Baird Hersey, Prana & Krishna Das - Devi Puja

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Om Namaschandikaaye
Jayanti Mangalaa Kaalee Bhadrakaalee kapaalinee
Durgaa kshaamaa shiwaa dhaatree Swaahaa Swadhaa namostute
Naaraayani Namostute

Siddhi buddhi pradhe devi bhukti mukti pradaayani
Mantra moorthe mahaadevi Mahaalakshmee namo stu te
Naaraayani Namostute

Sarva swarupe sarveshe sarva shakti samanvite
Bhawe bhyaastraahino devi Durge devi namo stu te
Naaraayani Namostute

Sarwaa baadhaa bineer mukto dhana dhaanya sutaa nito
Manushyo mat prasaadeno bhavishyaiti na sanshayaha
Naaraayani Namostute

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About Baird Hersey & Prana:
Prana is a Sanskrit word meaning: breath, vital energy, life force. It is also a five voice a cappella group who uses their breath to make sound to relax the body, still the mind and open the heart. Their sound is a unique blend of western folk, jazz, and choral music influenced by the music of India, Tibet, Tuva, Mongolia, Bulgaria and Georgia, with a strong emphasis on vocal harmonics.
The members of Prana are Amy Fradon, Kirsti Gholson, Baird Hersey, Timothy Hill, and Bruce Milner. Each of them is a respected performer in their own right who join together in Prana to create beautiful rising harmonies, shimmering vocal textures, and high arcing melodies.
PRANA, was formed by Baird Hersey in 2000 to breathe life into the music from his "Waking the Cobra" CD.
Baird and PRANA have performed at a Benefit for The Dalai Lama Foundation, and Omega Institute's "Ecstatic Chant Retreat". They have opened for Philip Glass and performed as a part of the "Gatherings", "Tibet House", Menla", "One Voice", "Woodstock Cycle" concerts series, "The CSO Tsunami Relief Benefit" and many local benefits as well Yoga studios an colleges across the country.
Prana has had the honor of giving a personal performance for Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and four pieces from "Waking the Cobra" were used as part of "Live! Light on Life" a performance for BKS Iyengar at City Center in New York City.
In 2005 Prana's "The Eternal Embrace" was featured in its entirety for the whole hour of "Hearts of Space", which airs on more than 230 NPR stations.
Since 2005 Prana has performed regularly with Krishna Das. The evenings began with the group performing. Then KD joined them to sing several of his chants over Baird's a cappella arrangements for the voices of Prana. This collaboration was the starting point for their CD "Gathering In The Light". In 2014 Prana released Sadhana, the final album featuring the full 11 voice choir. The next release, Chiaroscuro, in 2016 is with the new 5 voice version of Prana and percussion ensemble Nexus.
http://www.pranasound.com/

About Krishna Das:
Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel; May 31, 1947) is an American vocalist known for his performances of Hindu devotional music known as kirtan (chanting the names of God). He has released seventeen albums since 1996. He performed at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where his album Live Ananda (2012) was nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. He's been described by the New York Times as "the chant master of American yoga".
In June 1967, a small group of high school and college students on Long Island formed a rock band that would eventually become Blue Öyster Cult. For a brief time, Jeff Kagel, then a student at State University of New York at Stony Brook, was the band's lead singer, but he quit.
In August 1970 Krishna Das traveled to India, where, as Ram Dass had done, he became a devotee of the Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji).
He was referred to as the "Rockstar of Yoga" by the Grammys when he was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award.
Krishna Das has been associated with many other artists. Two of his albums have featured Hans Christian as a guest multi-instrumentalist, and Sting appears on the album Pilgrim Heart. He has also appeared on an album with Baird Hersey & Prana, a group combining Western music and overtone singing, entitled Gathering in the Light. Walter Becker of Steely Dan plays bass guitar on and co-produced All One (2010), which also features Rick Allen of Def Leppard on drums and Steve Gorn on flute. Ty Burhoe plays tabla on several albums. Rick Rubin produced Breath of the Heart.
His album Live Ananda (2012) was nominated for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. He performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony as well.
In April 2014 his album Kirtan Wallah was released under his own label Krishna Das Music.
In 2014, Krishna Das helped to form the Kirtan Wallah Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit, dedicated to spreading the teachings of his spiritual teacher, Neem Karoli Baba.
https://krishnadas.bandcamp.com/
https://krishnadas.com/