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ARADHNA, along with special guests Stephen Roach & Luke Skaggs of Songs of Water, will be hosting a free concert in the Atlanta area to raise funds and awereness for the organization, Freedom Firm.

The evening’s performance will be released in the form of a live album, with all proceeds going directly to support the work of Freedom Firm. This is sure to be an incredible night of music in support of a worthy cause.

Admission is free and open to all ages, children are welcome. Seating is limited, so RSVP by ordering your free tickets online now.

There are an estimated 2,000,000 children commercially sexually exploited every year. 500,000 are in India. Freedom Firm is dedicated to the liberation of these children enslaved in commercial sexual exploitation, to their effective rehabilitation, and to justice against those who have profited from their misery.

Freedom Firm’s work has just been documented in a film by Ben Stamper entitle, Horse and Rider: A Journey Towards Freedom. The film is about two survivors of underage sex-trafficking. Now living somewhere between rescue and restoration, between the past and the future. [Trailer + Read more...]

Aradhna powerfully melds Indian classical melody, rhythm, and devotional lyrics, with the sounds of folk and rock. Founded in 2000, we have traveled the world performing our unique style of east-west fusion. In May 2012 we released our sixth studio album, “SAPNA,” (dream), an album “created to make space, to open the door for journey, reflection, and praise.”

North Carolina’s Songs of Water gracefully weaves world-folk traditions in an intimate Americana setting. The ferocity of complex percussive rhythms, sparse cinematic vocals & dancing melodies create an earthy, yet transportive musical narrative. They’ve shared the stage with artists such as bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs, John Mark McMillan, and Sounds Familyr recording artists Ben + Vesper.

Stephen & Luke will be opening the evening as well as joining us later in the night. Please come and support Freedom Firm’s work and our last Atlanta area performance before taking a much needed break!

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We are in shock about this news, as we are always talking about Kiran at our Aradhna concerts whenever we sing his songs. I had just spoken of Kiran at the concert for Bhutanese Nepali refugees in Jacknsonville last night.

Kiran’s gift of music and love for Yeshu has been an inspiration to many people who have been touched deeply by the song “Ishwarle.” The translated words are from the words of Yeshu, that God loves this world so much that he gave us his son, that believing in him, we do not need to fear death, but have the hope of knowing God personally, which is eternal life.

We thank God for Kiran’s life and pray for his family and friends during this time of loss.

With love,
Chris and Pete

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The studio was little more than a closed in barn that struggled to keep out the rain. We ran an early version of Cool Edit Pro on a PC and lined up the shure SM 57s and 58s to make Deep Jale. It was a whirlwind 3 weeks of trial and error. We didn’t even have a tabla player. Thankfully a friend introduced us to Naren Bhudakar from New York and he flew down for a couple of days and saved the recording. We were completely inexperienced but full of excitement and abundant youth.

Deep Jale was supposed to be a one off; something simple and reproducible in intimate or congregational settings. We made it that way on purpose, trying to capture the worship experience that had already changed both our lives dramatically.

We called in a thousands favors (that we never earned) from friends to put up a website, make the cd booklet, cover art etc. and we printed off 1000 copies expecting them to lie around for years. But it wasn’t long before we started getting emails and calls from all over the world asking us to come perform. That was really the beginning of Aradhna.

So 11 years, 5 continents, hundreds of concerts, 5 albums, and 1 DVD later, here we are, touring and loving this music more than ever. Thanks to all of you that have joined us for the journey. Look for us in your town (or near by) this year…we will probably be there at some point.

In celebration, we are offering 50% OFF at the Aradhna online store, basically Buy 1 Get 1 FREE for the next week (thru May 7). Just use COUPON CODE: DEEPJALEBIRTHDAY. Aradhna is happy to still be making music and happier still that it just keeps getting better.

Thank you All!
Pete and Chris

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The tune is in 8 beats but the theka begins with “rupak” tal (7 beat theka) which begins with a light unaccented harmonic “tin” note (noticeably lacking the heavy bass tone of the dugga) to support but not dominate the subtlety of the vocals and guitar.

This is then made even (8 beats) by the syncopated beauty of the end of a “peshkar” (opening slow movement of many tabla solos) This makes the heavy accented portion of the rhythm at the end and not the beginning of the cycle leading you to ” release and breathe” when the 1st beat comes around…

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