By: Waduda, Prasanna, and the Mystery New Earth Records To appreciate this album’s simplicity and power, let go of expectations and experience the healing properties of a tonal series of music from seven crystal bowls, chosen for their tonal healing resonance with each of the chakras. New Earth Records co-founders, Waduda and Prasanna, were inspired [...]
Brenda McMorrow White Swan Records Brenda McMorrow’s Igniting the Beauty captures the sweetness of the sacred sound experience. The title itself speaks to the unique beauty we all embody, the beauty that ignites our heart fire when we chant and sing mantras. Igniting the Beauty has a variety of moods and feelings. Brenda approaches “Ganesha [...]
Steven Chesne with The Luminous World Orchestra Brahmasong Records Listening to this CD, you feel as if you are ensconced in a film. Musical swells and orchestral instrumentation are layered to create cycles of tension and release. What strikes me upon my first listen of Moments from the Life Stories of Strangers, Part One by [...]
Black Swan Records Using a combination of sounds from hip hop, dub, rap, reggae and Sanskrit mantras to lace together themes of change, awareness, and breaking boundaries, Srikala delivers an album of conscious messages with a captivating mainstream sound. Srikaloy’s New Paradigm is on the crest of a new wave of what is considered to [...]
Every year, thousands descend upon Los Angeles in the quest to follow their dreams, some of which manifest on a yoga mat or behind a harmonium. These were the dreams of Ashley Wynn, who was a heartfelt part of the LA scene until she moved away to open The Grateful Yogi, her own yoga studio [...]
Krishna Das tells us he sings kirtan to save his ass, and that if he happens to save anyone else’s in the process, it’s just a happy by-product of his own practice. Dear KD, it’s okay if it works for you to frame what you do that way, but I am pretty sure at this [...]
White Swan Records I first listened to David Newman’s latest album, Travel Well, as I was giving him a lift back to the city from Bhakti Fest last Fall. Still drunk on the bhav, David popped a disc of the final tracks into thecar CD player, and we floated back to Los Angeles on a [...]
What can I say about Wah! that hasn’t been said already? Wah! was at the vanguard of the new yoga music/kirtan movement before magazine covers, yoga festivals, and yoga music record labels. Wah! was there to draw the blueprint and show us the path. It is her pioneering history and unwavering devotion that will [...]