New Gadeigiri CD

Here are some pics from the new CD that is about to come out. I haven't figured out yet how to post sound here, or I would also include a short excerpt.

CD box cover

This old picture of Gopal will come on the back

Damodar Giri Prabhu and the Gadeigiri kirtaniyas

The CD will include never before done translations and transliterations of all the Oriya songs. Here is an excerpt of the text from the back of the CD:

The Gadeigiri kirtaniyas are famous for their expertise in the traditional ranihati (also known as raniti) style of kirtana started by Srila Shyamananda Prabhu, the sixteenth-century Gaudiya Vaishnava acarya who spread Vaishnavism all over Orissa. The heart of the Gadeigiri kirtanas is the village’s beloved deity Sri Gopal Jiu. It is said that Gopal came to Gadeigiri in east-central Orissa from Vrindavan in the early 1700’s just to hear the kirtana of the Giri family, who have sung for him ever since. The songs and musical styles contained on this CD have been handed down from generation to generation in the Giri family for over three hundred years. The third song on this CD is part of a larger collection of songs that describe a wonderful pastime of how Krishna once took sannyasa to pacify the loving sulkiness of Srimati Radharani. This complete story has been elaborately translated in Sri Krishna Kathamrita magazine, issue nine.