Leaps & Bounds, by The Hanumen

Leaps & Bounds

by The Hanumen

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meghan_sims Hi! Just purchased. :) can you help me out with the lyrics for Invocation. It sounds like there’s more to it than the Chaitanya Mantra alone… thanks!

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	1.	Invocation (Chaitanya Mantra) 09:01
	2.	Bhaja Govindam 07:08
	3.	Jai Hanuman 09:36
	4.	I Am Yours / Hare Krishna 10:22
	5.	Shoemaker’s Son 10:24
	6.	A Blade of Grass 07:11
	7.	Train Song 07:23
	8.	Flowers & Death 12:10

about

Leaps & Bounds is an intimate and powerful journey through myriad flavors of Bhakti, with elements that range from traditional bhajans to infectious R&B grooves, vintage rockabilly to Brazilian-flavored chants and West African High Life.

We were blessed beyond belief by the gifts of the many artists who helped bring this to fruition, including Beyonce’s music director and lead guitarist Bibi McGill, Grammy-winning bansuri master Steve Gorn, Orville Johnson (“Arguably the best dobro player in America,” according to Folkworks magazine), drummer extraordinaire Andy Hamburger (simply one of the most simultaneously nuanced and rocking drummers ever), and Academy-Award-winning film composer, keyboardist, and percussionist John McDowell.

The Hanumen believe in the deep, transformative power of music to help us transcend external divisions – especially Mantra Music or Sacred Song. If you sincerely want to offer your heart and your self to the Supreme (no matter what tradition) we hope you find a home with us!

This world is a wild and wooly place and we take inspiration from Hanuman standing on the edge of the ocean. By the power of the names of Sita and Rama we too can effortlessly leap and watch that ocean of worldly fear and difficulty quickly shrink into a small puddle the size of the footprint of a calf.

With love and best wishes, The Hanumen

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released June 3, 2015

The Hanumen
• Benjy Wertheimer - Vocals, guitar, tabla, esraj, keyboards, congas, percussion
• Gaura Vani - Vocals, harmonium, guitar, cajon, shakers
• John de Kadt - Spoken word, cajon, hang, frame drums, riq, shakers
• Purusartha Dasa - Bass, foot tapping
• Visvambhar Sheth - Vocals, mrdanga, harmonium, WaveDrum, percussion

Guest Artists
• Andy Hamburger - Drums
• John McDowell - Keyboards, percussion
• Ben Harris - Trumpet
• Bibi McGill - Electric guitar
• Steve Gorn - Clarinet, soprano saxophone, bansuri
• Orville Johnson - Dobro
• Sean Frenette - Backing vocals
• Michael Stirling - Backing vocals
• Revati Prema, Kairava Anjali, and Kirtan Simha - Backing vocals

Production and Design
• Gaura Vani - Co-producer
• Benjy Wertheimer - Co-producer and engineer
• Frank Stearns - Engineer
• Dave Hanbury - Engineer
• Frank Wolf - Engineer (Recording on “I Am Yours”)
• Rukmini Poddar - Design, layout and cover art
• Purusartha Dasa - Art director and production

“Train Song” and “I Am Yours” - Lyrics and melody © 2015 Gaura Vani

English Lyrics for “Bhaja Govindam,” “Shoemaker's Son,” “Flowers & Death,” “A Blade of Grass” - © 2015 John de Kadt

All other songs © 2015 The Hanumen

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Benjy Wertheimer Portland, Oregon

Benjy Wertheimer is an award-winning musician, composer, vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist equally accomplished on tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards. Benjy has produced 20 CDs since 2000, which receive extensive airplay around the world, and his CD Circle of Fire went to #1 on the New Age radio charts. ... more

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