Really Amazing Music :)
author: Taylor Harkness
Loved this album. Om Shanti and Hare Rama are my favorites. Fred is really amazing live as well so check him out some time. <3
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Mingling of traditions
author: Deborah Buchanan
With a subtle ear, Fred Cantor has successfully intertwined Indian kirtan music with Western melody, rhythm and improvisation. This is music to settle into, to settle the world around you, music that will, as the last cut hints at, get you higher than ever before. The voices and the instrumentalists are superb as is the overall production. Kudos!
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Healing Enlightenment
author: Vyasa Prasad
Healing Enlightenment
Listening to Fred Cantor's album "Gatherings" is a unique transformative experience. The richly layered, holistic tracks come from a place of peace and understanding. They sooth the listener and offer a harmonious counterpoint to the rush and shallowness of everyday life. Here is a window to experience a deeper dimension.
Fred's skill and deep knowledge of the spirit and mechanics of music, along with the effort of the talented musicians makes "Gatherings" a unique contribution to the world of music. As the title suggests, the coming together of ancient and modern, eastern and western elements connects us to the unifying consciousness which is none other than the Self in all. I cannot think of any other medium which is as effective in integrating the diversity and fragmentation of modern life.
We usually associate spiritual progress with arduous effort. Here we are offered an opportunity to relax and allow the music to untangle our consciousness and align it once again with that which is wholesome and peaceful within us. It is as if Fred has done the work for us, and all we have to do is enjoy the music, and in the process find ourselves transported towards greater self-awareness.
Fred's understanding of "nada," the yoga of sound, and rhythm, the primordial basis of music, has made it possible for him to created this unique album. Together these elements ground as well as open up the listener's mind. The consequent peace and harmony is a real joy to experience.
"Gatherings" is highly recommended to all spiritual seekers, music lovers and to the general public. Do not miss this opportunity to experience the healing and transformative touch of sound and silence performed by a group of knowledgeable and talented musicians.
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