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Don't ask me where a southern girl develops such a taste for Japanese koto music. All I can surmise is that it must be a past life thing. If you share my - admittedly rarified - taste for this art form, I recommend Nanae Yoshimura's The Art of the Koto: Volume Two, from Yatsuhashi to Miyagi. This album features six classical pieces composed in the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, and the compositions of blind musicians Yatsuhashi Kengyo and Miyagi Michio. The music celebrates the cycles of nature and its change and transformation. Ms. Yoshimura also sings, in addition to masterfully performing on the koto, and the translations of the lyrics in the liner notes are a great help to understanding the meaning behind the music. (Celestial Harmonies Music)
Inner
Voice
has
offered
a
great
treasure
to
listeners
this
month
with
The
Gayatri
Mantra.
Gayatri,
a
five-faced
Divinity,
is
the
personified
Mother
of
the
Vedas
who
is
associated
with
the
Sun.
Life
on
Earth
is
the
material
manifestation
of
Gayatri's
supreme
solar
power.
The
Gayatri
Mantra
is
said
to
liberate
one
from
the
cycle
of
karma,
bring
longevity,
courage,
physical
strength,
and
psychic
healing
of
ailments.
This
CD
is
a
combination
of
beautiful
chants
and
the
spoken
word,
accompanied
by
sitar,
flute,
tabla,
and
vibrophone.
The
chants
are
by
Pandit
Jasraj
and
Rattan
Mohan
Sharma,
with
a
choral
background.
The
album
has
movements
to
cover
the
three
stages
of
Bhakti
or
devotion:
visualization,
meditation,
and
prayer.
The
chants
are
all
authentic,
and
are
intended
to
“introduce
the
listener
to
what
may
be
considered
the
ultimate
spiritual
journey
of
humankind.”
(Oreade
Music)
John
Balint
says
of
the
concept
behind
his
new
CD,
Paradise
Within,
that
being
perfectly
present
in
the
moment
can
lead
you
to
paradise.
“Not
a
place,
but
a
euphoric
state
of
mind,
where
everything
makes
sense.
No
past.
No
future.
Only
the
splendor
of
the
here
and
now.”
Paradise
Within
is
an
attempt
to
express
that
idea
musically.
“Each
song
relates
to
the
importance
of
being
in
the
moment,
and
how
that
can
profoundly
change
every
aspect
of
one's
life,”
Balint
writes.
Balint's
music
has
been
described
as
“somewhere
between
Pat
Metheny
and
Brian
Eno”
with
its
beautiful
melodies
and
soaring
emotions.
He
uses
keyboards,
samplers,
percussion
instruments,
and
his
own
voice
to
achieve
a
sound
that
is
both
New
Age
and
World
in
flavor.
Explore
Paradise
Within!
Kathryn
Sargent
is
the
very
blessed
editor
and
music
reviewer
of
Aquarius.
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