Learn to Play Harmonium boxed set!with Daniel Tucker | March 27, 2012
Introducing the new Learn to Play Harmonium Deluxe boxed set. Everything you need to know to play the kirtan songs you love, on your harmonium. Soul Contact by Mike CohenAlbum review by Daniel Tucker | April 9, 2012 Mike Cohen's new album "Soul Contact" opens with a funky, pulsing, techno-inflected invocation, chanted while a spritely saxophone dances around the two female voices of Allie Stringer and Joni Allen, who sing to Ganesha in sweet harmony.
The rapid rhythms of hand drums and bass, against slow, sustained chords creates a palpable sense of anticipation. This combination of energetic instrumentation, with restrained, slow-building chanting is used throughout the album, and...
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