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Artist Info
Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community. His eclectic
east meets-west sound has put his music at the forefront of the world
fusion movement. The new album Thunder Love is Uttal's tenth studio
album and his first major release since his Grammy-nominated 2002
record Mondo Rama. Evolving past his previous work, Thunder Love
displays Uttal's skill not only as a vocalist and interpreter of
Sanskrit mantras, but also his ability as an English-speaking
songwriter. Performing on guitars, banjo, bass, dotar, harmonium,
keyboards and harmonica, among many other instruments, Uttal fuses
elements of Americana, roots, jazz, Brazilian and electronic music to
create his own unique world sound.
In the last few years, chanting has brought him around North America
and Europe, Israel, Fiji, Brazil, and India. Jai adds, "World music
is music from everywhere. Music that creates bridges. Music that
unites hearts and cultures. Music that brings peace."
"I'd put this disc in a class with Byrne and Eno's My Life in the
Bush of Ghosts or Paul Simon's Graceland. It's like you've got the
whole universe onto one CD...
you've found a way to subsume the vast ocean of N. Indian devotional
music into the equally vast continent of Brazilian rhythms." Alan di
Perna (Guitar World, Yoga Journal)
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