Contemporary folk music with world influences, great vocals, intimate songwriting, and stunning instrumentals.

Church of Sky

Island Suite

Music of East and West unites in these sacred chants of devotion, with beautiful singing and instruments from around the world.

The Love Window

Purnamadah

Om Mata Kali

Nataraja

Jaya Shambho

Durge

Śrī (pronounced shree) is the long-awaited follow-up to The Love Window, the immensely popular kirtan CD from Shantala (Benjy and Heather Wertheimer).  Benjy Wertheimer’s exquisite Indian classical music is featured in his vocals, esraj and tabla, and he creates a powerful percussion experience with world-wide influences on djembe, congas, frame drum, and other percussion.  Heather leads sacred chanting on this CD with crystalline vocals from the heart and soul of devotional music.  Guest artists include Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur, Gina Salá, and Joe Jencks on vocals, Steve Gorn and Manose on bamboo flute, Jami Sieber on cello and electric cello, John Friend on kartols, Michael Mandrell on guitar, David Trasoff on sarode, Morgan Doctor on udu and hang, Leraine Horstmanshoff on didgeridoo, and others.

Om Namo Bhagavate/Because the One I Love

Om Namo Bhagavate Invocation

Hineni

Sri Ram Jaya Ram

A powerful and exquisite experience of live kirtan in a 2-CD set, recorded in concert in Portland, Oregon. LIVE in Love offers the live energy of chant, flowing from the sublime to the ecstatic. Shantala is joined by special guests Manose, Jami Sieber,Gina Sala, Joe Jencks,and Talia Toni Marcus.

LIVE in Love

Closing Meditation

Nataraja Prelude

Bhajamana Ma

Jaya Ram Sita Ram

Live in Love

Krishna Radhe Shyam Duet

Ma Durga

Ganesha Invocation

Jaya

Hanuman Chalisa

Alleluia

Om Namah Shivaya

Living Waters

Shakti

Wahe Guru

Kothbiro / Jaya Radhe

Sada Shivom

Brahmanandam

Homage

“Monsoon” captures the beauty, power and depth of love that has been seasoned over many shared seasons together, inviting the listener to cry “tears of joy for all the time we’ve had” with exquisite vocals and the magical strains of the Indian esraj.

Monsoon

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Sacred chant artists Heather & Benjy Wertheimer, in this version of a Jai Uttal classic, have a unique gift of bringing listeners into a vast and loving experience through their blend of exquisite voices with instruments of India and the West.

Vishnu's Dream

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Spacious and ethereal music of devotion blending East and West, featuring guest artists Steve Gorn on bamboo flute, Bibi McGill on electric guitar, Jared May on bass, and Luna Marcus on vocals

Govindam (Live)

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Sacred chanting live with Shantala and special guests Larisa Stow and Shakti Tribe.  This ethereal chant weaves beautiful voices with ambient instrumental solos, featuring Benjy Wertheimer on esraj and Richard Hardy on flute.  It creates a soundscape that is deep, inspiring, and invites us into our own true nature.  

This is a remastered version of “Gurudev,” which was originally released on Ocean of Sound compilation.

Om Namo Gurudev Namo

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