Singing Emptiness

Now in paperback introduction transcription and recordings of a great Hindustani classical vocalists search for the voice of emptiness. Here two men five centuries apart make contact with each other through poetry music and performance. Kumar Gandharva the great twentiethcentury Hindustani classical vocalist sings Kabir the great fifteenthcentury poet. Kabir composed poetry that evoked a space called nirgun or shunyasomething without qualities or boundaries emptywhich challenged listeners to know it and to know themselves. Kumar Gandharva drawn to Kabir and other poets of the nirgun experience seeks the voice that can actually sing emptiness. Singing Emptiness includes an explanatory introduction bilingual texts of 30 songs and a CD with selected songs by Kumar Gandharva.