Spirit of ShantiMaya

Second Album: Spirit of Shantimaya

Another year of uncertainty and change has produced our second album!

“Spirit of ShantiMaya”was recorded in 2021, and once again features chants that we have loved to lead over the years, plus one or two that evolved more recently. we are again joined by the breathtaking sounds of steve gorn (master bansuri flautist) as well as chris gartner on bass, gary diggins on flugelhorn, and ivana popovic on violin

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List of Tracks

Every Beat of Your Heart (Sharanam Ganesha)
Om Sri Maha Lakshmiye Swaha
Om Mata Bhavani
Om ShantiMaya Bhava
Govinda Jaya Jaya (Maha Mantra)
Spirit Guide (Gayatri Mantra)
Mangala Mantra (Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu)

Our Special Guest Musicians

Instruments:

Chris Gartner (bass)
Steve Gorn (bansuri flute)
Gary Diggins (flugelhorn)
Ivana Popovic (violin)

Spirit of Shantimaya is dedicated to the light and the guiding spirit that flows within all of us. if our light comes from within, we will cast no shadow on others. from our opening prayer to ganesha to the closing blessing for peace, we seek to bring light to all beings, so that they may just BE

the chants on this album are selected from those that we love to sing in studios and at festivals over the past several years. Spirit is our second studio creation.

once again, we salute the artists who honoured us by participating in our project. we have endeavoured to combine their beautiful magic with the live sound that we bring whenever we chant because, after all, kirtan is a community experience and we honour it as such

we owe a debt of gratitude to all of the beautiful souls we have met on our journey, and to our teachers David Newman, Brenda McMorrow and Seán Johnson, as well as Chris Gartner for his insight and advice.