Krishna Das - All One '2005

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       Countless fans have been introduced to Krishna Das through yoga classes,
where his soothing rhythmic chants, preformed in a deep, rich timbre, complement
instruction on the spiritual element of the exercise. Only those students
inclined toward extra credit, though, are likely to know that the former Jeffrey
"K.D." Kagel, renamed Krishna Das after years of studying alongside his guru,
Mahara ji, in India, is a one-time rock singer from Long Island, N.Y. All One,
Krishna's ninth CD, delivers inward-looking listeners that much closer to
recognizing the chant master's unlikely background on their own, though.
Essentially an hour-long melodic recitation of the name Hare Krishna set to
accompaniment that ranges from Indian to classical to rock in style, the disc
makes use of several rock & roll heavy hitters. Co-produced with Walter Becker
(Steely Dan), Jay Messina (Aerosmith), and David Nichtern (who wrote "Midnight
at the Oasis"), All One finds Becker on bass, Nichtern on guitar, and Def
Leppard's Rick Allen on drums. Which accounts for why, even on more sedate
tracks, a certain rock energy seeps through. That Krishna Das manages that
influence without allowing the disc to become a mongrelized slab of
meditation-lite -- it's quite listenable in a head-clearing sort of way -- is a
testament, maybe, to the concept that his burnished, entrancing voice comes from
a place purer than most.



1.01 - Krishna Das - Calling From Afar (18:29)
1.02 - Krishna Das - Refuge In The Name (11:35)
1.03 - Krishna Das - Rock in a Heart Space (14:42)
1.04 - Krishna Das - Township Krishna (8:53) 

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