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DescriptionSat Purkh?s voice draws you in from the first note. Rich, silky and undeniably expansive, you will eagerly accompany her on this eclectic journey through styles, languages and religious traditions on Nectar of the Name. Sat Purkh seamlessly blends Gurmukhi songs with beautiful English poetry. On Nectar of the Name, her debut album, there is a simple and stunning blend of instrumentation on soul-stirring vocals that are not to be missed.
Her Gurumukhi songs blend traditional melodies and instrumentation with Western compositions and rhythms. Beautiful sitar, tar, keyboards, guitar, trumpet, flute, piano, fiddle, tabla, bongos, and frame drum work together to bring her unique musical style to life.
Sat Purkh has found peace with the spiritual tradition of the Sikhs and the music gives her voice a place for it, but you can hear the soulful church influences of her childhood in some of her English vocals, including the opening track Aisa Nam and "The One I Love" - a track from a song by Gina Sal based on a line from Hafiz, the well-known Sufi poet that could as easily be a country Christian soundtrack.
The title track, Nectar of the Name, is an amazing choral experiment in calling out the names of God from all faiths. An almost purely vocal track, the layers of vocals layer upon each other slowly in waves, intimately weaving together, and presenting the interconnectedness of all faiths as they slowly merge into a single, beautiful sound.
The grand finale of the album, Guru Dev, is a high-energy Latin-flavored chant with incredible Spanish flute and trumpet accompanied by a multitude of drums from around the world that will have you exalting in the joy of ecstatic chant.
* The One I Love is by Gina Sala
Copyright 2001 - Gina Sala www.ginasala.com
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Artist Bio| |  Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa has been singing for as long as she can remember. Her journey with the sound current began many years ago and doesn’t seem to have an end—instead it has become an infinite quest for the anahat, or unstruck sound.
A student of sound for more than 15 years, she integrates the Naad into her music, teaching, and healing practices. She has studied with some of the great Sound practitioners in the West: David Hykes, Shanti Shivani, and Pandit Mukesh Desai and is also influenced by the the Shabd Guru—the sound current in the Sikh tradition. Her music focuses on using sound to move the body, the mind and the breath toward powerful transformative experiences that uplift the individual and serve the soul.
A writer, editor, poet, singer and songwriter—and a pretty good cook, too—Sat Purkh is a KRI Certified Kundalini Yoga Level One Teacher and an Associate Trainer in the KRI Aquarian Trainer Academy, specializing in Naad. She serves as Editor and Creative Director for the Kundalini Research Institute. Her album, Nectar of the Name, was released in 2007 by Spirit Voyage. Editor of the I AM A WOMAN series, she currently blogs for KRI at http://www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org/iamawoman/blog/. Her forthcoming book, Everyday Grace: The Art of Being a Woman will be available June 2010. Combining her own experience with the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, her work is an honest exploration of the contemporary woman’s path toward her highest identity—the Grace of God. She lives with her two cats and her two dogs, Fatty and Slim, Vinnie and Lily—and stacks and stacks of books.
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