CD Review – Light of the Naam: Morning Chants, by Snatam Kaur

Snatam Kaur presents another album of Eastern devotions and meditations featuring her pleasant vocalizations of ethnic lyrics over Western style instrumentation and music.

Kaur also plays harmonium, and she is joined by Thomas Barquee on keyboards and vocals, Sheela Bringi on flute, Ajeet Kaur on vocals, Sri Kirtan on bass and guitar, Sukhmani Kaur Rayat on tabla, Luigi Recca on drums and percussion, Simone Sello on guitar, John Stephens on sitar, and Cameron Stone on cello.

Thanks to the singer-songwriter style of the music, this is another accessible and enjoyable sample of Eastern culture and tradition.

--Raj Manoharan