Thrum is a new album of intimate duets between international Kirtan artist Dave Stringer and English chanteuse Sheila Nicholls, featuring their singular vocal blend and unorthodox approach to harmony. The themes of the lyrics are inward facing, philosophical and agnostically spiritual. The arrangements invoke jazz and elements of both World and American folk traditions, accented by pedal steel, trumpet, vibes and a string quartet.

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Thrum

Mantra Americana was nominated for a Grammy as best New Age, Ambient or Chant album in 2022. The album features Sanskrit chants accented with Appalachian twang, and Hindu prayers soulfully infused with Gospel. The album features Indian rhythms played on instruments like tablas and harmoniums, but also features lush, ecstatic vocal harmonies, lap steel, electric dulcimer and harmonica, instruments not typically used in mantra music. It's a style that truly reflects the diversity of ethnic and spiritual influences in America, a new genre that can be described as Country and Eastern.

Mantra Americana I

The second EP in the Mantra Americana series expands on the sound Madi Das & Dave Stringer crafted for their Grammy-nominated first album, combining modal melodies derived from Indian ragas with the chord structures and ecstatic vocal harmonies of American Gospel and Bluegrass.  From swinging Bhangra tabla grooves to the twang of Appalachia, the sound of the band Mantra Americana can memorably be described as Roots & Ragas, Nashville meets Namasté, Country & Eastern.

Mantra Americana II

Shanti Om

Bhaja Govindam

Gunghata

Aja Uttama

Saraswati Ma

Saraswati Bhagavati

Maha Lakshmi

Jay Jay Ma Durga Kali

Shri Ram

Devakinandana Gopala

Shri Ram Jay Ram

Universal Prayer

River

Ganashyama

Live recording from September 2010 Bhaktifest in Joshua Tree, CA. featuring C.C. White, Joni Allen and Suzanne Sterling. Recorded by Carlos Torres.

11HeyShivaShankara

Shri Guru

Om Namoh Bhagavate

Maha Mantra Americana

Hey Gopinath

Boro Sukher

Radhe Govinda

Nanda Kumar

Ramani Ramana

Shri Ramachandra

Tam Pranamami

Short clips of songs from Mantra Americana II for use in promotions and social media

Tam Pranamami Excerpt

Shri Ramachandra Excerpt

Shri Ramachandra Excerpt 2

Ramami Ramana Excerpt

Ramami Ramana Excerpt 3

Ramami Ramana Excerpt 2

Radhe Govinda Excerpt

Nanda Kumar Excerpt

Jaya Radhe Excerpt

Ten eclectic, modern songs inspired by The Radiance Sutras, Lorin Roche's poetic interpretation of the Vijñana Bhairava Tantra, one of the most ecstatic and iconoclastic texts of yoga philosophy. Elixir unites the talents of ecstatic chant artists Dave Stringer and Donna De Lory with contemporary singer / songwriter Joni Allen. From stimulating bhangra grooves to country anthems and sultry ballads, these are songs to be danced with and meditated upon. 

Go There

Who Am I

Duke Mushroom's Brazilian-inspired remix of Aja Uttama, a duet by Karnamrita Dasi and Dave Stringer originally from the album Divas & Devas

Aja Uttama - (Duke Mushroom Brazilian Saints Remix)

Remix created from two different recordings of Govinda Jaya Jaya: Dave Stringer's version from Mala featuring Sheila Nicholls, and Donna De Lory's version from The Lover and the Beloved. 

