His 1998 follow-up, Pilgrim Heart, featured a guest appearance by Sting, the first of numerous pop artists with whom he would eventually collaborate. His own debut album, One Track Heart, released in 1996, focused on updated Bhakti yoga chants. In 1990, Das founded Triloka Records, a label that soon became a leading distributor of world music recordings from artists like Jai Uttal, Ali Akbar Khan, and jazz great Jackie McLean.
in 1972, Das devoted himself to the ancient tradition of Bhakti yoga (Yoga of Devotion) and the spiritual chant known as kirtan. Two years later, Das traveled to northern India, where he spent two years studying under Guru Mahara-ji (Neem Karoli Baba).
Although he only visited with Ram Dass for a few hours, the experience completely altered the course of his life. Driving six hours through snow, Das arrived at his destination in New Hampshire.
Having grown up on jazz, blues, and rock & roll, Das was working as a school bus driver when friends inspired him to visit spiritual leader Ram Dass in 1968. The founder of Triloka Records, the Long Island-born Das developed connections to Indian spirituality in his early twenties. Jeffrey Kagel) is widely recognized for bringing the traditional kirta chant to a global stage.
Known for blending Hindu devotional music with contemporary Western influences, American singer Krishna Das (b.