This new CD album of twelve songs by Ward Parks in praise of Avatar Meher Baba blends eastern and western musical idioms, with Indian qawwalis, western choral  compositions, and solo songs in classical and folk styles. Featured are the choral vocals of choirs of Baba lovers from the south eastern United States and from Hyderabad and Ahmednagar in India, as well as the solo vocals of Ted Judson, Carol Gunn, Elaine Lipson, Winnie Barrett, Cathy Riley, Gopal Krishna Meher, John Connor, Buz Connor, and Rick and Perry Flinn.


When no night was nor light was, when urge did not surge,
When the sleep was so deep that no "I" could emerge,
Before youth sprang in laughter and death droned its dirge,
Before One became two, there was no one but You -
Babahu, Babahu, Babahu.

- from the title song

The West and India diverge widely in their choral music, particularly in the West's development of harmony as contrasted with the abiding Indian musical framework of raga and tal. Both, however, can be used to express a people's longing for the Ancient One.

Babahu includes two qawwali songs with new English words composed for traditional qawwali melodies in an experimental new mode. Other songs with four-part Western choral arrangements celebrate Meher Baba's name and advent. The album contains, in addition, three duets and three expressions of love for God by the solo voice.

Tracks

Name-Jap 6:34 In Every Station 5:20
Babahu 11:34 How to Express the Unnamable You 3:41
Infinite Light 3:37 Glory Be to God
 5:29
How Beautiful You Are 5:29 A Forest Dream 5:11
Our Minds We Offer, Meher 2:23 Allah Meher Baba 6:42
My Secret Love 4:06 Learning to Love You 3:59


Available as a CD for $ 14.95 - to order click here          Special Discount Offer
Please mail orders and make checks payable to:
Winnie Barrett, 22 Chunns View Drive, Asheville, NC 28805, U.S.A

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 Beautiful :
Released in 1999, the twelve songs by Ward Parks in this CD album offer solo, duet, and choral songs in a classical and folk idiom with elements of Indian devotional expression. Featured singers include: Ted Judson, Cathy Riley, Debby Nordeen, Ward Parks, John Connor, Winnie Barrett, Trudy Gard'ner, and the Chapel Hill choral singers.
Available as a CD for $ 13.95

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 Waiting on this Hill :
Released in 1998, this CD recording of ten original songs by Ward Parks has as its theme the Hill at Meherabad where Avatar Meher Baba's body lies. Featured singers include: Buz Connor, Perry Flinn, Debby Nordeen, Winnie Barrett, Jeff Wolverton, and the Chapel Hill choral singers.
Available as a CD for $ 11.95
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Composed for a 1997 Meherabad birthday drama that was, in turn, based on a film, narrative that Meher Baba Himself created, this cycle of 16 songs is a lyrical expression and musical exposition of themes of reincarnation and the involution of consciousness. Featured singers include: Buz Connor, Debbie Nordeen, Jeff Wolverton, Perry Flinn, Bill Cliff, and the Chapel Hill choral singers.
Available as a cassette for $7.95
Special Discount Offer
The three CD's and one cassette described in this brochure can now be purchased at a special discount price of $33.85 plus postage for a total of $39.35
(click here for Order Form)