Alice Coltrane: A New Album

Just arrived in the stores is a new release by Alice Coltrane, wife of the late master saxophonist John Coltrane. The current Warner LP, Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana ("singing the names of Radha and Krsna"), features Arjuna John Coltrane, Jr., on drums and Alice (Turiyasangitananda) on keyboards and harp. "The Hare Krsna mantra," she says about one cut, "is the Maha-mantra-Maha: great-of all the mantras… It is a liberating mantra because it contains three of the most powerful names of the Supreme."