Khasam Ki Bani - #GuruNanak550

Dear friends ... my celebration for #GuruNanak550 continues as I release a new colorful album today, "Rang Rataa," which has five shabads in five different colors. Rang means color, and rataa means imbued. The first shabad, Rang Rataa, which was released earlier this year as a single, features one of the best finger guitarists in the US and my wonderful friend, Muriel Anderson. This is one of the two compositions of this shabad ... the other one in Raag Shri is still in the making. The other four shabads are in the raag that Guru Nanak used to sing in. My special gratitude to my dear friend Ahsan Ali for pouring his immense love and co-producing Mere Laal Rangeele in Raag Tukhari (a raag that Guru Nanak composed himself). In Mera Prabh Raang Guru Nanak uses Rajasthani and is sung in Raag Parbhati. Kusambhare is a Baba Sheikh Farid shabad about the impermanence of life like the color of a flower, which Guru Nanak used to sing in Raag Suhi Lalit. This is a new take on...

"Pavan Guru" literally means "Wind Guru" or "Wind is the supreme guide." Pavan Guru is my first collaboration with the amazing singer songwriter Alexis Harte. According to Kurrent Music, "Alexis Harte is a rare multi-dimensional talent that succeeds in many diverse musical challenges and environments." I can attest that he really puts his soul into his music. I am looking forward to more collaborations with him. You can learn more about him on his website:  http://www.alexisharte.com/ . His colleague Stephen Spies helped out and played the violin on this track and I am much grateful for his contribution as well.  Transliteration  Pavan guru paani pitaa, maataa dharat mahat. Divas raat doe daai daaiaa, khelai sagal jagat. Changiaaiaa buriaaiaa, vaachai dharam hadur. Karmi aapo aapni, ke nerai ke dur. Jini Naam dhiaaiaa, gae masakat ghaal. Naanak te mukh ujle, keti chhuti naal. Translation  Wind is Guru, Water is Father, and E...