With a bunch of bouncy sing-along kirtans and stories about the elephant god Ganesha, the monkey god Hanuman, Krishna, Govinda, and friends (replete with elephant cries and other fun noises), world music mainstay Jai Uttal creates the perfect gift for the yoga-children generation. An ideal present for kids just beginning to understand the power at [...]
Kirtan Kids are here to stay!!!! The new generation of chanters is changing the sound of devotional singing, and all we grownups can do is open our hearts, sing along and let the voices of the Kirtan Kids wash away our sorrows in great waves of joy and FUN! To celebrate these divine little singers [...]
When: 1pm Where: Open Secret Bookstore 923 C St. San Rafael, CA Price: 12 and up $10 / 4-11 years old $5 / 3 and under Free Website: www.opensecretbookstore.com Details: The world of wide eyed, childlike wonder that is so essential to the path of Bhakti is not always that easily attainable to us highly [...]
Yoga Journal, January 2012 QUEEN OF HEARTS, by Jai Uttal. Nutone Music; nutonemusic.com Kirtan artist Jai Uttal rocks the yoga house (yet again!) with a genre-bending blend of old-school reggae and ska, Brazilian samba, and traditional Bengali kirtan. Dedicated to Radha, the Hindu goddess of devotion, Queen of Hearts is the musical equivalent of a [...]
Hey there, friends, Can you believe it's already December??? Here's a little help with your holiday shopping: everything from my online store is 20% off through December 15. That includes t-shirts, CDs, and downloads (I'm sure you can find a way to gift those too) ... even my latest album, Kirtan Kids! Go over to [...]
Hey everybody!!! Today is "International Sing Like A Kid Day"!!!!! What? You haven't heard of this? Oh, wow! This is the day that we're all supposed to lose our inhibitions and self consciousness and let our voices soar and sing and scream in praise and joy! Just like kids.... Oh no! Don't tell me that [...]
"Queen of Hearts" continues the inspired artistic leap that Jai Uttal, a pioneer of world music, first made with his delightful "Thunder Love" album in 2009, when he blended kirtan yoga chanting with Brazilian music. This time the master San Anselmo musician-singer-composer takes traditional call-and-response kirtan and Brazilian samba and throws reggae and ska into [...]
Hey there, friends, It's been a while since I've written a newsletter. So sorry if any of you have felt neglected. Wow, three CDs in a year! I think I must be crazy. But I'm really happy with all of them, and they're all so different. First there was Bhakti Bazaar with Ben Leinbach, then [...]
Jai Uttal has done it again! Though "Shiva Station" has long been among my favorite Kirtan/Devotional CDs -- and I doubted that he could ever surpass it -- "Queen of Hearts," a masterful, visionary work that shows both musical maturity and spiritual depth, vibrates constantly in my home (and my heart). Touted as "a unique [...]
Dear friends, Making an album is a journey across mountains and valleys of moods and emotions. Sometimes the sessions are pure flow, joyful, easy and inspired. And, of course, on other days the creative process is like pulling hairs. Agonizing, depressing, and seemingly impossible. I always see my weaknesses as a musician and, on the [...]