Album Art: "A New Day."

LOVE EVOLVE is Shahram Shiva's latest album of transformative songs. It features new original lyrics by Shahram Shiva, in addition to some of his favorite Rumi songs.

Blending elements of rock, dance, groove based, ambient, electronic and acoustic with the hypnotic voice of Shahram Shiva, this beautiful and unusual album is an anthem for progressive minds and spirits that yearn to constantly evolve and an empowering experience of love, beauty, freedom, self acceptance, wisdom and joy.

Shahram Shiva began the LOVE EVOLVE project with a very specific vision of a mixed-genre album. Love Evolve includes 10 songs (5 original lyrics and 5 Rumi songs) and features several musical disciplines, including rock (Control, Love Evolve), acoustic (This is Enlightenment), groove based (Love's Touch, Be Guiltless, Light + Dark = One), dance (No Religion, Dance Universe), hip hop (Go Back to Sleep) and ambient (I Have Come to Shine).

Shahram Shiva is a performance poet, author, recording artist and an award-winning translator of Rumi. He has been sharing Rumi with the world for more than two decades.

LOVE EVOLVE is the second album in his planned love-themed trilogy, the first being the celebrated RUMI: LOVEDRUNK.

LOVE EVOLVE is Produced by the Grammy Award winning Danny Blume and Co-Produced by Shahram Shiva.

>> Spoken Verse: Shahram Shiva
>> Guitars, Bass, Synth, Programming & Mixing: Danny Blume
>> Musser Vibraphone, Yamaha C1 Upright Piano, Moog 3p Modular, Arp 2500 Modular, Synton Syrinx & EMS Putney: David Baron
>> Additional Vocals: Simi Stone (aka Simi Sernaker)
>> Concert Flute, Bamboo Flute & Trumpet: John Ragusa
>> Cello: Jane Scarpantoni
>> Drums & Electric Djembe: Alex Alexander
>> Drums & Percussion: Ben Perowsky

Recorded and mixed by Danny Blume, dannyblume.com, Woodstock, NY
Mastering by The Isokon, theisokon.com, Woodstock, NY

SONG LIST

01- This Is Enlightenment
Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva

02- Love Evolve
Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva

03- Be Guiltless
Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva

04- No Religion
Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva

05- Control
Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva

06- Light + Dark = One
Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva

07- Dance Universe
Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva

08- Love's Touch
Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva

09- Go Back To Sleep
Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva

10- I Have Come To Shine
Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva

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"This is Enlightenment" Multilingual Chorus
Reciting "Love Yourself" in 13 Languages:

Italian & Portuguese - Julia Crystal
Spanish - Kena Raquel Custage
Swedish - Shikha, Emine and Madhu
Russian & Latvian - Aija Terauda
German - Selin Kaya
Finish - Ava Vartiainen
Persian & Turkish - Mojgan Cyrus
Hebrew - Natanya Green
Arabic - Lee Safar
Hindi - Trupti Patel

NEWS:
>> March 31, 2012, New York - Love Evolve is now available on Amazon MP3

>> March 28, 2012, New York - Love Evolve is now available on iTunes.

>> March 10, 2012, New York - Love Evolve album is undergoing Mastering process. Love Evolve is being Mastered and it's getting a step closer to being released.

>> February 29, 2012, New York - Podcast of February 23, WRPI-FM Interview with Shahram Shiva is now available. Includes conversation with host Gary Goldberg of "In the Spirit" and debut of several songs from the soon to be released CD "Love Evolve."
http://rumi.net/WRPI_2-23-12_Shahram_Shiva.mp3

>> February 23, 2012, New York - A weekend of events with Shahram Shiva starts today with a radio interview on WRPI, followed by a consciousness lifting talk at Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs, NY on Friday night and a concert at Kripalu on Saturday in Lenox, MA.

>> February 12, 2012, New York - Call for Publicity Support for "Love Evolve." A project like "Love Evolve," with amazing music and inspiring lyrics that meant to educate and motivate progressive people all over the world, needs a special PR touch to help spread the word. >> read more

>> February 10, 2012, New York - Love Evolve music reel has also been released as MP3 due to popular request. You can listen or download the MP3 here.

