All posts by Adam Reifsteck

SoSaLa - Music Activist

Iran War 2026

News,

“What I’ve expected for a while happened this morning: my first home country was attacked by my fourth home country and its ally, Israel. A stupid and unnessary war. A war that was caused by so many things that it’s hard to come up with one argument. Fortunately, all Iranian Musicians For Musicians, Inc – MFM are safe and outside of my first home country.
The only hope is that the Iranian people rise up again in masses in the whole country and kick the regime out before the attackers do it. By doing so, Iranians will keep their country under their control and keep its sovereignty. If not, I assume Iran will become another Iraq.
Besides, I haven’t heard from the so-called opposition leader, Prince Pahlevi? It’s 1:57 PM now.
While waiting for his voice, how about listening to one of my tracks, which is related to my relationship with Iran, VATAN KOJAI? (Where is my country?).” – SoSaLa, 2/28/2026

Tom Burnett: People of SoSaLa’s Past are still Alive and Active

News,
Two weeks ago, I met a dear music colleague (and an old friend of mine), Tom Burnett.
In fact, the Philly sax player, Elliot Levin, brought us together. Without knowing that Tom was a mutual friend of ours.
The first time I met him was in 1988, when he lived on 8th Ave, in Times Square. An old girlfriend of mine introduced me to him when I looked for a place to stay for a couple of days. Tom was so kind to let me stay at his flat, which was in the middle of NOISY AND CRAZY TIMES SQUARE.
We had a great time together jamming every day. I am on sax and vocals, Tom on keys, synthesizer, and rhythmbox. Luckily, Tom recorded all the music we did. Luckily, he found two cassettes of recorded music. We listened to one of them, and surprisingly, the tracks sounded great. The music we did was a mix of noise, new wave, downtown music, NO WAVE, and improv.
Since we last met, 37 years ago, Tom has been very active in the NY music scene.
He was at the Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan, where he ran creative programs for many years. Also a member of Coocoohandler in the 90s and Uncle Jimmy’s dirty Basement in the early 2000’s. Also, a current member of the New Agenda through Music Starts from Silence records. Among other projects.
He’s the voice and keys player of New Noise Continuum, an experimental, improvisational band drawing from rock, jazz, classical, electronic, eastern, and intergalactic folk traditions. Expect me to collaborate with Tom soon.