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Does anyone have any suggestions for some good Kirtan CD's ? Really the only one I listen to is my Krishna Das which is wonderful of course but I think it's time to expand my horizons. Again any information here is much appreciated.
Love & Light,
B.E.
Love & Light,
B.E.
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Re: Kirtan CD's
Tue, June 13, 2006 - 2:10 PMLately I've really been enjoying Shantala's "The Love Window." I just attended a kirtan with Heather and Benjy Wertheimer. They are devoted, inspired, world-class musicians. It's pure joy!
Other favorites include:
Bhakti's The Beloved-Yoga of Devotion
Wah's CD Krishna
Jaya Bhagavan by Tina Malia and Shimshai
Namaste, Jan
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Wed, June 14, 2006 - 1:14 PMI suggest Amala Kirtan das and also Vaiyasaki. But you cannot forget Karnamrita with her new album "DASI Prayers by Women" www.karnamrita.com
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Thu, June 15, 2006 - 7:58 AMI absolutely love Wah!...Can't remember the name of the 2 cd set...something about "the name". She has the most beautiful, passionate and moving voice. A joy to listen / sing to while on the hour commute to work. -
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Thu, June 15, 2006 - 1:34 PM
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Sun, June 18, 2006 - 11:16 AMCheck out Dave Stringer's cds Mala and Japa, he is amazing live btw, also Larisa Stow and Gathering Guru, Steve Ross who is very fun live, and the Temple Bhajan Band. Oh and i just saw Shimsai, very sweet vibe. Enjoy! -
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Sun, June 18, 2006 - 11:19 AMactually, that should have been Shimshai :~)
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Sun, June 18, 2006 - 11:31 AMJust remembered to tell you about www.sacredsoundsradio.com, which is amgreat way to hear a variety of chant artists and also read about them as many are profiled. Also, check out Girish's cds Reveal and Shiva Machine. I am partial to Reveal, it is soooo beautiful, they are both fantastic. -
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Mon, June 19, 2006 - 1:52 AMI really prefer actual saints, that is, divine souls, singing the bhajans. mostly the Western people don't cut it for me; they don't have enough shakti.
Ganapathi Satchitananda is unbelievably great -- I got a cd of his Ganesh songs and they're completely contagious -- you can't stop singing, dancing, drumming, grinning with them.
also Vishwananda -- the young new saint who resembles Yogananda in many ways -- his CD called "Love Beyond Words" is AMAZING. he has all the California bhajantris with him, including Girish and Geoffrey Gordon -- only they're the CHORUS.
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Mon, June 19, 2006 - 8:54 AMseems a little racist. often times one will equate " this person must be saintly because he/she is Indian"
One of my friends was looking at a Buddhist magazine was looking at profiles of different monks. When a saw a picture of a white American buddhist monk amongst the Asians he thought "Who is this Guy??!!" Then later on he thought to himself how materialistic I am to judge ones spiritual advancement according to ones body.
Advancement it like music. If one does not have a musical ear he will not be able to tell the difference between a mediocre musician and a musical prodigy. Similarly if we ourselves are not spiritual advanced then we are not qualified to understand who is very saintly and who is not so saintly.
There are some simple qualifications one can look for however. If one is spiritual advanced it means that there are in no need of slaving around trying to get material pleasure. Their bhajan alone is enough to satisfy them therefore such saints do not chase after the pleasures of this temporary world. They are satisfied with the eternal pleasure coming from the spiritual dimension.
Ones material fever diminishes if ones spiritual fever (advancement ) increases, therefore those who a feverish for material pleasures, Go Dasa, slaves to their sences are not advanced. Whereas those who are Goswamis, master of their sences, are advanced.
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Wed, June 21, 2006 - 12:47 PMnot at all racist. that's a complete misunderstanding. I meant -- I prefer enlightened souls singing rather than American pop guys who enjoy bhajans. if those American folks are enlightened, I'm so happy!!!!!!!!! (Krishna Das, and Jai Uttal, for example, have energy closer to what I'm referencing.)
it's -- for me -- about the shakti, about the divine energy, that's pouring off of the singers I mentioned. when they sing about Krishna, about the Mother, about Ganesh, a listener FEELS those beings, their presence is palpable, in a way that is more developed and more direct, for the most part, in comparison to singers who aren't personally and spiritually and directly conversant with those energies/entities.
it's just my personal preference.
you mention spiritual people being less materially-driven -- my point: you can HEAR this in their voices and in their way of singing bhajans.
