Nūtone Music

Nūtone recording artist Will Blunderfield has released a new single, "Amazing Grace" (Pink Ribbon Celebration Remixes) feat. Bif Naked. The track is now available on iTunes, and all proceeds benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Listen to one of the included tracks above and download the single here: www.itunes.com/willblunderfield.

SiriusXM announced yesterday that Yoga's "Rock Star" Krishna Das will have has his own radio channel devoted to the yoga of chant with sacred and spiritual music on SiriusXM channel 360.

As released by SiriusXM:
Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that best-selling American chant artist of all time Krishna Das will have his own SiriusXM channel.

Krishna Das Yoga Radio, scheduled to launch on Thursday, March 1, will feature music from eastern and western spiritual traditions and a diverse range of legendary and present-day artists, including: Krishna Das, Ali Akbar Khan, Choying Drolma, Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, Lama Gyurme, Pandit Jasraj, Shantala, Sultan Khan and Wah! and many more.

The channel will launch with an exclusive special showcasing the music from Live Ananda, Krishna Das' new album featuring his classic chants recorded live. Throughout the day on Thursday, March 1, beginning at 10:00 am ET, SiriusXM listeners will hear Krishna Das tell stories and offer a first-hand illustration for the chants on the album.

"It's a great honor to be asked by SiriusXM to introduce chanting to a larger audience. I am very excited by all the possibilities of Krishna Das Yoga Radio. I hope to do interviews with chanters and teachers and we will keep adding new chants to the playlist. Please keep tuned in. All Love," said Krishna Das.

Subscribers can listen to SiriusXM's Krishna Das Yoga Radio online through SiriusXM Internet Radio, through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and mobile devices, and by satellite on the new SiriusXM Lynx and SiriusXM Edge radios. For more information, visit http://www.siriusxm.com/krishnadasyoga.

To celebrate the arrival of Summer, Nütone Music is set to release three studio albums on the same day. On July 26, Nütone will put out Queens Of Hearts by Grammy-nominated Jai Uttal, and two debut albums: The Enchanted Island by Jack Harrison and Hallelujah by Will Blunderfield. (Listen to sampler below.)

Nutone Music Summer Releases 2011 by nutonemusic 

(Keep reading for more information on each release.)

World music artist Jai Uttal, who has spent the last several years recording Kirtan music, has just released an official video for the song "Down On My Knees" from his album Thunder Love.  The release of an official music video is a first in the world of Kirtan music. Check it out above or HERE. 

Called the “Chant Master of American Yoga” by the New York Times, Krishna Das will release Heart As Wide As The World, his first studio album in ten years, March 2, 2010. The album is a collaboration with David Nichtern (“Midnight at the Oasis”) who produced and played guitar. It features musicians like Jerry Marotta (Hall & Oates, Peter Gabriel) on drums, percussion and world musicians Steve Gorn on bansuri flute and Benjy Wertheimer on esraj, amongst an array of other instruments.

Krishna Das will also be touring in spring 2010 with Deva Premal & Miten, dubbed “The Johnny and June Carter Cash of chant” by Yoga Journal . Together they are creating an extraordinary series of concerts across the US, highlighting the newfound popularity of kirtan and mantra chanting. These musicians, who have enjoyed a worldwide grass-roots success the past decade, are each celebrating the release of new albums with their first co-headlined tour. (tour dates below)

Kirtan is one of the oldest sacred music genres of the world originating from India's devotional traditions. The unique blend of music and chant provides a soothing melody of inspiration, brings peace and connectedness, and can take one into a state of deep meditation and relaxation. These ancient chants are sung in Sanskrit, the classical language of India.

Nūtone Music--a new label dedicated to releasing inspirational music--will celebrate National Yoga Month with the release of three offerings including the A Collection of Kirtan Chant compilation as well as new albums from Bhagavan Das and Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band, all available now. Select Nūtone Music artists will be performing nationwide at festivals and events surrounding the first-ever National Yoga Month celebration (www.yogamonth.org).

Nūtone Music has partnered with Whole Foods for the release of A Collection of Kirtan Chant--a collection of music for health and wellness which creates peace of mind through the ancient practice of Kirtan and Sanskrit mantras. Designed for those who desire to achieve wellness through meditation, health and yoga in today’s busy lifestyle, A Collection of Kirtan Chant exclusively features the best new musical offerings from an array of Nūtone Music recording artists: Krishna Das, Wah!, Jai Uttal, Donna De Lory, David Newman, Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band, Wade Imre Morissette, Bhagavan Das and Reema Datta. The compilation features the top musicians from the worlds of chant and yoga and is now available in Whole Foods stores nationwide.

“This is a well-balanced compilation from some of the top artists in the music genre most often heard in Yoga classes,” explains NŪTONE MUSIC founder and Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride. “It’s a blend of Eastern chants with Western melodies that is relaxing and conducive to the flow of Yoga. Whole Foods is an amazing Wellness retailer and that aligns really well with the theme of the music on this compilation. It simply makes sense for us to join forces.”