>> January 31, 2012, New York - Love Evolve CD music reel is now also available on Vimeo. Think of this as a trailer for a movie, except it's for a music album. http://vimeo.com/35969936

>> January 29, 2012, New York - A new video intro and musical tour of the Love Evolve album has been released on YouTube. The video link below is to a compilation of excerpts of all the songs on the CD in the right sequence, so in essence you get a feel of the whole album in just a few minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUAEsgDAfxQ

>> January 23, 2012, New York - The recording, arranging and mixing of all songs from the "Love Evolve" album was completed today. The new album includes 10 songs, covering several musical genres, including rock (Control, Love Evolve), acoustic (This is Enlightenment), groove based (Love's Touch, Be Guiltless, Light + Dark = One), dance (No Religion, Dance Universe), hip hop (Go Back to Sleep) and ambient (I Have Come to Shine).

>> Listen to the August 2011 interview with Shahram Shiva, broadcast on WRPI-FM and webcast on WRPI.org and hear the debut of two new songs from the forthcoming album "Love Evolve."

1- THIS IS ENLIGHTENMENT (Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva)

You are hypnotized by the whirl of the universe.

You are an ageless lone spark,
having a unique experience
in a constantly shifting reality.

You are a spiral of light

A fountain of fire,

Be a shower of shine.

Yes, you can handle love.
Yes, you can be love.
You deserve love.

All that you seek,
is hidden in this truth:
Love yourself.
Love yourself.
Love yourself.

Yes, you can handle love.
Yes, you can be love.
Yes, you can give love.
Yes, you deserve love.
You are love.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

2- LOVE EVOLVE (Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva)

So I talk about love,
Yes I talk about love,
and the chemistry of sound.
I talk about hope,
and the need to expand.
I talk about faith,
with our eyes open wide.
I talk about you,
and the secret that is your heart.

Let go,
Learn to unlearn what you learned
Learn to be love and evolve.

Open up,
It’s time to enhance your essence.
Open up, Open up, Open up to change.

So I talk about love,
And our love is about secrets
And our secrets
are within you.

Let’s talk about you.
Some hearts are progressive
some are regressive.
Which one are you?

Do you push forward,
and wish for a change?

Or cling to the past.
and hide in convention?

Yes,
I talk about love,
I talk about you,
and the secret that is your heart.

Let go,
Learn to unlearn what you learned
Learn to be love and evolve.

Open up,
It’s time to enhance your essence.
Open up, Open up, Open up to change.

Here’s to love and
the need to evolve.
Here’s to change and
the need to transform.
Here’s to hope and
the need to grow.

And here’s to you
and your beautiful progressive heart.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

3- BE GUILTLESS (Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva)

Listen,
my love,
your soul is ever intact.

Don’t mind the destination,
Don’t mind the end.
Don’t mind the good or bad
or right and wrong.

Grow from the past,
but grab hold of now.
Now is always evolving.

The end is eternal
It’s ever reaching.

As there are billions of stars
There are billions of steps.
As there are
billions of souls,
There are
billions of ways to grow.

Last night,
Under the roof of all nations
a woman in red
spoke of self-realization.
She said,
I am fully illuminated.

Listen my love,
Illumination is eternal,
It can never be full.
Evolution is eternal.
Now is always evolving.

The end is eternal
It’s ever reaching.

As there are billions of stars
There are billions of steps.
As there are
billions of souls,
There are
billions of ways to grow.

Listen,
my love,
your soul is ever intact.
You can't be hurt,
you can't be hurt at all.

Listen my love,
as you carve your own path
on this eternal joy ride,
show courage
by remaining
open,
free,
and guiltless
in the midst of an ever-reaching end.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

4- NO RELIGION (Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva)

Tonight,
I see the realm of joy and pleasure.

I've lost myself in it
and it has lost itself in me:
No religion,
No dogma,
No conformity,
No guilt,
No shame,
No fear,
No conviction,
No uncertainty remain.