Pascal de Lamaze 
DJ, Percussionist, Performer, Producer. His focus on rhythm and dance has made him friends in many communities. Performing artists appreciate his steady, rocking world percussion and transcendental grooves. Dancers dig how his innovative DJ style connects with his energetic, modern drumming. Pascal is Organizer & resident DJ of Ecstatic Dance Berlin. For Dave Stringer's Govinda Jaya Jaya Remix he joined forces with Berlin based Producer Grooveisen. 
Website: www.pascaldelacaze.life

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Govinda Jaya Jaya (Pascal De Lacaze & Grooveisen Remix)

Ghosts of Steel

Ghosts Of Steel

God (A Commentary)

Weightless

"An amazing supporting cast & some of the deepest vocal, chant-oriented music in a long time."
--- Backroads

"Great work!!!!! I understand our similar musical schizophrenia... Awesome. Killer production. Great singing. Great songs."
--- Jai Uttal

Brink is a cinematic exegesis of sophisticated pop melodies and traditional Eastern music that achieves a striking level of emotional and spiritual intimacy. Ingenious arrangements incorporate a fluid mix of East Indian and Western instruments in a sequence of elegant aural rainbows. Dave Stringer's voice conveys a sense of grandeur as it plays across maturely constructed arrangements with mantras and lyrics in Sanskrit, Hindi, Farsi, English and purely improvised emotional language.

Country and and bluegrass instruments like mandolin, pedal steel and acoustic guitar are embellished with all manner of East Indian instruments such as harmonium, tamboura, santoor and swaramandala. The soul stirring "Shivo'ham, Shivo'ham" is an intense awakening that starts out in haunting solemnity and is gradually transformed into a jazz-inflected and eastern-tinged celebration. The album moves seamlessly into "Sleep" evoking mystery, imagination and spirituality with its quiet beauty.

Songs like the tabla-driven "Checking the Arithmetic" are flavored with pop melodies and sound like Stephen Fearing vacationed in Rishikesh, took up transcendental meditation and brought back a band of Indian musicians. The soaring harmonies of the Appalachian anthem "The Carbon Cycle" simultaneously invoke both wonder and pain.

Compelling in its understatement, "The Satellite Sky" is a lush balled of love and longing delivered with disarming intensity. Time seems to stop in "Ganashyama", a haunting vocal duet with Azam Ali, accented with sarangi, trumpet and piano. Brink lacks pretense and feels natural, appealing to Indian fusion music enthusiasts and West meets East spiritual pilgrims alike.

Brink is an elegant and philosophical work that seamlessly blends elements of Americana with influences from World folk traditions and Jazz, producing a new genre that might be called Country and Eastern. Dave Stringer, a well-known Mantra and Kirtan artist, explores his themes of spiritual inquiry and quandary with a well-travelled eye, and tightly woven, lyric driven songs similar to something Bruce Cockburn or Joni Mitchell might write,. The result is an album as much for the world music community as western Yoga practitioners.

Shivo'ham Shivo'ham

Govinda Jaya Jaya

Ganapati Om

Jay Ambe

Hey Shiva Shankara

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Bolo Bolo Submila Bolo

Devakinandana Gopala (Minor Key Version)

Om Namo Bhagavate

Kali Durge (Durga Rag)

Jay Hanuman

Krishna Govinda

Dave Stringer is a producer, musician and songwriter who has been widely profiled as one of the most innovative artists of the modern Yoga movement. Bhakti Without Borders, an album he produced, was nominated for a Grammy® in 2016. He was nominated in 2023 as an artist in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category for Mantra Americana, along with his collaborator Madi Das. He's both an inspiring singer and a compelling public speaker, resolving neuroscience, yoga philosophy and art into a participatory theatrical experience. He is featured in the documentary films Mantra: Sounds into Silence and The Power of Mantra and has toured extensively, leading concerts, workshops and retreats all over the world. 

“High energy, ecstatic chanting at its best.” 
-- Yoga Journal

"Dave Stringer has integrated his interest in Kirtan, an Indian tradition of  devotional chanting, with his masterful grasp of Western popular music, creating an exciting style of psychedelic pop as informed by traditional Eastern music as the Beatles." 
-- All Music Guide

“A volcano of a voice! Stringer transported us to another time and place.  His fiery, soulful voice gave the entire room a feeling of a down-home gospel jam and one could not help but sing along.”  
-- LA Yoga Magazine

“A departure from ancient kirtan. Stringer’s performance shaped the experience into a far more compelling musical encounter.” 
– The Los Angeles Times

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