Ashana

Ashana's newest release, "Beloved"is a love song to the heart. Tender, joyful, and breathtakingly beautiful, the music of "Beloved" is a healing balm for the soul that will carry you on waves of love into the arms of the Divine. Featuring Ashana's stunning angelic vocals and the luminous sound of crystal singing bowls, the songs on "Beloved" "reflect a deep sense of compassion, devotion and peace. Heard on this album is one of the most hauntingly beautiful versions of the Lord's Prayer sung in the original Aramaic, and exquisitely sung renditions of the Latin "Dona Nobis Pacem" and the Gaelic prayer, "Deep Peace". Co-written, produced and arranged by renowned world music artist, Thomas Barquee, "Beloved" blends sacred song, chant, mantra and crystal singing bowls into a musical prayer for the heart, inviting you to step into grace and be bathed in pure love

.. Ashana's debut CD, "All Is Forgiven" is an exquisitely crafted, luminous sonic tapestry weaving together soaring, angelic vocals with the celestial sound of crystal singing bowls. This stunningly beautiful alchemy penetrates and opens the heart with healing music that has been called “breathtaking” and “A gift from Heaven.” Since its release in 2006, "All Is Forgiven" continues to receive international critical acclaim and is used worldwide for meditation, prayer, yoga, and as an adjunct to conventional and complementary healing modalities. Produced, arranged and co-written by Thomas Barquee.

“Jewels of Silence”is meditation music unlike any you have ever heard, this extraordinary CD, when played during bodywork, prayer, meditation or before sleeping, quiets the mind and gently carries you into a state of deep rest and relaxation ... to the very center of stillness within your being.

Divinely inspired, transcendent music for healing, meditation, and deep relaxation, "Jewels of Silence"is an incomparably beautiful recording of great depth and exquisite sensitivity. Perfect music for the journey within ... for prayer, yoga, reiki, bodywork and rest, "Jewels of Silence" features Ashana's angelic vocal improvisations, crystal bowl playing and the vocal and keyboard artistry of Thomas Barquee, accompanied by bansoori flute, esraj and santoor.

With each successive track, the listener floats into deeper and deeper states of profound relaxation. The exquisite music, accompanied by the constant droning of the crystal bowls, shifts brainwave patterns almost immediately into alpha, theta or delta states, quieting the mind and supporting meditation, rest and dreaming.

.. "Heart of Compassion" is a compilation of music by Ashana, Thomas Barquee and Snatam Kaur, including Ashana’s breathtaking “Ave Maria”. This soothing and healing CD contains music compiled specifically to help people in times of grief and loss. The music gently carries listeners to a place where they can begin to feel acceptance, forgiveness and hope. The CD opens and closes with Ashana's soaring angelic vocals, haunting original melodies and healing crystal bowls. Snatam Kaur's rich and ethereal voice dances over two beautiful healing chants meant to provide inner healing and an experience of deep love. Thomas Barquee's artistry flows through this entire compilation, and on his own tracks he draws listeners into an experience of deep nourishment of the self and an exultation of the Divine