Music selections (Was: Dropping music)

[Guest guest]

Hai Ma

 

Namaste

 

Thank you for all of these kind words. I feel a little better now,

knowing that I am not going crazy. I feel almost like a bhajan

addict: the more I get, the more I WANT!

 

Advait-ji,

 

Here is a sampling of some of the tunes I really enjoy these days

that are not particularly Amma bhajans.

 

Devadas -- "Shine Shine On" (he is an Amma devotee and the songs are

generally about Amma, but not traditional bhajans)

 

ANYTHING by Krishna Das! He is one of my favorites. One can

certainly feel his bhakti through his music, especially on "Door of

Faith". It is an amazing collection of songs, and he is a very great

artist. He has a new CD coming out at the end of this month too.

 

"The Chord of Love" by Ram Dass and Amazing Grace. This is a great

album by Krishna Das, Ram Dass, Jai Uttal, and others. The readings

by Ram Dass are particularly wonderful.

 

If you like "Devotion" by Rasa, you'll also like Rasa's other

album, "Union".

 

Of course, "Mantram: Chant of India" by Ravi Shankar and the great

George Harrison is a favorite. It is also where this child learned

many prayers, pre-meeting-Amma.

 

"Divine Bliss" by Sri Anandi Ma

 

"The Essence" by Deva Premal. I don't generally like much of her

work, but this CD is soothing.

 

"Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones, daughter of the above-mentioned

Ravi Shankar. Not particularly spiritual, but soothing and lovely.

 

If you like Rasa, you'll probably also like Deep Forest. Their self-

titled album is definitely a good one. Additionally, check out some

of the bhajans by Jagjit Singh; his voice and style is very low-key

and soothing, definitely along the lines of Rasa. In fact, hubby and

I go to sleep to a mix containing both of them!

 

The Buddha Bar series is pretty good, but not fool-proof.

 

Most of Erykah Badu's album, "Baduizm", is very spiritual in nature.

 

"Magical Healing Mantras" by namaste' is one of the best, in my

opinion. It's very soothing and calming, but different from Rasa.

You'll definitely like it.

 

Hope that helps. If you'd like, I can send you some mp3 "samples" of

the above. *winkwink*

 

With love,

Forever the music geek,

Erica

 

Ammachi, "jaiamma@g..." <jaiamma@g...> wrote:

> Hi Dave & Erica, Same thing happened to me a while back. I grew up

listening

> to lots of heavy rock and then one day it suddenly hit me that I

was bored

> with all of it. It was a surprising moment! Now I can't listen to

it at all.

> However, there's still lots of good softer pop tunes I like that

are very

> uplifting and inspirational (John Denver, for example). They fill

up my MP3

> player along with bhajans of all types. Jai Ma, -Advait

> PS: Anyone like to give their recommendation(s) of favorite

uplifting,

> inspirational music besides Amma's bhajans? For example, one of my

favorite

> CDs is "Devotion" by Rasa.

[Guest guest]

>

> ANYTHING by Krishna Das! He is one of my favorites.

> One can

> certainly feel his bhakti through his music,

> especially on "Door of

> Faith". It is an amazing collection of songs, and he

> is a very great

> artist. He has a new CD coming out at the end of

> this month too.

 

Here's another vote for Krishna Das! Love his rockin'

bhakti!! I also have all of KD's albums. His new CD

"All One" (available Aug. 23) is a full hour of the

Hare Krishna chant.

 

>

> "The Chord of Love" by Ram Dass and Amazing Grace.

> This is a great

> album by Krishna Das, Ram Dass, Jai Uttal, and

> others. The readings

> by Ram Dass are particularly wonderful.

 

I have this on cassette, but the tape deck in my mom &

dad's car chewed it up!

 

For the real deal, i.e. intended for Indians, not

recorded mainly for sale to westerners, I have an

assortment of bhajan cassettes by Bollywood artists

such as Asha Bhosle, Latta Mangeshkar, Anuradha

Paudwal, Narendra Chanchal and Anup Jalota. I got

many of them in India for Rs. 25 or 30 (less than a

buck) each. In India, CDs and tapes will have the

price printed on the cover, so there's no haggling!

 

 

Keval

 

 

 

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