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March 20, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Live Devotion – New from Robin Renée - out TODAY

Live Devotion – Robin Renée

Release Date- Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Available now through CD Baby: www.CDBaby.com/renee3,

Menage a Music: www.robinrenee.com, and at all live performances. 

Distribution through Spirit Voyage Music and digital downloads coming soon.

File Under: World Music/World Folk/New Age

Menage a Music proudly announces the release of Live Devotion— the first CD by Robin Renée wholly devoted to sacred chant.  The follow-up to the well-received All Six Senses, Live Devotion heralds the full-lotus expression of Renée’s own genre, Mantra-Pop.

Borne of one inspired recording session in October 2006, the disc features seven long tracks that evoke peace, passion, and the presence of Universal Love. With the sexy, rock feel of "Jai Ma" to the time-honored "Sita Ram" to the fun, multi-part "Om Shanti Krishna," Live Devotion is a fresh take on the ancient practice of kirtan, a call-and-response style of chanting from the Hindu tradition.  Most of the songs are sung in easy-to-follow Sanskrit, with some English lyrics thrown in for good measure.

The alt-folk rocker shows her roots on this self-produced effort with acoustic guitar, electric bass (Dave Dreiwitz), and Western melodies.  She ventures into exotic instrumentation with the Indian-influenced harmonium, tabla (Ed Feldman), and tampura (David Ellenbogen), and with various percussion including the African udu drum (Karttikeya).  Vocalists Kate Evans and Amée add beautiful and skillful harmonies and response vocals to the mix.  

An awakening moment about five years ago turned Renée’s already mystical gaze eastward.  The new recording was foreshadowed by mantra-referencing songs like “I’m Coming Down” and “Holy River” from the 2002 release All Six Senses, which was produced by the world-renowned Scott Mathews, who has worked with artists including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello, Patti LaBelle and many more.  Renée first met the emergence of chant in her creative process with an element of surprise, then with a sense of balance.   

“I’ve always been a deeply spiritual person, but I kept it somewhat muted and cryptic in the lyrics.  It’s exciting to put it out there so freely now- It feels like a natural integration,” she said.

Always complex and intriguing, Robin Renée is a singer/songwriter, a freelance writer, an activist, and a general free spirit.  Her live shows run the gamut from rock to kirtan; recent performance venues include Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, the largest retreat center for yoga and holistic living in the U.S. in Lenox, Massachusetts and Rock Out! at Harrisburg Area Community College in Pennsylvania for International Women’s Day.  Her growing audience can expect more relevant, edgy songwriting, tranquil calls to God/dess, and all the smart pop to be found in between.    

For more information on Robin Renée and Live Devotion, visit www.robinrenee.com and listen to tracks at www.myspace.com/robinrenee.  Media may contact menage98@... or 856-767-8998 for review copies and interviews.    

CD Release Party

Friday, March 23^rd, 2007  7-9:30pm

*Integral Yoga of Princeton

122 Carter Road, Princeton, NJ 08540

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~integralyogaprinceton/index.htm

Please RSVP to menage98@....

*Parking is available across the street along Tall Timbers Rd.

There is no fee to enter, but donations to Integral Yoga of Princeton will be graciously accepted.