Grammy nominated singer Jai Uttal is a pioneer in the world music community with his eclectic East-meets-West sound. After studying with the legendary Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan, Jai began regular pilgrimages to India, living among the Bauls, the wandering street musicians of Bengal, and singing with the kirtan wallahs in the temples of his guru, the highly revered saint, Neem Karoli Baba. Upon returning to the states, he recorded 1991’s Footprints, on which he teamed with jazz icon Don Cherry. Soon thereafter, Uttal formed the Pagan Love Orchestra, a loosely-knit aggregation that recorded several acclaimed albums in the 90’s, notably Shiva Station, on which he worked closely with producer Bill Laswell. Uttal has cut a serpentine swath through the musical world over the course of a recording career that’s spanned more than two decades, with treks into multi-cultural world music, avant-garde jazz, electronic rock and traditional Indian kirtan—or sacred chants—his six recordings this past decade with