New video from David Newman: "Love Belongs to Everyone"
This song about every human being's birthright to love, happiness and freedom aligns with the spirit of the human rights outreach work of WITNESS, a non-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1992 by Peter Gabriel, Human Rights First and the Reebok Human Rights Foundation.
A portion of the proceeds from every download of the song and from the sales of David's album, STARS, will be donated to WITNESS (http://witness.org). Please share this song with your friends far and wide to help us in this effort!
"Love Belongs to Everyone" is the second single from David Newman's new White Swan release, Stars.
WHITE SWAN WEDNESDAYS!
 Our latest FREE White Swan Wednesday offering is perhaps the most blissful, chilled out music you'll hear today (at least). It's an unreleased, digital-only track from The Yoga Sessions for hang (pron. "hung") virtuoso Masood Ali Khan's Yoga Organix/White Swan release, Hang With Angels, a meditative collection of shavasonic lullabies featuring some of the most beautiful voices in chant today (Lisbeth Scott, Suzanne Sterling, Terra Gold and more). On "Guru Sloka", Masood's otherworldly hang is augmented by PremaSoul's Sheela Bringi adding delicate vocals and harp and Clinton Patterson bringing bluesy trumpet stylings.
It seems Masood Ali Khan is everywhere these days. In addition to gracing the cover of LA Yoga, Masood was recently seen jamming with artists from around the world at Tadasana Festival, can be heard this Friday (5/4) (w/Sheela Bringi) at the Omega Institute's Spring Ecstatic Chant Retreat and Saturday (5/5) at the Yoga Next conference. He's also playing various yoga classes the weekend of 5/11-5/13 at Shakti Fest. You can view Masood Ali Khan's complete live schedule here.
We hope you enjoy this free, exclusive download of "Guru Sloka", an extended piece of truly splendid ambience from Masood Ali Khan. If you do, please share it.
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MC YOGI's PILGRIMAGE
PREORDER NOW!
 Pilgrimage is MC Yogi's stunning dance-floor grenade of a new record, the hotly-anticipated follow-up to Elephant Power, a certified phenom that still hovers near the top of the world music charts.
But now the time has come for the next phase, and Pilgrimage is definitely it. The album’s influences are all over the musical map: world beat, hip-hop, Bollywood, reggae, dancehall, house, dub. Chaotic street sounds of India blast through the mixes, alongside madhouse beats, old-school turntable scratches and popping horns over which Yogi effortlessly drops his rhymes. It’s all so hook-laden and sun-blasted you can’t help bobbing your head and aching to find a dancefloor. Listen & Preorder
Catch MC Yogi live this summer at the Wanderlust Festival in Colorado, California, Vermont and British Columbia. Visit MC Yogi's website for a full listing of tour dates.
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JAHTA BEAT: THE LOTUS MEMOIRS
DJ Drez
 On The Lotus Memoirs, DJ Drez adeptly leads us on a sonic journey through the lush soundscapes of downtempo hip hop beats, traditional Indian instrumentation, sacred mantras, and dub sensibility (and a touch of jazz). The fourth installment in Drez’ Jahta Beat series is big, bold and beautiful. Released on the newly launched Black Swan Sounds, The Lotus Memoirs is a clear mission statement for East/West fusion of music and culture, charting a new course and raising the already-high water mark for the yoga music revolution.
Read more and order.
DOWNTEMPLE DUB: REMIXED
Desert Dwellers
.jpg) On DownTemple Dub: Remixed, world-class sound alchemists filter Desert Dwellers’ classic psy-chilled grooves through a kaleidoscope of midtempo breaks and ornately-textured ambience. Yoga dub meets ethno-electronic bass music on this genre-bending journey through realms of sonic bliss and dancefloor ecstasy.
Some of the most forward thinking producers in the ethno-electronic scene embrace the Desert Dwellers concept: a reimagining of Desert Dwellers’ tranquility bass and groove-infused South Asian psy-chill fusion. Read more and order.
STARS
David Newman
 David Newman (aka Durga Das) headlines the Friday Night Kirtan at Hanuman Festival, June 8-10, 2012, in Boulder, CO.
On Stars, David Newman shares a sense of hope and celebrates the beauty of life, even in times of struggle. Poetic English lyrics, flowing seamlessly into powerful Sanskrit mantras, are bathed in an array of diverse musical textures, earthy grooves, and melodies that nourish like comfort food for the Soul. With its intimate sound and nurturing sentiment, Stars is David’s contribution to an exciting time: Now! Read more and order.
SHANTI GUITAR
Stevin McNamara
 Most of the instrumental pieces on Shanti Guitar are based on the concept of Raga, a traditional form of Indian music that has been in existence for centuries. It's important to note that these pieces are not traditional North Indian Classical music. Rather, they were borne from a personal musical style developed over many years - a style that is heavily influenced by this music.
"Music is much more than notes produced on an instrument," says Stevin McNamara. "Every note should live and breathe with a connection to the Soul. Drawing from the infinite tradition of raga, as well as that of blues and those South African sounds of my youth, I have found a way to express my experience in a way that I hope will leave you feeling soothed, healed, uplifted and at peace with one's self and the world. Because that's the feeling I get from playing it." Read more and order
NEW & RECENT RELEASES FROM WHITE SWAN RECORDS
 
   
   
NOW AVAILABLE: MEDITATION TOOLS & YOGA WEAR
DEVA PREMAL MANTRA MEDITATION KIT
 Begin or perfect your mantra technique with Deva Premal’s Mantras for Precarious Times CD and a Bali Rudraksha Mala, all packaged together in a beautiful, handwoven gold satchel.
Deva chose mantras short enough for you to sustain a daily practice yet long enough to feel the power of each one as you chant it 108 times.
It’s the intention that matters. As you practice accompanied by the music and mala, soon the mantras will become a part of you – transforming and blessing your life.
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