Dave Russell led his first kirtans for Swami Satchidananda's Integral Yoga Institute in 1972 and has chanted and played harmonium, with some detours, ever since. His ecstatic chants are all about vibrations sweeping through the body and energizing it, calming the mind, and opening the heart. He leads kirtans in yoga studios, personal growth retreats and workshops, festivals, and weddings throughout New England and nationally. He draws upon many influences and although he has spent decades with various spiritual traditions and teachers, he lives and sings as a total eclectic free of platforms and dogma.
Joshua Meltzer, multi-instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter, produced and engineered this CD in addition to playing 6 instruments on it including djembe, mandolin, banjo, talking drum, Balinese ectar, odo, guitar.
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