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Live Your Love debuted at #10 on the Billboard World Music Chart.
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Sruti Ram – Vocals, Harmonium |
With decades of musical & spiritual dedication, SRI Kirtan comes as, a duo of refreshing fun and spiritual devotion in the expanding kirtan/chant scene. Exploding out of Woodstock in 2004, Sruti Ram and Ishwari, now known as SRI Kirtan have been a staple of many of the most prestigious kirtan events including the Omega Ecstatic Chant, Bhakti Fest as well as regular appearances at Kripalu and Jivamukti Yoga NYC. Joining forces with producer Julie Last (Joni Mitchell, Ricki Lee Jones), SRI Kirtan undertook the ambitious job of topping the energy and joyfulness heard on their first album. Calling in all the troops, Live Your Love is a true gathering of the kirtan community and a testament to how caring and conscious this music scene is. As Sruti Ram exclaimed, “It was unbelievable. One day Steve Gorn (one of the most famous bansuri flute players in the western world), is in the studio, next Visvambhar from The Mayapuris is laying down blistering drum beats!” Adding to the fun, SriKala, a young yet highly successful underground Brooklyn rapper lays down heart felt lyrics and devotion on several tracks including the title track ‘Live Your Love’. Other guest artists include Charlie “Govind” Burnham on violin, Noah Hoffeld on cello, Kyle Esposito on bass & electiric guitar and Curtis Bahn on dilruba & sitar. |
“Live your Love is full of inspiring devotional bhava, a real bhakti blast!” –Shyam Das
“This kirtan is esthetically captivating and spiritually uplifting. You’ll want to listen to it over and over again.” –Ram Dass
“Celebratory, passionate, joyfilled and inspiring- you won’t be able to sit still; this is kirtan which moves and grooves within and without you- and all about you.” –Sharon Gannon
“Full of love and life and heart and bhakti and brother and sisterhood. The world as it really is. Thank you.” –Gaura Vani