NEWS —
New Releases for Ben Leinbach Music

-I just finished this album of collaborations with several of the top names in kirtan and devotional world music. Check out this roster: Jai Uttal, Deva Premal and Miten, Snatam Kaur, Donna De Lory, David Newman, Jaya Lakshmi, Mukti, and Prajna Vieira. It was put out by those fine folk at White Swan Records. I'm proud of this puppy. Hope you check it out.

Ben Leinbach Presents
Sangha
www.whiteswanrecords.com

-The genius of Jai Uttal strikes again. "Queen of Hearts" is a festive ska/reggae kirtan extravaganza. This album has some seriously groovacious jams. I had the great pleasure of co-producing, recording, and mixing this project with Jai.

Jai Uttal
Queen of Hearts
www.nutone.com

-Here is yet another project from the prolific Jai Uttal. It's a collection of super sweet and catchy kirtan songs for kids, and some cool stories. It's the kind of kid's album that adults will absolutely love, too. We had a blast hanging out and recording vocals with various groups of yougsters, from kindergarten age up to young adults. This album is due out in the fall.

Jai Uttal
Kirtan Kids
www.soundstrue.com

-Devaa Haley's album is finished! Her website best describes the album. "Sacred Alchemy is a breakthrough album for the awakening and liberation of the Divine Feminine, bringing ALIVE 13 faces of the Goddess with songs that range from sexy and untamed to reverential and tender". This album has a great spirit and a cool variety of flavors. I produced about 8 tracks for the album. Chris Krotky and Geoffrey Gordon also produced some tracks. Devaa and I did some co-writing on a couple of the jams.

Devaa Haley
Sacred Alchemy
www.radiantessence.com

-Helene Dalair contacted me from Quebec needing some additional work done on her album-in-progress. She needed some live drumming and additional percussion, some production sweetening, and mixing and mastering. I was happy to get involved. This is an album of spirited songs that have a great positive energy. A lot of love went into the creation of these songs, and you can feel it when Helene sings.

Helene Dalair
Mantra
cduniverse.com

-Kid Kaleidoscope put together 17 super cool songs for kids on the band's sophmore release called "Look Inside". My four-year-old son highly recommends "Hip Hop Hippy Hip Hippo". My seven-year-old son is a big fan of "Ephram Fomp". I had the pleasure of mixing and mastering this project.

Kid Kaleidoscope
Look Inside
kidkaleidoscope.com

- I colloborated with Steve Gold and his wife Anne-Emilie on this chart-topping single called "Om Shrim Shriyei". Heck yeah! We got a number one hit... on CD Baby!!! Hey... CD Baby first and Billboard next. Okay??? Steve came to me with the vocals and some keyboard textures and i added the rest of the instrumentation, arranged the track, and mixed it.

Steve Gold
Om Shrim Shriyei
cdbaby.com

-Have you ever been "flown" by an Acro Yoga teacher? It's a combination of amazing stretches, acrobatics, and thai massage, all performed on you while essentially floating in the air. It's so incredibly rad. I spent a few days with Acro Yoga founders Jenny Sauer-Klein and Jason Nemer and an ensemble of Acro Yoga teachers and musicians recording their debut kirtan album. Cool stuff! Great people.

Gypsy Tears
Make Chantings
cdbaby.com

-I seem to always have some project in the works with the talented singer/songwriter Linn Brown. We recorded and mixed her Halloween album "Halloween Ditties for Kiddies" in a day. Currently we are editing her second solo piano album and recording an extensive collection of her holiday and seasonal songs.

Linn Brown
Halloween Ditties for Kiddies
linnbrown.com

-Colleen Butaney is a talented singer/songwriter who writes very uplifting songs with empowering lyrics, and passionately executes them with her killer voice. I was happy to mix four songs on this album.

Colleen Butaney
Return of the Alchemist
bandcamp.com

-Ashana Sophia writes great songs, plays the heck out of the cello and esraj, and sings beautifully as well. We produced and recorded this three song EP together.

Ashana Sophia
Sundara- Call of the Earth and Sky
cdbaby.com

-I've devoted most Wednesdays of the past 12 months to collaborate on an album with the amazing Prajna Vieira. I met her after being asked to produce the debut album of Mukti, her kirtan band. I took a great liking to her voice, both to its supreme sweetness as well as balls-out soulfulness, and her songwriting. Our in-the-works album will feature eight soulful jams, sung in mostly Sanskrit with a little Portuguese thrown in there. Prajna is forcing me to sing, and wants to pull me out from behind the drumset to the front of the stage to play guitar, sing and talk to the audience. Yikes!!! This album is almost finished, so i'll keep you posted about where to check it out.

-Jai Uttal and I finished up another collaborative production. It's a follow-up of sorts to the album "Music for Yoga and Other Joys" on the Sounds True label. It's comprised of four longer tracks that evolve and morph and journey to all sorts of cool places. You can check it out and purchase it from my website.

Jai Uttal / Ben Leinbach
Bhakti Bazaar
benleinbach.com

Thanks very much for reading!

Ben