Jai Uttal, Marin’s Grammy-nominated sacred music star, goes all in on his quest to marry kirtan yoga chanting with world music on this ambitious double album, “Roots, Rock, Rama!” Don’t be misled by ...

Jai Uttal, the world music star who has just released a transformational new album, “Thunder Love,” was sitting on a plump couch the other day in a comfy corner of Open Secret, the San Rafael New Age ...

Dust and Tears is one of the most introspective, profoundly personal albums in the vast catalog of the beloved, world devotional musical innovator, Jai Uttal. It is also one of his most boldly ...

SANTA CRUZ — On Feb. 29 sacred vocalist and instrumentalist Jai Uttal performed in Santa Cruz at the Resource Center for Nonviolence. The room was packed and the energy was high. Uttal chanted in ...

Jai Uttal is celebrating the release of his new album “Dust and Tears” with a concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley on Saturday at 8 p.m. Details and tickets are available at thefreight.org. Also ...

A pioneer in the world music community, Jai Uttal's musical roots embrace a rich variety of cultures and traditions that span the globe and the centuries. This is a program about one man who is ...

It’s ironic that kirtan music artist Jai Uttal’s 2002 recording, Mondo Rama, was nominated for a Grammy in the “Best New Age Album” category. Uttal, who’s been performing Asian-influenced world fusion ...

Jai Uttal can stretch his vocal chords to India, his guitar strings to Brazil and his keyboard scales across the vast oceans of the Middle East desert to weave together centuries-old lyrics, melodies ...

Jai Uttal takes an East-meets-West approach to creating art, combining classical Indian music with jazz, funk, psychedelic rock and other genres to fashion a signature sound that has helped garner him ...

Best known among the yoga-and-mediation set for a popular album of Kirtan chant, the New York-born Uttal cultivates a breezy fusion of pop and Indian music on “Thunder Love” and spikes it with shots ...