sound and chant
recommendations for reading, listening and viewing
online video
(click link to access)
links on nada/listening
Pandit Mukesh Desai on Nada Yoga
Vikash Maharaj with Mark Whitwell: Tantric Music Concert
Listening to Music with Your Whole Body, Evelyn Glennie5 ways to listen better with Julian Treasure:
links on acoustic ecology/sound health
International Listening Association
World Forum on Acoustic Ecology
American Society for Acoustic Ecology
Bay Area Sound Ecology
Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps
Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
Sounds Beautiful
The Daily Decibal
links to classical indian music
Alap with Wasifuddin Dagar
Art Talk with Wasifuddin Dagar
Art Talk with Kishori Amonkar
Art Talkwith Pandit Jasraj
Bhimsen Joshi and Rashid Khan, Raga Todi
Archival Recording of Rabindranath Tagore Singing
books, articles
yoga, mysticism and sound
The Music of Life, Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Yoga of Sound, Russil Paul
Sonic Theology, Guy Beck
The World is Sound: Nada Brahma, Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Though the Music to the Self, Peter Michael Hamel
The Mysticism of Sound and Music, Hazrat Inayat Khan
Tao of Physics, Fritjov Cappra
Vac,The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras, Andre Padoux
Exploring Mysticism, Frits Staal
bhakti yoga
The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion, A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras, Prem Prakash
The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions, edited by Anna S. King and John Brockington
mantra
Mantra, Harvey P. Alper
Ritual and Mantras: Rules without Meaning, Fritz Stahl
The Power of Mantra & The Mystery of Initiation, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D
Mantra Meditation, Thomas Ashley-Farrand
Gayatri, I.K. Taimni
Vedic Chant Companion, TKV Desikachar with Kausthub Desikachar
Eternity of Sound and the Science of Mantra Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya
"Sound, A Means Beyond Pranayama and Asana," by TKV Desikachar
classical indian music
Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song, Solvieg McIntosh
The Classical Music of North India, Ali Akbar Khan and George Ruckert
My Music, My Life, Ravi Skankar
The Raga Guide, Joep Bor Elementary
North Indian Vocals, David Courtney and Chandrakantha Courtney
sound and the medical field
The Conscious Ear, Alfred A. Tomatis
The Healing Power of Sound, Mitchell L. Gaynor, M.D.
Musicophelia, Oliver Sachs
listening and acoustic ecology
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise, George Prochnik
Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice by Pauline Oliveros
Bridges of Waves, W.A. Mathieu
The Listening Book, W.A. Matheiu
films
Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie
Ragas Unveiled: India's Voice by Gita and Mukesh Desai
The Apu Trilogy, Satyajit Ray(soundtrack by Ravi Shankar)
Stone starring Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton
audio recordings
Deep Listening, Pauline Oliveros
Harmony Of Body, Mind & Soul: Chants To Discover Your Inner Self, Pandit Mukesh Desai
La Pas du Chat Noir, Anouar Brahem
Lineage Of Dhrupad, Sayeeduddin Daga
Madar, Anouar Brahem, Hussein, & Jan Garbarek,
Passages, Ravi Shankar and Phillip Glass
Peace Chants from the Vedas & The Gayatri Mantra, by Nitya Mohan and Ganesh Mohan
Searching for Satyam, Deepak Ram
Silent City, Kayham Kalhor
Anything by:
Uma Mohan
Gundecha Brothers
Jagjit Singh
Kaushiki Chakrabarty
Kishori Amonkar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pandit Jasraj
Pandit Sultan Khan
Rashid Khan
Ravi Shanka
Shweta Jhaveri
Wasifuddin Dagar
