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 1.  Toward the One/Bismillah/In Unison (2:56)
 2.  I Will Sing Hallelujah (3:38)
 3.  In the Music of Your Name (5:38)
 4.  O Clear Day (2:07)
 5.  Love is the Way (5:06)
 6.  Nayaz (Deborah Rae Thomson) (2:33)
 7.  23rd Psalm (B. McFerrin) (2:38)
 8.  Open Your Heart (2:43)
 9.  Nayaz (W.A. Mathieu) (2:15)
10. Peace is Every Step (6:36)
11. Flying (5:23)
12. Pure Diamond (3:35)
13. Kirtan (5:49)
14. Krishna Song (6:37)
15. You Send Me Angels (7:59)
16. Khatum (1:48)

From the CD insert notes:
These are live concert recordings from 1997, '98, and '99 from concerts in Sebastopol, Santa Rosa, Grass Valley and Nevada City in California and from Eugene, Oregon.  Live recordings are subject to the vagaries of different venues, different recording conditions, and different methods of recording, the odd cough and scraping chair, and the inherent musical danger of recording a live performance.

That said, we have tried to capture here the feeling that we seek whenever we sing or perform together.  We have come to understand that singing this music is spiritual practice, and that the feeling we get singing together, and in particular in that ineffable moment in the silence which follows a song in which we have been perfectly attuned to each other (whether or not perfectly in tune), is as deep a connection with the divine as can be reached in this life.  It should, perhaps, be obvious: what we do involves the body, the breath, concentration, attunement, intense listening,  and an open heart.  This is spiritual practice.  So these are the best recorded versions of our live performances, presented  in the hope that in some way that sense of shared musical devotion survives the electronic journey from concert to tape to CD to your ear and heart.

For mail orders:
Make check out and mail to:
The New Sufi Choir
P.O. Box 1143
Sebastopol, CA 95473

Price:    $16.00
2.00 Postage and packaging
TOTAL     $18.00 -- Checks only please
Please add 1.20 sales tax for California Orders
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