In the spiritual world, next to meditation is music,
the breath of music.
—Sri Chinmoy
Welcome
Welcome to Pavaka.com. You’ll find info about my musical and not-so-musical adventures as well as music and useful links. Have a look around. The News section contains the most recent blogs.
Don’t forget to check out Utpal Marshall’s kindly blog by clicking here. It includes “historical” photographs.
Vol. 2 is finally available on iTunes! Type in “Pavaka” in the store search and it will bring up both albums. If you already own the CD and are inspired to write a review, it’s much appreciated!
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What people have had to say about Vol. 2 so far….
“It’s different than the first one.” – Pavaka’s mom
“Terrific” – T. Jeeroburkhan, CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal
“let me say that your new album is great and that your songs get stuck in my head” – D. Rueck
“Absolutely Gorgeous” – S. N. Vineberg
“Awesome” – D. Lemieux
“It seeps into you” – H. Baptista
“I am very impressed, it has such a bright fresh feeling to it” – P. Taylor
“Can I buy this CD?” – girl at Panorama Cafe
“Refreshing” – G. Toupin
“The more I listen to it, the more I like it! ” – Pavaka’s Mom
“I listen to it every day. It’s crazy. I’m addicted!” – A. Siegel
“I keep not being bored with it” – S. J. Lacroix
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August 16th, 2010
Here is a short camera-phone video of me playing Amazing Grace for my dying Grandfather with an acoustic guitar and E-Bow.
Amazing Grace
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July 2nd, 2010
My Balkan tour started in Paris, actually. I was flying through Charles de Gaulle, but my original plane was delayed. This gave me 8 hours in Paris which was really great. I hadn’t been there since 1996 and I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could still find my way around after all these [...]
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June 15th, 2010
Hello Folks. I just got back from an awesome tour of the Balkans (+) and I promise a report complete with photos as soon as I catch up back home and get back to this time zone. This was a Songs of the Soul tour with 6 stops (Sofia, Skopje, Nis, Belgrade, Pecs, Zagreb) and [...]
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May 24th, 2010
On Friday May 14th I had the good fortune to see a concert by Rezwana Choudhury Bannya – One of the brightest stars of Bengali music. She is the topmost authority in the country of the music of Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore is one of my favorite poets and considered something like Bangladesh’s Shakespeare. Bannya’s voice [...]
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May 7th, 2010
On Sunday May 2nd, Dan Behrman started off his Musique du Monde (World Music) show by playing the Ami Habo Parichayaka remix which is the last track on the latest CD. This is a nationally broadcast french-language show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s network. Following the track, Mr. Behrman had this to say (translated of [...]
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