within the United States. Pay with check or credit card/paypal musicians / friends / south asian instruments / music on the web / aid nepal / other MUSICIANS Musical collaborators, dear friends, as well as a few much-admired musical giants. Ali Akbar Khan: www.ammp.com Sarode master, living legend and guru. Benjy Wertheimer: www.benjywertheimer.com Esteraj, tabla, percussions, kirtan, great for yoga. Deva Premal & Miten: www.devapremal.com Spiritually awake chanting and song. Emam: www.eternalmusic.com Tabla, longtime member of Zakir Hussain's rhythm experience. Geoffrey Gordon: www.geoffreygordon.com World percussionist and composer. GS Sachdev: www.gssachdev.com Beloved grandfather and guru of bamboo flute. Jai Uttal: www.jaiuttal.com Grammy-nominated world music and kirtan. Ravi Shankar & Anushka Shankar: www.ravishankar.org Grammy winning sitar player, helped bring South Asian Classical music to the west, and his Grammy winning daughter. Shivkumar Sharma: www.santoor.com Master of the santoor. Stephen Kent: www.stephenkent.net Master didjerido player, composer, radio DJ. Steve Gorn: www.stevegorn.com Top western-born bamboo flautist. The New Maihar Band: www.newmaiharband.com Ensemble of South Asian classical music created by Ali Akbar Khan. Ty Burhoe: www.tyburhoe.com Tabla and percussions. Zakir Hussain: www.momentrecords.com Guru and tabla star. 1974AD: www.1974ad.com.np Nepal's reigning rock band, check out member Manose on rock n' roll bansuri. FRIENDS Joe Shakarchi: www.joeshakarchi.com Poet-brother, author of Sunrise in the West. Check out his CD of poetry set to music by John Densmore, Manose, and Stephen Kent. Sandy Garson: www.yoursinthedharma.com Trying to save herself and friends from all the suffering in the headlines and heartaches of real life, Sandy Garson meditates aloud on how the Buddhist teachings of her guru Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, the golden rosary of his Tibetan Kagyu lineage and the Buddha himself rise to the rescue. SOUTH ASIAN INSTRUMENTS People often ask me where they can get good South Asian instruments. Here are a few sources in the US. I also keep bamboo flutes in stock so feel free to contact me for performance-quality flutes. Lark in the Morning: www.larkinthemorning.com Silver Bush: www.silverbushmusic.com The Ali Akbar College of Music: www.aacm.org OTHER PLACES TO GET MUSIC ON THE WEB CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com A great source for independent music of all types. AID ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN NEPAL I know many of you would love to help but don't know where to start: this is for you. A visit to any one of these organizations' websites is a good first step to donating in cash, kind, time, or just in love. We only list those which we or trusted friends have worked with personally and have had positive experiences with. Drokpa: www.drokpa.org Partners with pastoral communities in Central Asia and the Himalaya to cultivate the health of endangered natural and cultural systems. The Himalayan Light Foundation: www.hlf.org.np Aims to improve the quality of life of the remote population of the Himalayan region via the introduction and use of environmentally friendly renewable energy technologies. The American Himalayan Foundation: www.himalayan-foundation.org Dedicated to helping the people and ecology of the Himalaya with a focus on providing basic health care, and education, and arresting environmental degradation. Primarily active in remote regions. Resources Himalaya: www.resourceshimalaya.org Concerned with the conservation of the Himalayas. SEEDS: www.nepalseeds.org Providing relief at the most basic grass roots level to some of Nepal's poorest villages. Room to Read: www.roomtoread.org Provides under-privileged children with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education. Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal: www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/crt Engaged in developing and promoting appropriate technologies effective in meeting the basic needs of rural populations. Light up the World: www.lightuptheworld.org/nepal Assists poor villagers in the developing world obtain a useful, healthy, safe, reliable, rugged, affordable and environmentally friendly form of home lighting. Educate the Children: www.etc-nepal.org ETC's programs emphasize developing self-sufficiency, and helping Nepali people to acquire the skills that will help them implement long-term, sustainable solutions to the problems of illiteracy, inadequate nutrition and lack of economic opportunity which face their communities. OTHER NEPAL-RELATED SITES