BRENDA MCMORROW

***************************************BRENDA MCMORROW**************************************************** ********Brenda McMorrow is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose fascination with the transformational power of music has drawn her to explore and study sound and chant traditions first-hand across the planet. Brenda began in the '90's folk/rock band Julia Propeller - a campus radio and CBC favourite - opening for acts like Blue Rodeo and Ani Difranco, touring extensively and releasing two celebrated albums. As her love of meditation, yoga, sound healing and spiritual discovery deepened, she began integrating it into all of her musical offerings. During a transformational musical experience in India in 2006, Brenda became aware that her next step musically and spiritually would be to combine her own songwriting with sacred devotional chants in her own unique way. Since then she has been following the divine wave of energy, expanding further and further into the joyful world of Bhakti yoga. ********THE MUSIC AND LIVE PERFORMANCES *****Brenda's music is a lush, melodic, soul-expanding fusion of East and West; songs rich in world beats and grooves, acoustic guitar, modern melodies and ancient mantras. Brenda and her group of musical yoginis and yogis perform devotional songs and Kirtan "call and response"; inviting the audience to join them in invoking the blissful connection that sound can create between the physical and spiritual realms. Brenda performs with an array of guest musicians, including percussionist Roberto Menegoni (Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies), who has a newfound love of Kirtan, performing most recently with yogi Todd Norian; singer Allison Menegoni (a Reiki Master with a Degree in music, whose vocal range spans lyric opera to bluegrass) who feels she has truly "found her voice" by raising it with others in the beautiful sound and vibration of Kirtan; and bassist Chris Gartner (Tasa, Swaha, Look People). **** THE NEW ALBUM *************Joining Brenda in creating her much anticipated, first Kirtan album "Ameya" is multi-talented producer/ engineer/ instrumentalist Ben Leinbach (Deva Premal, Jai Uttal). This exciting record is a collection of ancient Sanskrit chants set to original melodies, infused with luxuriant grooves and, like Brenda's live gatherings, overflows with an infinite dose of love and magic! ************************************************************ WHAT IS KIRTAN? ********************************************* Kirtan (from the Sanskrit word for singing) is expanding rapidly throughout North America as westerners discover it’s uplifting, healing and joyous effects. Open to participants of all religions or no religion at all, Kirtan is easy to learn and participate in. The lead singer sings simple and beautiful melodies and the crowd responds either by memory or by using lyric sheets provided. Chant artist David Stringer tells us “Sanskrit is the mother tongue of many modern languages, and a kind of periodic table of elemental sound-meaning. The mantras are primarily recitations of names given to the divine. But perhaps the true understanding of the mantras can be found in the sense of unity, well-being and timelessness that they elicit. Ecstasy is both the process and the product.”
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