World-renowned guitarist Joe Satriani and United Nations Musical Director Robin DiMaggio recently teamed up to compose a new song, entitled “Music Without Words”, set for a digital release on November 4th. A portion of all proceeds raised from downloads and streams will be donated to support UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.

The song was first unveiled at the June 30th Annual Presidential General Assembly of the UN 69th Session Gala in New York City after being co-written by the two exclusively for the special event. The Assembly and Gala featured world dignitaries as well as the Heads of States from nations across the globe.

Accompanying the song is a dramatic music video directed by Ramin Ouladi, Los Angeles-based director, cinematographer, and editor, who developed the video concept. “Joe and I had a concept of doing a song about healing, where the music spoke without words. That's why I think we called it ‘Music Without Words”,” DiMaggio explains. “When it came time to add some images, it was tough to create abundance through visual statements. Ramin was the perfect addition. He brought a palette of pastels needed to make the story sync with the music.”

The video can be viewed at music.yahoo.com. DiMaggio offers, “I am sure that when the audience, young and wisely aged, watches this, they will feel the message, whether they just listen to the audio or intensely watch the video.”

"Collaborating with Robin evolved naturally,” Satriani says. “Starting with him challenging me to create a melody that would touch the hearts of seven billion people, a call to humanity; a message of love. I’m thrilled with the song and this video fits the music perfectly.”

The song also features vocals from Ms. Monet, a Grammy-award winning vocalist, songwriter and performer who has sung with everyone from Boz Scaggs to Faith Hill, Toto and Queen Latifah. It was DiMaggio’s decision, as the producer, to blend the beauty of Ms. Monet’s vocals with Satriani’s guitar to create such an incredibly moving piece.

Joe Satriani will launch his special Surfing To Shockwave 2016 tour on February 25th in Seattle, WA. Additional tour dates were announced recently, including east coast, mid-west and Canadian dates, continuing the tour through April 24th in Vancouver, BC.

The 45-date tour celebrating 30 Years Of Mind-Bending Guitar Daredevilry, a phrase coined in a June 2014 career-defining retrospective feature in Rolling Stone, Satriani will spotlight music from his first solo album, Not Of This Earth, through his latest release, his 15th solo album, Shockwave Supernova.

This past August, the world renowned guitarist released his 15th studio album, hitting Satriani’s highest chart debut at #19 on Billboard’s Top 200 Current Albums Chart. In addition, the album also debuted at # 3 on the Billboard Rock Chart and ranks as the highest charting all-instrumental rock album on Billboard’s Top 200 in the SoundScan era.

For two decades, the guitar virtuoso has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds as both a headliner and as founder of the all-star G3 guitar extravaganza. Satriani’s studio and live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide to date and of his many solo albums, two have gone platinum and four others went gold, with 15 Grammy nominations between them. His side project, Chickenfoot, featuring former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar, former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith saw their debut album certified gold and their second studio album debuted at #9.

Joe’s touring band remains Marco Minnemann on drums, Bryan Beller on bass and Mike Keneally on keys & guitar.

Tickets for the newly added dates will be on sale October 30th with exclusive Joe Satriani meet & greet and VIP packages available as well, for details visit satriani.com.

Surfing To Shockwave tour dates:

February
25 - Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
26 - Historic Elsinore Theatre - Salem, OR
27 - Grand Sierra Theatre - Reno, NV
28 - Fox Theater - Oakland, CA

March
1 - Balboa Theatre - San Diego, CA
3 - Fox Performing Arts Center - Riverside, CA
4 - Pearl Concert Theater @ Palms Casino - Las Vegas, NV
5 - Talking Stick Resort Ballroom - Scottsdale, AZ
7 - Historic Paramount Theatre - Denver, CO
8 - Abraham Chavez Theatre - El Paso, TX
9 - The Majestic Theatre - Dallas, TX
10 - House of Blues - Houston, TX
11 - Laurie Auditorium - San Antonio, TX
12 - Orpheum Theater - New Orleans, LA
14 - Iron City - Birmingham, AL
15 - Saenger Theatre - Pensacola, FL
16 - Parker Playhouse - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
17 - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL
18 - Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL
19 - Florida Theatre - Jacksonville, FL
21 - Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC
22 - Knight Theater - Charlotte, NC
23 - Symphony Hall - Atlanta, GA
24 - The National - Richmond, VA
25 - Sandler Center - Virginia Beach, VA
26 - Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA
29 - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT
30 - Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY
31 - The Vets - Providence, RI

April
1 - Tilles Center - Brookville, LI
2 - Lincoln Theatre - Washington, DC
4 - Count Basie Theatre - Red Bank, NJ
6 - TBA - Philadelphia, PA
8 - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, Ontario
9 - UAB Center for the Arts - Buffalo, NY
10 - Hard Rock - Cleveland
12 - Carnegie Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA
13 - Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI
14 - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI
15 - Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL
16 - The Fitzgerald Theatre - St. Paul, MN
21 - Grey Eagle Event Centre - Calgary
22 - River Creek Casino - Enoch, AB
24 - TBA - Vancouver, BC