HuDost is a Music ensemble whose core musicians are singer/songwriters Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines from Montreal and New York.

What commenced as an acoustic duo project has developed into a fully produced ensemble with Dan Walters on bass, George Tortorelli on flutes, John de Kadt, Julian Douglas and Michael Rutherford on percussion and other occasional guests. The ensemble functions as a collective, bringing in musicians of varying sensibilities and backgrounds.

HuDost’s original work ranges in style from "Alternative World Music" to their own "Country and Eastern" fusion, and atmospheric, experimental sound. This is mixed with the rich, eclectic blending of traditional Sufi music, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian and Balkan folk music, Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, Folk, Pop, Rock and Southern Gospel.

HuDost performances range from the duo of Moksha and Jemal Wade to the full ensemble mode, which includes performance art, video installation and dance.

Their debut CD, titled In an Eastern Rose Garden, was released in 2005 and received rave reviews. CDBaby says about HuDost’s debut album: “These beautiful atmospheric, warm and resonant songs weave the evocative… With stylistic colors of folk and pop presented with the colorful harmonic vocabulary of the East, this gentle album delicately pairs the two art forms with great success.”

In a recent review of HuDost’s 2006 release Seedling, Chronogram Magazine said “HuDost has a folk quality yet is quite post-modern; the band offers new takes on ancient words and melodies, cross-cultural hybrid transcendental chill-out music with an edge. (The album will even be agreeable to those whose spiritual music is punk.)… This is not fluffy new-age music—it's serious, complex fare with no aversion to addressing agony. Sommer's vocal execution is precisely orchestrated, her voice-opening, hollow-toned vortexes piercing through the tough spots. This album is a journey of music and spirit.”

HuDost has toured Europe, including shows in Turkey, and performed extensively on the east coast including shows at Alex Grey’s CoSM in NYC, Salvador Dali Museum, Shakori Grassroots Festival, Omega Institute, Rumi Festival, and many others. HuDost has also opened for the California Guitar Trio and Jefferson Starship as well as working with Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Neko Case and Mercan Dede.

HuDost is currently putting the finishing touches on their third album of all original material with grammy award winning producer Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois). It is set for an early 2009 release. They’ve just released a 6 song Royal Mountain EP featuring 2 songs from the upcoming album and four B-sides.

HuDost has been touring the US constantly since April 2006.