"Syncopated rhythms from West Africa, Arabic Thunder, Flamenco Duende, Latin sunshine, and many other influences from around the world. We can enjoy it all in Jono Heyes' Music." Gita Lancere World Music Charts ( WMCE) Radio Latvia The 9 pilgrims is a pilgrimage across a world of sounds and cultures, an album rich in acoustic tonalities composed and produced by Jono Heyes and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer Jerry Boys. Heyes an an innovative world/folk jazz composer comes originally from the Island of New Zealand. His unique global blends have featured on BBC, Radio Spain numerous other world and folk shows around the planet highlighting innovative new music. For the 9 Pilgrims album Heyes set up his personal studio in a place where time has stood still for some years, an old country house in an isolated rural village called 'Zalesi' nestled on the edge of the Sumava forest on the Czech/German borderlands. Piece by piece the album evolved with 6 virtual guests from around the world each adding sublime solos and harmonies. Together crafting a multi cultural tapestry rich in acoustic timbres and tonality featuring; Composer, Guitarist and lead vocalist Jono Heyes New Zealand, Czech vocalist Beata Bocek, jazzman and triple emmy nominee composer Trevor Coleman, Irish vocalist Francesca Baines, Swiss multi instrumentalist Samuel Hagmann, Czech tv and film composer Tomas Hacek, New Zealand double bassist Carlos Gelling.