Years ago I was doing Yoga to a CD by Shiva Rea, and the background music caught my attention. It was the the purity of the voice — who was the artist and what was she singing? That was my first exposure to chant, and also to Deva Premal’s Gayatri Mantra. Deva is now a chant superstar, and she has grown more magical to me over the years. Meeting her with Miten last year turned me into a starry-eyed stammering idiot — she hugged my Ganesh doll!!! Anyway, seeing them with Manose live in the desert of Joshua Tree is a treat not to be missed. Today they have released their newest CD, A Deeper Light, available here. It’s slow, hypnotic and juicy — you will love it.

It’s not surprising that voices speak to me, given what I do for a living. The resonance of Krishna Das’ voice speaks in one way, the sweet clarity of Deva Premal’s in another. They both have the ability to take you within, and that is the ultimate goal of this practice — to experience the sweet joy of realizing the Love within is who we really are. Namaste my friends.

SONG

ARTIST

CD

Om
Mercury Max
The Eternal Om

Om Shanti Om (Peace)
Deva Premal
Mantras for Precarious Times

Om Mani Padme Hum
Deva Premal
Love Is Space

Om Muni Muni
Deva Premal & Miten with Manose & Maneesh De Moor
2012

Om Namo Bhagavate/Oneness
Deva Premal & Miten
Omega Ecstatic Chant

Om Namah Shivaya
Deva Premal
Into Light: The Meditation Music of Deva Premal

Om Kumara Mantra (Innocence)
Deva Premal & Miten
A Deeper Light

Gayatri Mantra
Deva Premal & Miten
Satsang – A Mediation in Song & Silence