Judy Sandra is healing us softly
with her songs. An extraordinary sound, Judy's
new EP east/west fusion is an organic global
blend of western folk, pop, classical and jazz
with the influences of Indian classical, devotional
and Hindi pop music and a sprinkling of Latin.
Piano and intimate vocals joined by the beats
of the tabla and the mesmerizing drone of the
tanpura. A sweet fusion of western meets eastern
music that is both inspired and inspiring.
With a four octave range, this thinking man's
diva sings her poetic, spiritual and philosophical
songs in a soulful style. Trained in western
classical and pop vocal technique, she is currently
a disciple of her music Guru classical Hindustani
vocalist, Krishna Chakraborty of Calcutta, India.
Remarked one reviewer : "she has the amazing
ability to transform her voice up and down the
scales in a unique, almost operatic pop style
that blankets in a beautiful femininity."
A self-taught pianist, Judy's piano arrangements
are lush, complex and intricate, almost compositions
on their own creating an exciting sound that
has been described as "artsy class, timeless
and elegant". It has also been said
of her playing that she has a "highly personal" piano
style that "flows into an emotive tapestry
of colors, bringing the listener into a virtual
dialog with her inner being." She
has recently begun to write instrumental music
as well.
Says Judy: "I want to lift up my audience,
even if it's a sad song. I can't change other people
and I can't change the world; I can only create
from my singing and my music a rippling of positive
vibrations into our common pool of life."
Judy's debut CD Crossing The Border was chosen
as one of independent reviewer Persy Grrl's list
of Top CD's of 2000: "The music on here is
too good to be lumped into singer/songwriter or
pop music. Instead it's a sort of folksy, jazzy,
mellow, acoustic earthy music." Shortly
after she began recording the CD, she began a meditation
practice based on Nada Yoga (the Yoga of Sound),
culminating a life-long interest in Indian culture
and philosophy.
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