Sheela Bringi
Shakti Sutra (CD)

NE3150

Indian American musician Sheela Bringi has been exploring the connections between her ancestral and actual homelands her entire life. The talented young singer and multi-instrumentalist plays a 36-string harp, the Indian harmonium and bansuri (Indian bamboo flute). Bringi straddles the entire range: she has performed in concert halls and universities presenting traditional material, yoga studios leading kirtans and in dance clubs overtop throbbing, bass-heavy beats. Her invigorating openness to possibility is helping to further the classical tradition without diluting its meaning and sense of personal and communal worship.
“My music is about accessing a place of mystery and divinity,” says Bringi. Her harp, harmonium and bansuri create an exquisite foundation for her unique singing of ancient Sanskrit mantras—a practice as musically pleasing as it is culturally progressive.

Track listing:

1. Invocation: Guru Mantra 3:08
Verses from the Guru Gīta
2. Ganesha Sharanam feat. Subhashish Mukhopadhay 6:16
Shoḍasha Mantra & Ganesha Mūla Mantra
3. Chamundayai 5:23
Verses from the Devi Mahatmyam
4. Sita Ram 5:29
Traditional
5. Krishna Govinda feat. Dave Stringer 7:10
Traditional
6. Namah Shivaya 5:13
Traditional
7. Shri Krishna 5:23
Traditional
8. Gayatri Mantra 6:26
from the Rig Veda
9. Peace Mantras 5:28
Shanti Mantras from the Upanishads
10. Ya Devi 6:07
Verses from the Devi Mahatmyam
Total Time: 57:00

Published: 2016

Genre: New Age & Relax
Label: New Earth Records