~*Bhakti Fest Ticket Special: $150- through July 31! www.bhaktifest.com*~Seek the Nectar! Come sing, dance and fly with the honeybees of devotional world-music! Dive into the lotus of ecstasy. Escape the illusion, confusion, pollution, and delusion with Gaura Vani and "As Kindred Spirits."
The music of As Kindred Spirits is the sound of cultures colliding.
Join this sacred world-music experience and discover the uplifting power of As Kindred Spirits. Rich ethnic rhythms and melodies, with fresh western harmonies and grooves, are crafted with the ancient tradition of kirtan- devotional Indian musical meditation, creating music that is both hip and inspired.
You will not be able to resist the urge to dance! And sing! Sing..! As Kindred Spirits features the voice and harmonium of Gaura Vani, and the rhythms and melodies of multi-instrumentalist Shyam Kishore, along with a multicultural group of talented musicians, dancers and performers.
Allow this music to place you in direct contact with the Divine through the universal language of sacred dance and music.
“I was given the gift of devotional song from birth, raised with the music of the temple, taught to sing and play beautiful instruments and dance…for love and for God,” says Gaura Vani. “I am one of a group of children called gurukulis or those raised in the village of the guru. Even as children, we were aware that though it felt like we were partying when we played music, we were in the physical presence of God himself, who danced with us.”
“An old friend said he saw me as a baby for the first time, cradled in the arms of my father with a group of devotees, chanting God’s ancient names. Hare. Krishna. Rama. It’s in the blood.”
The As Kindred Spirits "Nectar of Devotion" Album
This unique recording of World Music perfectly captures the uplifting and energetic atmosphere in which As Kindred Spirits crafts their music. Ancient Indian songs of devotion, with rich ethnic melodies are infused with fresh, Western grooves and modalities.
The music of As Kindred Spirits is like a lotus growing from the mud of American materialism. We are the honeybees swarming to drink the nectar of this flower.
The New CD: Ten Million Moons
This second album from Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits transforms your heart and fills you with visions of a divine world. Epic and cinematic arrangements, lush vocal harmonies, hypnotic ethnic rhythms and grooves, magical textures and instrumentation. This is kirtan as you’ve never heard it before. Conjuring images from the temple towns of India to the streets of New York City, this album is a journey from the world of “now” to the world of “forever”.
Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits are one of the most sought after kirtan/chant groups in the world. This second album from the ground-breaking group transports us to their divine universe with lush, cinematic arrangements, beautiful vocal harmonies, dynamic ethnic rhythms, and rich textured instrumentation.
Featured in this summer’s “Bhakti Fest,” the largest gathering of yoga musicians in the US, Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits are touring both coasts of the US as well as internationally with performances in Brazil, India, Europe, and Africa. (More info: www.bhaktifest.com)
Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits will also be featured performers at a "Pre-Bhakti Fest Celebration" at Kristin Olson's Urban Yoga Center, 458 S. Palm Canyon in Palm Springs CA Saturday Night, July 25th. For more info please go to www.urbanyoga.org or call 760-320-7702
For more info on Gaura Vani and As Kindred Spirits, and to listen to their music via their Myspace and Facebook pages, go to www.gauravani.com
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