This Universe
"Singh Kaur's sweet and crystal-clear voice soars like fairies dancing on gentle night breezes...absolutely exquisite from beginning to end." --NEW AGE RETAILER"The crystalline singing of Singh Kaur continues to be a perfect marriage of grace and controlled emotion." --Music Design In ReviewAn amazing experience to hear...a beautiful environment of balance, harmony and love.  This CD should be in everyone's home. --Music Medicine DirectorExquisite and groundbreaking ... sophisticated sonic tapestry that tangibly vibrates the chakras and invites you into the super conscious mind. --Mimosa Books and GiftsOne could say that Singh Kaur (born Laura Drew and also known as Lorellei) was destined for music. At the age of five, Kaur's opera-singing grandmother would serenade her with arias. At 14 Kaur bought her first guitar and has been composing music ever since. While Kaur comes from a musical background, it is yoga that truly inspires and drives her music, and made her one of those most prominent voices in the spiritual community, especially in the yoga realm. She was christened Singh Kaur (meaning Lion Princess) by Yogi Bhajan, a master of Kundalini yoga who confirmed that to sing was her destiny and that she would inspire others to love her through her music. As a Sikh, she spent 14 years in an ashram studying ancient spiritual teachings, and her lyrics draw on this experience to complement these sacred texts. The love and genuine spirit of her music proved successful both in the yoga community and in more mainstream culture; she recorded the Crimson series, and in 1988 she recorded her first Billboard chart-topping album.The Universe is Kaur's final offering of music, three previously unreleased songs that incorporate her ideology and healing practice that she had been working on prior to her sudden death in 1998 due to ovarian cancer. The album begins with "Spark in the Night," an unreleased version of a tune that appeared on Fairy Nightsongs, her last studio album. Touching on the idea of a spirit that lives on after someone has passed, the song is even more appropriate given the nature of the album. Like a guiding spirit, her voice wafts in harmonies above the acoustic guitar and twinkling bells.The majority of the album consists of the song "This Universe," a substantial song clocking in at just over 43 minutes. With its melodically repetitive nature, "This Universe," is a perfect tune for meditation. It is full of light and airiness and Kaur's effortless vocals combined with the unhurried length create an expansive coolness to allow clear thought and meditation. The album concludes with "The Lord's Prayer," a yogic interpretation of this spiritual anthem. In embracing a more traditional song, Kaur opens up her music to a broader spiritual community, while the addition of harps by Lisa Lynne adds awe-inspiring celestial notes, as does the addition of Gary Stadler's keys. --Daily Om, December 14, 2009Tantra of Sound provides a significant new approach to creating harmony and balance. --Deepak ChopraVocalist and acoustic guitarist Singh Kaur carved out a niche for  herself in the instrumental/New Age realm with several albums in the 1980s,  including one that charted in the Billboard top 200. In 1998, Singh Kaur  appeared on the Sequoia Records release, `Fairy Nightsongs.'  However, this  was Singh Kaur's final recording as she passed away from ovarian cancer  shortly before it was released. This Universe is a compilation of some of  her previously unreleased material. `Spark in the Night,' is absolutely  beautiful. This song almost made me cry and is certainly a beautiful  musical tribute to a lost loved one. Likewise, I really enjoy the musical  interpretation of "The Lord's Prayer."  The title song was Singh Kaur's  final written creation. Singh Kaur would be proud and honored that her  friends deemed her special enough to see it completed. --John Dunphy, MusicTap