Shakti - This Moment - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

John McLaughlin (Guitar, Guitar Synth), Zakir Hussain (Tabla, Chanda, Madal, Konokol), Shankar Mahadevan (Vocals & Konokol), Ganesh Rajagopalan (Violin, Konokol), Selvaganesh Vinayakram (Kanjira, Mridangam, Ghatam, Konokol)... 2025 . Recorded live throughout their globe-spanning 50th anniversary tour in 2023, Mind Explosion is the final album from vanguard world fusion ensemble Shakti. To be released on Abstract Logix, it contains a selection of performances carefully curated from countless hours of concert recordings by co-founding guitarist John McLaughlin and Shakti master percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram. Mind Explosion is a rapturous celebration of the life, music, and humanity of Zakir Hussain - not just McLaughlin's original partner in Shakti, but a brother and inspiration to every past and present member of Shakti - who passed away in December 2024. InchI am eternally grateful to Zakir,Inch McLaughlin reflects, Inchbecause he was there before the beginning of Shakti to the very end.Inch Mind Explosion features the Shakti of the past two decades - Hussain, McLaughlin, Vinayakram, and Shankar Mahadevan (vocals) - plus Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin), who came aboard several years ago, on a program of material ranging from Shakti's 1976 debut album to extended versions of two compositions from their GRAMMY™ award-winning 2023 album This Moment. Throughout, the revolutionary ensemble's virtuosity, deeply felt kinship, and entirely unique hybrid of eastern and western traditions is on full, glorious display. InchWhat else can epitomize the history of Shakti if not the final live recording?Inch McLaughlin asks. InchNow that it is completed, I find it to be absolutely superb Heartfelt, deliriously joyful, and masterly all at the same time. It is our greatest achievement.Inch

Greatly influenced by the music of the Carter Family, the Monroe Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon, and others of that era, Harry and Jeanie West are folk musicians who are always ready to incorporate new material. This album includes songs recorded by the Inchradio hillbillies,Inch old spirituals, and a song penned in the late 1940s.

Adi Shakti is Vidya's third album and a continuation of the record The Papillon, which was released in 2022 and was rooted in Vidya's experience of having found, and then lost, her Indian biological mother.In June 2022, Vidya's Swedish mother also suddenly passed away..Losing two mothers in a short period of time affected Vidya deeply and on several levels. At this stage she found solace in a poem by Rumi and began composing music based on it.