...Snatam Kaur, who
sings both traditional mantras and contemporary
English songs, tours internationally and is
well known for her beautiful voice. "The first
time I heard her, I cried,C said Nathan Hayes,
who asked the singer to perform here and who'll
be teaching yoga before her Sunday concert.
"Her purity and clarity pierced right through
my heart." It's the most incredible music I've
heard in a long while," said Mary Sabin of
Olympia, who heard Kaur last year in Seattle.
"I instantly loved her classically trained
voice on soft spiritual chants and sounds."
Molly Gilmore,
The Olympian
Snatam
Kaur's concerts are a joy. I can't really
explain them much better than that. I simply
know that afterward I feel great and smile a
lot. She has been on a world tour and in
September comes to Southern California. On
Sept. 1 her new album, Anand, produced by
Spirit Voyage will be released. (More
information at the end.) Her tour sponsored by
Peace Cereal, was dedicated to inspiring people
of all walks of life to celebrate the peace
that is within, and from that place of
strength, to reach out to others as neighbors
and nations in the spirit of peace.
Steve Hays,
Light Connection
In the cool shadows
of the trees in the garden of St. Joseph's
Cultural Center inGrass Valley, Snatam Kaur
looked morelike an angel than a singer on a
world tour. Dressed in immaculate white, the
34-year old American Sikh performer spoke
ofGod, peace and music in a young, soothing
voice... Kaur is now in Grass Valley aspart of
her international "Celebrate Peace"concert
tour. She has already performed in Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, GreatBritain, Spain,
Sweden, and Canada, aswell as in 28 major
cities in the Eastern United States and 20 West
Coast cities.Her next stop is Sacramento, where
she performs on Aug. 11... Kaur has a cozy band
accompanying her. It is comprised of her
guitarist, Guru Ganesha, and her percussionist,
Krishan Prakash, and herself. She plays the
violin - which she learned as a child - and the
harmonium, an Indian reed instrument.
Soumitros Sen, The Union
Peace
ambassador and kirtan (chanting) artist Snatam
Kaur and musicians GuruGanesha Singh and
Krishan Prakash came to Evanston the weekend of
April 1 to lead workshops and kirtans... The
highlight of the weekend was the inspiring and
uplifting kirtan at the Music Institute of
Chicago on Saturday night. It was truly a
heart-opening, joyful celebration of peace.
With GuruGanesha Singh on guitar, Krishan
Prakash on drums (both rock and tablas) and
Snatam playing electric harmonium and violin,
the group combined both Eastern and Western
influences to create moving and upbeat sounds
with jazzy guitar riffs and exotic drum beats
that made it hard to sit still. Add the
hundreds of voices of the audience chanting the
names of God along with the musicians, and the
house rocked!
Sharon Steffensen,
Yoga Chicago