odyssey

The "Jedi of Cool" returns to interstellar space to explore strange worlds, alien voices and extraterrestrial grooves in this follow-up CD to "Songs from Other Planets." The music blends elements of rock, jazz, funk and sci fi to take you on a voyage through other galaxies. See Music Player to the right.

From the rotational beat of a pulsar in space to the rhythm of the heart, music infuses everything around us. Is it possible that music is the essence of the universe itself? Song of Fire seeks to discover this fundamental truth. The interconnected stories are a rhapsody on the elements that constitute how we experience the world: the moments of humor, sorrow, passion and revelation that give significance to our origins and endings.

"It's difficult to categorize the book as one genre," explains O'Bergh. "It's part memoir, part travelogue, part storytelling, part history." The real incidents that comprise Song of Fire range from the poignant to the humorous: love and loss; the history of chocolate; hurricanes and earthquakes; a close brush with a mass murderer; eye-opening journeys to other cultures; the presence of God.

Links to twelve instrumental songs appear in various chapters and provide another dimension through which to experience the stories. The songs are included with the purchase of the ebook and can be listened to online or downloaded.

Song of Fire is published in a variety of digital formats, including for the Kindle, iPad and Sony Reader, and is available from Amazon, Apple, and other online retailers such as Smashwords. For readers who lack a dedicated ebook reader, the book is also available as a PDF document from Smashwords.