SADA SAT KAUR: Angels' Waltz

Sada Sat Kaur

Angels' Waltz

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In this transcendent collection of chants, performed in the centuries-old language of Gurmukhi, you will find the mark of such diverse influences as Brian Eno, Emmylou Harris and traditional Indian sacred music.

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This is Sada Sat Kaur's first album.

That, in and of itself, should be a source of astonishment. For over 30 years she has toured the world, chanting mantras and singing kirtan in ashrams, concert halls, schools, public parks. In India, audiences have been known to flock to the American homeopath and yoga teacher as if she were the Beatles. "We play to crowds of 200,000 people," she says. "They want to touch you and get your autograph. They hear that these American Sikhs are going to sing, and you can't even see the end of the sea of people."

For decades that sea never managed to hoist Sada Sat toward

a recording studio-until now. On this, her debut album, you'll come across ancient chants, chants performed in the centuries-old language of Gurmukhi, but you'll also pick up traces of her youthful immersion in bluegrass and folk. In the studio she leaned toward producer Jeremy Toback and said, "Don't take this the wrong way, but I really like country music." Voila, in marched roots-music virtuoso Greg Leisz, who's graced recordings by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Lucinda Williams to Wilco, and who can be heard here exploring the astral plane on banjo, pedal steel, lap steel, and dobro. Twang chant? Maybe the Ganges and the Mississippi aren't so far apart, after all.

Sada Sat Kaur's voice has a way of simultaneously calming and invigorating you, and that makes sense, too. "One thing that I love about Kundalini Yoga chants is that they're not only bhakti energy, which is devotional, but they're shakti, which is the power," she says. "They're juicy. They're gutsy." Doing yoga is not necessarily a prerequisite for appreciating it, either. For anyone who feels bombarded by noise, stress, and distraction at every corner-and isn't that the habitual plight of the 21st-century humanoid?-the chants of Sada Sat Kaur act as something of a sonic antidote. "We have so many thoughts going on all the time. We call it the monkey mind, because it's always jumping around," she says. "When you chant, you're giving your mind something to focus on that's going to transform you and uplift you." In other words, Sada Sat's transformations are yours-and that, it turns out, is yet another source of astonishment.

---Jeff Gordinier

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  • Wonderful CD
    author: Ingrid Gans

    I love this CD. I ordered several mantra/kirtan CD together, and out of all 8 this is the one I listen to most. I find myself singing along without having to think about it. Very calming CD with beautiful artwork. Thanks.

  • This is a beautiful collection of songs.
    author: Julia Moore

    After auditioning CDs by many female kirtan singers, I chose to purchase Sada Sat Kaur's CD based on the quality of her voice--mellow, sweet but not high pitched, and full of color and soul. A good voice to wake up to or to go to sleep to. The background country twang of steel guitar and banjo is a delightfully refreshing cultural fusion that reminds me we truly are all one. If this is a first album, I can't wait to hear what her second one will be like; I hope she records again!

  • good choice when you want to sustain your focused meditation
    author: Trisha

    The chants are beautiful vocally, instrumentally, and harmonically. They are long. This CD is a good choice when you want to sustain your focused meditation or play it softly in the background when you are doing something tedious and want it to be meditative, like painting your bathroom.

  • An inspiring and meditative CD
    author: Stefanie

    I love this CD. I use it before I meditate. I love the meanings of the chants and I find them very calming.

  • hypnotic, beautiful chants!
    author: Ragan

    Sada Sat Kaur's voice is soothing and entrancing to listen to, and the album is beautiful. I especially love Adi Shakti. Nicely done!!

  • The sacred mantras are inside of you waiting to be heard, this CD lets them loos
    author: Meghan Cole

    This collection of Kirtan is what I consider to be a "best of" album. YOu can tell her years of kirtan have guided her to share these powerful mantras in this order for this album.

  • An incredibly beautiful, healing and soothing voice!
    author: Astrid Kastenberg

    As a yoga teacher, I use this CD when I teach because it is great for yoga practice and meditaion. Typically, at the end of class students ask who they were listening to and how can they get a copy. Sada's voice tranforms your mind and you feel refreshed and inspired after listening to the cd.

  • An Angel dances in your soul
    author: Brandon

    This kirtan is the most beautiful, soulful, rich and hearfelt I have ever experienced. She stirs the soul, shakes the chakras and grooves the body to pure elevated heights like no other. And her band is a very complementing element to the angelic voice.

  • Sada Sat Kaur has such a lovely voice.
    author: Rai Kaur

    Sada Sat Kaur has such a lovely voice. The mantras gather you right into themselves. Feel free to be confident about picking this one up.

  • Uplifting, inspiring -- and beautiful
    author: Karla Becker / Sat Bachan Kaur

    Angels' Waltz is celestial music. Sada Sat Kaur has the voice of an angel. It is a favorite of mine for listening to in my car, for practicing yoga with, and for music in the yoga classes that I teach. My students have requested this CD, and I have had a local store start stocking it. The music uplifts my soul. My 8-year old son also loves it!

  • Incredible--meditative and energizing
    author: J. Smoot

    This CD is a amazing compilation of mantras, chants, songs--healing to listen to--takes ya to the Angels

  • Six Beautiful Pearls of Sound...
    author: Theresa Szuminsky

    With the voice of an angel Sada Sat Kaur and her band of yogis have put together a string of six of the most beautiful pearls of sound...it is,.. my favourite and I am eternally grateful.

  • Calms me right down into my heart chakra
    author: Zoe Artemis

    Gutsy and honest, sings like a poignant, heartfelt tribute to the earths' angels. The 5th cut suggests that girls can have more fun worhshipping a higher power than some mere mortal. I teach sacred belly dance and play 'Angels Waltz' for the warm-up part. It immediately calms everyone down.

  • Peaceful yet energizing musical journey
    author: Diane D

    I bought this CD after attending a kirtan session with Sada Sat Kaur. The CD perfectly recreates the uplifting experience of a live performance, enhanced by superb quality recording. I find that I play Angel's Waltz almost everyday. Even if I am not listening intently I enjoy the vibration that I know is being sent out. Angel's Waltz is a divine work of love.

  • Powerful Enchantment !
    author: Madelaine Karwoski

    Sada Sat Kaur's voice pulls at my heartstrings. The songs are generous with tenderness and compassion. A great combination of ethereal and life at its sweeetest moments.

  • author: Julie Jordan

    Imagine beauty, grace and perfect harmony in sound. Then imagine, the angels surrounding you with their incredible dance, and you have the gift of "Angels Waltz". I am swept away everytime I listen to it.

  • AMAZING!
    author: Hari Parkash

    This CD is at once soothing, uplifting and energizing! You couldn't ask for a more beautiful voice to sing these incredible mantras!

  • Music that moves your body while it moves your soul
    author: Terry Wolverton

    Sada Sat Kaur and her band of musicians provide the perfect soundtrack for meditating, yoga, driving, or any activity that provides the opportunity to reflect inwardly. Although the music is ethereal, it has a beat, seeming to come both from heaven and earth at the same time. Divine!

  • Great tones complement her solid, crystal voice filled with love
    author: sally fridy

    The orchestration is solid and the voices blend beautifully to create harmonic music filled with love and light.

  • My favorite meditation music
    author: Michael Mason

    I like the production. The guitar work is beautiful. Each song flows into each other really well. The vocals have a quality about them that I find totally soothing.

  • author: B.Stephens

    A peaceful recording that will carry you to a quiet place.

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