Rumi, Lovedrunk, A New CD by Shahram Shiva

Rumi: Lovedrunk is Shahram Shiva's new CD produced in partnership with Michael Harrison and composer & producer Olivier Glissant. Over two years in the making, this groundbreaking new audio project incorporates more than a dozen talented musicians from Persia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S., and includes original compositions by Glissant and Harrison. This new CD blends the exotic and the meditative with hip grooves and inventive arrangements of Glissant, mesmerizing vocals and musicianship of Harrison, and the deep, resonant and hypnotic voice of Shiva.

Rumi is the greatest exponent of the ecstatic intoxication of sacred love. Shahram Shiva, Rumi translator, performer and author, captures the essence of the poet's message through his passionate performances. This union of spoken verse and world music melds magic with love.

This meticulously composed and produced CD is much more than a “Spoken Word” project and can be listened to both for the beauty and power of Rumi’s words, as well as for the captivating and inspiring mood of the music and poetic images. It is the uncompromising artistic statement of three diverse and committed artists.

This unique CD has crossover potential
and will appeal to many markets including:
Pop, World Music, New Age, Spoken Word,
Self Help & Healing, Poetry & Rumi Enthusiasts.

Why Rumi?

Rumi, the 13th century Persian mystic poet, has been called the greatest mystical poet of any age with over 70,000 verses of poetry composed spontaneously over a period of 25 years. Many scholars believe that Rumi’s poetry of divine love, mystic passion and ecstatic illumination is as important as that of Dante and Shakespeare. Barely known in the West as recently as 10 years ago, Rumi is now one of the most widely read poets in America with approximately 200 titles on amazon.com. His growing popularity in the West was mainly expanded in 1996 with Bill Moyers’ Power of The Word series for PBS. Rumi has also inspired major creative projects by Philip Glass, Deepak Chopra and Madonna, and other world-renowned figures. One reason for his popularity is that he is able to verbalize the highly personal and often confusing world of spiritual growth and mysticism in a very forward and direct fashion. Rumi is a universal phenomenon who caters to our hearts, emotions and instincts rather than purely to our intellects.

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