The Lover & the Beloved

Descrizione

This new pressing of the CD includes a special remix of Govinda Jaya Jaya by Mac Quayle. The chant world is about to take another leap into full accessibility with the pioneering and thoroughly earthshaking production of Donna DeLory’s new CD, ‘The Lover and the Beloved’. “This is the real thing, an experience of listening that is magical from the inside out, sure to be a close companion for a long time to come.” - Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music. Multi-layered production with attention to detail, soaring vocals that are dynamic one moment, subtly whispered the next; Donna de Lory delivers a euphorically dance influenced album of tremendous intensity and soul. “Not content with the simplicity of chants, ‘The Lover & The Beloved’ supplies a deep and varied percussion bed in which to swaddle oneself and groove the night away.” - Yogi Times. “This is a must-have for any spiritual guru and yoga enthusiast. The Lover and the Beloved is an entire album of mantra. For those of you who have not experienced the healing and meditative power of music, this is a beautiful collection of songs for you to begin your transcendental journey.” - Jennifer Corday, Orange County Register.

L’artista

Donna De Lory has been around the big top of American pop music for most of her life. Raised in a musical home, Donna made her own professional debut at age 8 and the ensuing career, including solo CDs and background singing for Madonna, introduced her to a world of music she hadn’t heard before: ‘At one point, I went to places like Brazil and Israel to promote my solo record,’ explains De Lory. ‘And I was getting influenced by a lot of world music. I started studying Asian dance prior to making my first video and that put me on a whole new path musically as well.’ The sense of freedom and purpose Donna found by adding Sanskrit chants to her repertoire, which meant that she had to adjust her notions of what qualifies as a performance, led Donna directly to her latest venture, a Sanskrit chant CD for the record label, Ajna Music. And while a collection of ancient Indian mantras set to modern beats may seem like a departure, for Donna De Lory, this seamless blend of east and west, devotion and pop, is just the next bold step in her continuing musical evolution.