 On February 7, 1999, KDHX 88.1 FM radio in St. Louis, Missouri featured TaliasVan & The Bright & Morning Star Band's Holy City CD in a broadcast on DJ Gabriel's Tin Pan Alley program.He discussed with DJ Gabriel the "universally popular" sounds of CosmoPop music.His CosmoPop song, "The Freedom Song"—written for Nigerian freedom fighter Ken Saro-Wiwa—was listed in the March 1999 Top 20 of the country of Romania.