Greetings, friends..... Good morning (California time). It looks like spring may finally be breaking through. Has it been a long winter everywhere???? Well, I haven’t ‘blogged’ in a while. (That’s another one of these modern words, like ‘googled.’) Somehow, between parenting, working, and practicing music, many other important things on my daily ‘to-do’ list seem [...]
Greetings everybody, Happy Birthday!!!! "What? Why's he saying happy birthday?" Well, because today is the birthday, or the appearance day, of Lord Ramachandra, the great blue-skinned 'avatar' of Lord Vishnu, the supreme source of all. On this very day, many many years ago, God came to the Earth as a human being to restore harmony [...]
“I COURTED PRETTY POLLY THAT LIVE LONG NIGHT AND LEFT HER NEXT MORNING BEFORE IT WAS LIGHT PRETTY POLLY PRETTY POLLY COME GO ALONG WITH ME BEFORE WE GET MARRIED SOME PLEASURE TO SEE I LED HER OVER HILLS AND VALLEYS SO DEEP UNTIL PRETTY POLLY SHE COMMENCED TO WEEP OH WILLY OH WILLY I’M [...]
Dear friends, The "Live Kirtan Archive" is slowly expanding. Daniel has been recording almost every gig and we're hoping to gradually make it available to all of our Kirtan fans and friends.... In the meantime, here are two very sweet Kirtans from Omega's 'Ecstatic Chant Weekend,' August, 2008. Jai Uttal and Friends Live at Omega [...]
What a deep relief it was to hear those sounds and smell those smells once again. Bells, chants, heart-rending cries of “Radhe Radhe,” incense, sacred fires, cow dung burning…… I was back in my holy Vrindavan again; the land of Radha and Krishna; the ‘dham’ (pilgrimage place) where I first met my Guru, Neem Karoli [...]
Calling Lord Hanuman. A beautiful and spacious moment from our gig in Vancouver on November 19th. That's Daniel Paul on tablas. Here are some of the words, written by Tulsi Das in the 16th century: Siya Rama Mein Suba Jaga Jani Karahun Pranama Jora Juga Pani. I see Sita and Rama in every face that [...]
Several years ago I was sitting in the courtyard of my guru’s ashram in a small North Indian village, taking the sun, drinking chai, and watching a family of monkeys dance and fight around a few bags of rice. Bells were ringing in the distance and the sweet smells of marigolds and incense were mingling [...]
Ah, India... The land of dreams, exaggerations, unbelievable stories and mythological figures; where the line between the 'spirit' world and the 'real' world is very thin, indeed; where monkeys and elephants are Gods, and cows are the Great Mother; where the lilting song of a bamboo flute is the signal for a dip into divine [...]
Here's another free download for you all. "Invocation," recorded at Vara Arts in Albany, California by Lou Judson. That's me singing and playing, of course, with Daniel Paul and Radhanath Das drumming and a little bit of Karnamrita's beautiful voice peeking in from behind the clouds. Enjoy. You can right click here to [...]
Hello Friends, Check out my latest free download - it's "River of Dreams" with Manose, recorded at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California in June. You can stream it using the website music player below. Or right click here to download. Enjoy. Peace,