Aradhna is the spiritually charged Hindi term that means adoration. With roots that extend to decades spent in India, Nepal and America, Aradhna has powerfully melded Indian classical melody, rhythm, and devotional lyrics, with the sounds of folk music and rock.  This is an intimate, yet immense sound. Sitarist and vocalist, Chris Hale, an American, spent his childhood and adolescence in South Asia, where he gained fluency in Nepali and Hindi. It was in these formative years that Chris began to study the sitar and develop a love for Indian classical and devotional music. In 1999, Pete Hicks, who also has roots in India, joined Chris.  Aradhna was formed with the recording of their first album, Deep Jalé in 2000.  In early 2011, they released their sixth album, “Namaste Saté,” with a companion DVD, “Sau Guna,” filmed in Varanasi, India.

“Aradhna is simply glorious music. It’s quiet and contemplative at times, other times bursting with the kind of pent-up passion that Sigur Ros delivers... It’s soul music in all the best senses of the term.” Andy Whitman

“…hauntingly beautiful ... the songs stick to the soul despite language barriers…. I was caught totally off guard.” - Mark K., West Palm Beach, Florida

"Music is truly healing and the Yesu Bhakti provided by Aradhna touches the hearer at soul-level, regardless of their root spiritual tradition. Like the work of other kirtan masters, Aradhna's music, from gentle flowing to pulsing and strong, pushes the barrier to the heart aside and lets in the Light."  - Rolinda LeMay

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