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Jai's new album Bhakti Bazaar (Music for Yoga and Other Joys Volume 2) is coming out next month from Sounds True, but in the meantime check out this sample of "Rama Bolo" from the new album.

"Teleseminar?" I exclaimed, "What the heck is that? And 'world spirituality'? What's that?" To which my friend Mariana Caplan calmly answered, "Simply an intimate conversation about our 'life journeys," to which thousands of people can listen and then call in to ask questions...." Hmmmm, "simply"......???? Honestly, I can be such a skeptic sometimes. But I [...]

My brother/friend/tabla player, Daniel Paul, is at long last ready to present JUL, an archive of live recordings of him and me recorded all over the world. Finally all those zillions of melodies which seem to come from the ethers and go back into the ethers will be available for download. Here's what Daniel has [...]

I hope you enjoy this new download. It's a Pagan Love Orchestra rehearsal 'tape' from about five years ago. That's Peter Apfelbaum on drums, Jeff Cressman on trombone, Ben Leinbach on bass and me singing and playing harmonium. I just discovered this hiding in a vast pile of old practice recordings and thought it was [...]

Join Jai Uttal, Daniel Paul, Nubia Teixeira and assistant harmonium teacher Daniel Tucker for the 8th Annual Non-Residential Summer Bhakti Kirtan Camp, Saturday, July 17 - Friday, July 23. This training is for those who aspire to lead Kirtan; those who wish to enhance their Yoga teaching with chanting; and those who simply wish to [...]

Hi everyone! We are now making my FIRST music video, and we need your help to make it happen! We're doing it for the song "Down on my Knees" from Thunder Love, and it is being created by 3 great young filmmakers I've met recently, Ishan, Marija & Noah. We're doing this in a new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]