Divine Songs is an album by Swamini Turiyasangitananda, formerly known as Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane, née McLeod was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer.-Biography:...

. It is an album composed of devotional songs from the Hindu

Hindu

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 religion. The songs are accompanied by Turiya's signature playing on the Wurlitzer

Wurlitzer

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 organ. She plays the songs on the organ, beginning with the traditional Indian

Music of India

The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, classical music and R&B. India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as...

 mode but then improvises and stretches it until it turns back on itself musically. Her use of breaks, syncopation and harmonic invention re-image the songs into something original and nearly unclassifiable.

Track listing

• Rama
  Rama
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   Rama
  Rama (disambiguation)
  -Within the scriptures of India:*Rāma, the legendary Indian king regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu.*Paraśurāma, 'Rama with the axe', a partial incarnation of Vishnu.*Balarāma, 'the strong Rama', brother of Krishna.* Ramā, another name of Lakshmi...
  
  
• Keshava Murahara
  Keshava
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• Er Ra
• Madhura Manohara Giridhari
  Govardhan hill
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• Deva Deva
  Deva (Hinduism)
  ' is the Sanskrit word for god or deity, its related feminine term is devi. In modern Hinduism, it can be loosely interpreted as any benevolent supernatural beings. The devs in Hinduism, also called Suras, are often juxtaposed to the Asuras, their half brothers. Devs are also the maintainers of...
  
  
• Chandra Shekara
• Om Shanti
  Inner peace
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• Rama Guru
• Hari Maravan