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Performance
Credits
Lead Vocals: Jai Uttal Backup Vocals: Nubia Teixeira Acoustic Guitar: Jai Uttal Banjo: Jai Uttal Dotar (East Indian Lute): Jai Uttal Electric Guitar: Jai Uttal Harmonica: Jai Uttal Harmonium: Jai Uttal Keyboards: Jai Uttal Mandolin: Jai Uttal Synthesizer: Jai Uttal Acoustic Guitar: Ben Leinbach Bass: Ben Leinbach Djembe: Ben Leinbach Drum Set: Ben Leinbach Keyboards: Ben Leinbach Percussion: Ben Leinbach Synthesizer: Ben Leinbach Bansuri (Bamboo Flute): Manose Tablas: Daniel Paul
Production
Credits
Producer: Jai Uttal Producer: Ben Leinbach Mixing Engineer: Jai Uttal at Loveland Studios, San Anselmo, CA Recording Engineer: Jai Uttal at Loveland Studios, San Anselmo, CA Mixing Engineer: Ben Leinbach at Loveland Studios, San Anselmo, CA Recording Engineer: Ben Leinbach at Loveland Studios, San Anselmo, CA Mastering Engineer: Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, New York, New York
Liner
Notes
Unspeakable love and gratitude to my beloved, Nubia. Eu te amo. Eternal thanks and respect to Ben, for his knowledge, talent, patience, skill, and friendship. And thanks to his wife and my friend Radhe Elizabeth for sharing him. Deep pranams, reverence, and gratitude to all (across the ages and continents) who have sung Kirtan and found strength and sustenance in the practice of Bhakti. Thanks and love and appreciation to Bhima, Daniel, Manose, and all the singers for their brilliance, enthusiasm and joy.
Thanks to Steven Saporta, Steve Dalmer, and all my friends at Invasion Group for their behind-the-scenes support. Thanks to my new friends at Sounds True for taking a chance on the uncharted world of Bhakti yoga (pagan style). And last, but never least, thanks to my guru, Neem Karoli Baba, and Siddhi Ma, Lord Hanuman, and all the Gods and Goddesses, saints, guides, and angels, for their never-ending presence and guidance in my heart and in my life. Radhe Shyam!
Song Notes:
The songs
The Sanskrit words that we sing in these Kirtans are mantras, or divine names. A mantra can be thought of as a sonic embodiment of the supreme being who, through grace, takes infinite recognizable forms. When touched by the blessings of and enlightened master or the longing of a pure heart, these mantras become fully alive and have the power to carry us back to the One, the universal heart. These ancient words hold within them the very presence of the deity; they are prayers, they are vessels for our prayers, and they are that One to whom we are praying.
The chants don’t tell stories and aren’t actual sentences. Rather, they are like simple roadmaps to help the mind leap from mental remembrance into the deepest heart essence, where we actually meet and commune with that being who is the source of all. And, really, it’s okay if we don’t fully understand the translations or pronunciations. Through these simple Kirtans, we can communicate with our hearts, with our souls; we can cry, we can laugh, we can dance.
Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation.
Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound. — Kabir
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