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Thu, June 22, 2006 - 5:57 AMOne point also is that the spiritually advanced western kirtaneers are not so into heavy marketing so there not as well known amonst the new kirtan scene. Most people don't know Urjesvat Prabhu or the great Vishnujana Swami who are simply nectar classics.
you can hear so of the late Vishnujana Swami here
www.vishnujana.com/2.htm
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Fri, August 4, 2006 - 11:30 PMI am really new to Kirtan, but I have Jai Uttal's "Kirtan, the art and practice of ecstatic chant". I love it and often find myself lost in it's beauty.
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Mon, June 19, 2006 - 6:53 PMCheck out the new Kirtan CD by Sruti Ram at cdbaby.com/cd/srutiram . It is endorsed by Krishna Das
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Tue, June 20, 2006 - 7:42 AManything by gauravani (as kindred spirits) is amazing, although "white" (sarcasm intended ;)having been raised a saintly person he has more shakti than most i have heard or met. his sanskrit pronunciation is probably better than many indian so called "saints".
bhajana is about bhakti and ones bhakti doesnt have to do with ones geographical birthplace.
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Sun, August 20, 2006 - 8:53 AMI have three new CDs from live Boulder Kirtan recordings over the last 3 years at
www.vamadevakirtan.com. In the same vein as Krishna Das, Dave Stringer and Jai Uttal.
Complete and Full length MP3 downloads - Free, but I would appreciate some financial support.
Jai Ma!!
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Thu, August 31, 2006 - 1:14 AMLove to All,
My first CD was Jai Uttal's "Hanuman" . :)
I love the sound of Donna De Lory's "The Belover and the Beloved".
I also like my friend Jaya Lakshmi's "Jewel of Hari" and the sweet soft soul of
Snatam Kaur has brought many smiles my way.
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Thu, October 12, 2006 - 5:29 PMDefinitely check out sacredsoundsradio.com for artists. I've learned there about Girish, Larisa Stowe, Wynne Paris, Temple Bhajan Band, Bhagavan Das, Suzanne Teng - and my favorite, Wade Imre Morissette (I work for him! :) -
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Sun, October 15, 2006 - 12:02 PMI love Wade Imre Morrisette and I heard him on sacred sounds radio!
Ask him to come to Santa Barbara for kirtan please!
PS Congrats on your headstand Sandy :~)
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Mon, October 16, 2006 - 10:27 AMI can't believe no one has mentioned Russil Paul. He's a gifted musician and beautiful singer. His stuff isn't really Kirtan, but very chantable.
He also wrote the enlightening book, The Yoga of Sound, which you should all rush out and read as soon as possible.
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Fri, October 20, 2006 - 1:23 PMSat Nam
Try Shyamdas: he has 3 cd's: Beloved, Sweet Radhe and Cool Dual: recorded this past August at Ananda Ashram in Monroe NY.-- Contact tribe member Kamaniya--you can reach her from my tribe page!--I saw shyam 4 times he is amzingly devoted.
Also Jai Uttal, Bhagavan das, Wah, Integral Yoga Kirtan--that is what I can think of for now.
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Thu, March 15, 2007 - 2:28 PMI am doing a pretty cool Hari Krishna chant with my guitar lately. It's all from within.
"Once you see it,
you can't unsee it."
-Arundhati Roy
www.jimmycrew.com/offerings.html
I got three bootleg tracks there from Dave Stringer and Miles Shrewsbery New Music Release party , Sept. 23,2007
What am I listening to well.. right now The Fleshtones- Labratory Of Sound... Let's Go !!
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Thu, March 15, 2007 - 4:58 PM
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Re: Kirtan CD's - check this couple out
Tue, May 8, 2007 - 12:51 PMHi, I have seen this couple perform many times, they have soothing voices and are very charismatic, check them out. www.freedomandleela.com - Here is a bit about them.
Freedom, born in Kenya with parents from India, moved to Vancouver in 1969. Gurbani Kirtan and Mystical writings and were instilled into the core of Freedom while he was a fetus in the womb of his mother. He began singing Gurbani Kirtan and Gurmukhi Mantras during his elementary school years and continues to share this passion. He has always been drawn and absorbed with the writings of Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, Kabir and Bulleh Shah and has recited Shabad Kirtan, Sikh Kirtan at the birth places of both Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh. Leela, born in Nova Scotia is of Scottish origin. She grew up singing Scottish and Christian songs, and New Age music for relaxation and meditation. Trained as a professional soprano, she blends her melodious voice weaving western sensitivities in music for yoga and world music.
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Mon, May 21, 2007 - 4:33 PMJaya Lakshmi's Ocean of Mercy is so beautiful and she will have a new one out this fall. See jayalakshmi.net
Peace,
Tammy
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Tue, May 22, 2007 - 5:33 PM
