Supreme Swan

Swami Nirvanananda's Live in Encinitas 2011 lives up to the high standard of its predecessors. This great CD from a great concert follows what has become an annual tradition following SRF's convocation. Each year, Swami Nirvanananda heads south to Encinitas to record a live performance with his many California friends.

This CD includes many chant classics such as Arunachala and Om Namah Shivaya, but also includes some sublime new tracks such as He Bhagavan Narayana (listen to the sample below). If you like Swamiji's chanting, you will love this CD. It is now part of a Live in Encinitas collector's set!

All proceeds from this concert, along with most of the profits from this CD, go to benefit Swami Nirvanananda's Shantipuri Friends Foundation.

Tracks:
1.   Intro - Om
2.   Be a Friend - Listen:
3.   Arunachala
4.   Sri Ram Jai Ram - Listen:
5.   Jai Ma Kali Durge
6.   Om Namah Shivaya Gurave
7.   Sabamila Bolo
8.   He Bhagavan Narayana - Listen:
9.   All in the World
10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Total playing time: 77 mins

About the artist:
Swami Nirvanananda was born in Italy and after traveling to India many years ago was initiated into the Dashnami Vedanta Order and became a wandering monk. His Guru is Paramahansa Yogananda. A gifted musician, Swami Nirvanananda spends much of his time traveling the world chanting to the Master. Each year he travels to Italy and other countries in Europe, then to the United States and on to Hawaii, before returning to India.

We have had the pleasure of meeting Swami Nirvanananda at many of the wonderful kirtans he gives around the world. He is a very sweet and humble soul and those qualities shine through into his music. Swami attends the SRF convocation each year but he is so quiet when not chanting that he is easy to miss - as we did for twenty years! If you get a chance to hear him chant live, we recommend you do so.

All proceeds to Swami Nirvanananda's CDs go to support his charitable projects in and around Puri, in the East Indian state of Orissa. For more information please visit www.shantipurifriends.org.

On this album:
Swami Nirvananda - Harmonium, Guitar, Ukulele
Chorus: Tiffany Taylor Kenney, Colin Kenney, Komala, Neelima
Tabla: Colin Kenney
Flute and Cellito: Dave Millard
Acoustic Guitar: Jim Volkert
Percussion: Deborrah Henry, Sharon Merillat

Recorded by: Randy Renner, mixed and mastered at PepperLand Recording Studio, Vista, CA