Album Credits

Vocals

Adita, Aditi, Akshay, Amrita, Amrita Sindhu, Amritashri, Amritavarshini, Anni, Anupama, Aparna, Aparna Ashok, Aparna Mulberry, Ashwati Klecha, Astha, Aunty Kamala, Balwant, Daniela Figelt, Deepa, Devi Dayal, Dhanya, Diksha, Eswar Iyer, Filipo, Gagana, Gopi, Guruvinder, Janani, Jessica, Joel, Kanan Shone, Karthik Krishnan, Kartik Shah, Katarina, Krishna, Kriti Shetty, Lakshmi, Lata Wadhwani, Linkesh, Ludina, Madhuri Klecha, Mumta Ito, Manjusha, Manohari, Manu, Nandana, Nath (DE), Navya, Nirali Kartik, Nistha, Pooja, Priya, Punyavati, Qarrem Kassim, Rekha, Runa, Rupa, Sahana, Sharini, Shiva, Shreya, Shreyas, Shruti, Siddharth, Sneha, Sudha, Sujith Shaju, Tanmayi, Vidya, and more…

Instruments

Guitar: Kartik Shah, Balwant. Bass: Rishikesh. Sitar: Umashankar Shukla. Violin: Apoorva, Clara Rueff, Marcil Krol. Mandolin: Apoorva. Charango: Guruvinder. Whistle: Diksha, Nirali. Flute: Samuel Rueff, Sandeep Kulkarni. Clarinet: Shankar Tucker. Nadaswaram: Aanandi. Thavil: Prasad. Tabla: Br. Anandan, Br. Hari, Br. Sriram, Ayyappan. Amritapuri sound effects: Nath (FR). Kanjira: Shankar Tucker, Br. Sriram.

Equipment & more

Arun & Ajay Balakrishnan, Aratrika C., Arushi P.V., Ayyappan, Br. Karthik, Br. Madhu, Devanath, Divyasree R.S., Gunavati, Kartik Shah, Madhvi, Pashupati, Pooja P., Prananda, Pushpa, Roshima N.S., Santosh, Sarvaga, Sashwat, Satish Kumar, Shakti Prasad, Sreedevi R. Mohan.

Compositions

Lyrics and original compositions by Anni, Aunty Kamala, Linkesh, Kartik (song #7), Nirali (song #4), with help from Hector Rivera Nandaya (song #3), Yovanny Adant and Abby (song #2). Malayalam translation of song #8 by Prasanna Balakrishnan.

Studio Work

All songs recorded by Eswar Iyer and Kartik Shah at Amritapuri, Kerala. Additional recording by Umesh Maru at Studio Waves, Mumbai. All music produced and arranged by Kartik Shah. Track #3 & #8 co-produced by Shankar Tucker. Track #10 produced by Shankar Tucker. Additional arrangements by Devanath and Eswar Iyer. All songs mixed and mastered by Vinod Verma at Spectral Harmony, Mumbai. Additional mixing by Anish Gohil at Songbird, Mumbai, and R. Nitish Kumar at Premier Digital, Mumbai.

Artwork

Album artwork designed by Kartik Shah. Layout by Linkesh. “Love Tree” drawing by Anandan Bertock. Other drawings were selected from those found in Anni’s diaries.

Thank you All

This album was produced in the spirit of joy with the selfless help of so many people. Any and all profit from sales of these songs are dedicated to activities that “fill this place with harmony”. No royalties are collected by anyone.

Each song in this album has a story. Click on the links below for stories, downloads, translations, chords, and more.

Through the Grace of Holy Mother Amma, “Sahasra Shirsa Vadanaa” (the Thousand-Headed One), this album came into being, and to Her it is offered back, in service to the Love and Joy of her billions of children.