From the contemplative Always Love with its drone like harmonium, to a new rendition of Jai Ma Durgas with a bluesy hometown rocking MA transitioning into jazz simulating We Are Divinely Inspired, this album is a tribute to the Mother of the Universe. From The much loved ballad I Am Sat Nam now with a band of singers to sweeten the message, to the soul deepening mantra Om Namo Bhagavate which in this recording lends a more traditional Kirtan tone. In closing a prayerful and expansive solo Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu with myself on vocals and the harmonic harmonium drone. This Sanskrit mantra calls to Universal Peace and the track I hope stirs an inner feeling stillness.
lyrics
Sit in the grace of your space and Be
Shine in the glow of your light and Be
I Am, I Am, Sat Nam, Sat Nam
I Am, I Am Sat Nam
Follow the love in your soul and Be
While letting go we will know how to just Be
I Am, I Am, Sat Nam, Sat Nam
I Am, I Am Sat Nam
Sit in your place of truth and Be
Like water bathing in the seas just Be
I Am, I Am, Sat Nam, Sat Nam
I Am, I Am Sat Nam
See what is true ... in you ...
credits
from MA,
track released January 1, 2020
Auspiciously recorded one harvest full moon evening at Gradwell House Studios in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, this album MA was engineered by Dave Downham and Matt Weber with a full band of musicians and chanters: Jon Dichter on lead guitar; Shawn Hennessey on percussion; Taylor Jamison on bass; Bill Nixon on violin; Marianne Sutin on bansuri; Randy Sutin on vibes and myself on acoustic guitar and harmonium. Our band of chanters: Anjani Bellamy, Julie Fischer, Alan Fitts, Mira, Marthe O’Donnell, Martin Orimenko, Christopher Pecoraro, Renee Trailes, William Stauffer and Elizabeth Venart. The cool vibes were added in a few days after the session as the studio could not hold one more musician.
Yvette began her musical career in the theatre both as a performer and co-writer of musicals. After her yoga
certification, Yvette began to explore the healing and spiritual nature of sound especially in the form of chanting Sanskrit Mantra. Today her music is a mystical blend of traditional Eastern music with western popular melody, grass rooted in a wide range of folk, pop-english rock....more