Wynne Paris | |
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Born | Redstone Arsenal, AL | June 22, 1964
Died | March 22, 2021 | (aged 56)
Genres | kirtan, new-age, worldbeat |
Occupation(s) | singer, instrumentalist |
Instrument(s) | guitar, sarod, harmonium, saz |
Years active | 1980s - present |
Website | www |
Wynne Paris (born June 22, 1964, in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama) was a new-age and world beat musician/producer with a special focus on yoga music and kirtan, the call-and-response singing of Bhakti yoga.[1] His live performance combines Kirtan chanting, American music (jazz, gospel music, blues and rock music),[2] world beat rhythms and raga scales. He sings in both English and Sanskrit. Paris plays a variety of musical instruments which include the guitar,[1] sarod (a 26 stringed, sitar-like instrument from India),[1] harmonium, saz[3] (a stringed instrument in the lute family) and percussion. Wynne Paris died suddenly of a heart attack on March 22, 2021.