| Mahalakshmi |
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| ABOUT |
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Mahalakshmi is an American singer-songwriter.
She is a devotional sound yogini and writer who has been composing music for over twenty years. Mahalakshmi has performed in US, India, and Europe. |
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Mahalakshmi weaves poetic lyrics into catchy melodies
while accompanying herself on keyboard (piano). She writes music in service to humanity, with messages of hope and sanity, of Truth, Simplicity, and Love. |
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She also performs & leads groups
in original and traditional kirtan, an extremely healing & transformative practice of singing the names and attributes of the Divine in Sanskrit. |
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In a duo and in a band, Mahalakshmi can be found sharing the stage with her husband Emam who plays tabla and dumbak. Emam is also a composer and music producer. | ||||
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Mukesh Sharma
(India): sarod Arshad Khan (India): tabla Ahsan Ali (India): sarangi Fantuzzi (USA): vocalist/entertainer Emam (Iran/USA): tabla Daniel Berkman (USA): kora Gary Hegedus (USA): oud/violin Hadley Louden (USA): piano/percussion Carlos Gonsalves (India): percussion Ghulam Ali (India): sarangi Meissam (Iran): kamanche Pouriya (Iran): baglama, divan, daf Faezeh (Iran): vocals Joshua Michael (USA): percussion |
Mayank Bedekar
(India): tabla Derek Julien (India): guitar Matthew Montfort (USA): guitar Matthew Grasso (USA): guitar Turkantam (Italy/France): guitar Kim Atkinson (USA): percussion Julien Moretto (France): violin Adrien Braud (France): clarinet Xavier Peres (keyboard) Philipp Mesheryakov (Russia): keyboard/bass Mark Fernandes (India): bass Ben Kunin (USA): sarod Andius Jent (USA): bass Tukaram (India): tabla |
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Mahalakshmi is the featured vocalist & keyboardist
of the world fusion band Emam & Friends. She is also a contributing composer. Her work can be heard on Emam's most recent albums
She and Emam also join forces in the band 
where they perform originally composed devotional fusion music from the heart. Mahalakshmi is the featured singer on AyaTunes. 
AyaTunes is designed for deep healing, meditation, and shamanic journeys, created by Andrea "Fluterscooter" Fisher. Listeners can hear Mahalakshmi on on Volume 1.2, Volume 2, and Volume 3 For more detailed information about all recordings, please visit the MUSIC page. |
| THE JOURNEY |
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Early in life, Mahalakshmi discovered a lifeline in music.
Songs came to her ear beyond any conscious intent. Music sprang forth in automatic fashion by her emotions and arrived with words and chords complete. It was through sound that she discovered her true nature. The feeling of this internal discovery was like uncovering a hidden treasure, like finding fresh air after struggling for breath. Her work is writing and performing music to bathe in the beauty of the soul, and to share this with You. In her early years, as it is today, visual arts and writing remain outputs of her creativity, however, the only medium she feels fully expresses her innermost heart is music. Mahalakshmi wishes to gift the world this music from her soul as it comes from the place where we all meet as one. She is a reiki healer and music is an extension of her healing practice. |
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| HER GURU |
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Mahalakshmi feels eternally blessed to be a devotee of
Hairakhan Mahavatar Babaji, Maha Avatar of Lord Shiva who resided in the foothills of the Himalayas at Hairakhan, India. Having found herself at Babaji's ashram, she traveled ever-deeper to the center, receiving knowledge of the secrets and the mystery of life. These invaluable experiences inform her music. She has studied Indian Classical music with Chhote Rahimat Khan (sitar) and Geetika Varde (vocals). |
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