In the middle of my heart,
a star appears,
and the seven heavens
are lost in its brilliance.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

5- CONTROL (Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva)

You got it all figured out
You bend your body
real well
You repeat my name
so loud!
You cut your meat
Take away the eyes
in what you eat
You read about the stars and
the wheels that turn eternal
You think, you got it all figured out.
You think, you got it all figured out.

You’re all that you’ll ever want,
You’re all that you’ll ever need,
You’re all that you’ll ever seek.

You believe stories of gods
who were kind.
And trust sparks of
red, white, black and blue
And yes,
you turn the other cheek,
And you think you got it all figured out.
You think you got it all figured out.

You swing from Dogma to Dogma
You switch from Control to Control
Oh friend,
This is a vicious circle to buy your soul.
This is a vicious circle to buy your soul.

You think, you got it all figured out.
You think, you got it all figured out.

You’re all that you’ll ever want,
You’re all that you’ll ever need,
You’re all that you’ll ever seek.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

6- LIGHT + DARK = ONE (Original lyrics by Shahram Shiva)

Walk the middle path,
that's right,
walk the middle path.

Embrace the whole of you
not just a part of you.

(Don't cling to one side or another)

Embrace the dark in your light.
The pleasure in your life.
The chaos in your peace.
The shift in your routine.

{{Set a higher tone,}}
(Sing a higher note.)

This is a master class
and there is a price of admission:
leave your old self behind.

Rid your soul of shackles of convention.
Dust your mind of methods of control.

{{Soul evolution is?}}
(Soul evolution is!)

The beloved
is you.
{{You are the deity that you worship
You are the god that you seek.}}

Come out of your self.
(Come out of your cell)

{{We are eternal beings
currently in 3-dimensional
earth-based bodies.}}

From the moment you are born
an escape hatch is placed in front of you.

{{Escape with your mind and the desire to be free and learn more.}}

You are star light, particles of matter mixed with energy.
You are born of light and will return to light

{{Manifest like a flame}}
(No place in time
power on the inside)

Enjoy this bounty, eat your heart out

Now listen:
to heal your wounds
I get you to dance

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

7- DANCE UNIVERSE (Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva)

When you dance the whole universe dances.

All the realms spun around you in endless celebration.

Your soul loses its grip.

Your body sheds its fatigue.

Hearing my hands clap and my drum beat,

You begin to whirl.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

8- LOVE'S TOUCH (Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva)

Love came,
and moved like blood
in my body.
It rushed through my veins
and surrounded my heart.

Everywhere I looked,
I saw...
Love's touch.

Love's touch:
on my left palm,
on my forehead,
on my eyelids,
on the back of my neck,
on my thighs,
on the tips of my fingers,
on my wings,
on my right big toe...

Love's touch...

Now,
all that you see of me
is just a shell,
and the rest belongs to Love.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

9- GO BACK TO SLEEP (Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva)

Go back,
Go back to sleep.
Yes, you are allowed.
You who have no Love in your heart,
You can go back to sleep.

The essence of Love
is exclusive to us,
you go back to sleep.
I have been burnt
by the fire of Love.
You, who have no such yearning in your heart,
You can go back to sleep.

The path of Love,
has seventy-two folds and countless facets.
Your love and religion
is all about control, deceit and hypocrisy,
you go back to sleep.

I have torn to pieces my robe of speech,
and have let go of the desire to converse.
You who are not naked yet,
You can go back to sleep.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com

10- I HAVE COME TO SHINE (Rumi poem translated by Shahram Shiva)

I have come
to take you by your hand,
and bring you to myself.

I have come
to shine your way
as you walk this path.

I will make you guiltless,
I will make you fearless,
then I will place you in the
brightest point in the universe.

I have come like a breeze of spring
to your field of flowers,
so I can hold you by my side,
and embrace you tight.

I have come
to take you by your hand,
and bring you to myself.

I have come
to shine your way
as you walk this path.

Like the cry of lovers,
I will help you reach the
roof of heavens.

From the dust of the earth to a human being,
there are a thousand steps.
I have been with you through these steps,
I have held your hand and walked by your side.

And I will be with you
as you move beyond this human form
and soar to the highest heavens.

Lyrics from LOVE EVOLVE CD
© Copyright Shahram Shiva
www.LoveEvolve.com