KIRTAN with SHIVADAM

 

Shivadam and Parvati

Shivadam

SHIVADAM (Sanskrit: what gives what is auspicious; [which gives auspiciousness, well-being, prosperity])
is Shivadam and Parvati Redford

Shivadam and Parvati have led kirtan throughout the Southwest US, India and Nepal, and they have provided accompaniment for other kirtan and Indian music events including for Self-Realization Fellowship, the Ramakrishna/Vedanta Society, ISKCON, Krishna Das, at yoga studios, and with many of India's master musicians.

 

Shivadam
 
Shivadam with Pt. Hariprasad and Rakesh Chaurasia, Scottsdale Center for the Arts (Benefit for C.R.Y.)
Shivadam leads with harmonium and swarmandal, and he also plays tanpura, tabla, dumbek, dilruba, sitar, guitar, and other strings and percussion. With proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Hindi and Sanskrit, Shivadam brings decades of musical/spiritual practice and travels in India and Nepal into this dynamic couple's authentically traditional, yet accessible, kirtan style. He is co-founder of the Phoenix Kirtan Sangha and the kirtan ensemble Prema Rupa, and he also regularly leads Dances of Universal Peace and zikr. He is an award-winning composer and recording artist, as well as an accomplished visual artist .

 

Parvati

Parvati sings and plays tanpura and effects-percussion. She is a gifted facilitator of the Tibetan Buddhist dance practice, The 21 Praises of Tara, in the lineage of Tara Dhatu, with years of experience dancing and teaching in the US, India and Nepal. Parvati is also a professional post-partum doula.
In addition to kirtan, bhajans, and simple qawwalis, Shivadam and Parvati provide illuminating stories and descriptions related to their devotional chants and ritual offerings. They also skillfully recite Sanskrit mantras over their meditational music for the experience of immersion in sacred sound.