While many in Trinidad and Tobago will more than likely be suffering from masquerader’s ‘tabanca’ tomorrow, the King of Soca, Machel Montano will be channeling his energy in a pretty unexpected way this year.

Currently in India, Machel is set to perform at the MahaShivRatri celebrations being held at Isha Yoga Center in that part of the world tomorrow. Highlighted as the biggest performance of his entire career, Machel says this isn’t just another stage performance for him, since this event is deeply connected to his own spiritual journey. MahaShivRatri is one of the largest and most sacred festivals in India, and the gathering at Isha Yoga Center attracted more than 120 million people in person and online in 2021.

Machel has embarked on his spiritual journey with his wife, Renee, and his manager, Che Kothari. For the past seven months, he’s been in India participating in a yoga programme (Sadhanapada) at the Isha Yoga Center, under the tutelage of well known Indian yoga guru Sadhguru – undeniably seem as one of the most influential visionaries of this time. Sadhguru leads the nightlong festival of meditation, music and dance at at MahaShivRatri.

Tomorrow night, Machel will perform new music from his label MONK music, a collaboration between himself and Marge Blackman titled “Touch The Ground,” which is featured on the Save Soil Riddim, produced by DJ Private Ryan. “It is one of the most profound moments of my life, to be performing at this festival. After 40 years in the music industry, I am overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for this opportunity and for what it represents on a global level,” said the artist.

Separately, Machel has partnered with Sadhguru on the ‘Conscious Planet Save Soil’ movement, to raise global awareness and encourage government policy action to revitalize soil. The new single ‘Touch the Ground,’ is a call to action for Caribbean people and the world to find ways to protect the world’s soil from further degradation.

In addition to this global performance at MahaShivRatri tomorrow, Montano will collaborate with the students of the Isha Home School in a musical performance on March 5th, to raise awareness of the Save Soil movement. The performance will take place on Montano’s Instagram Live at 8:30 am AST / 6:00 pm IST.

Later, in mid-March, Montano will join Sadhguru on a visit to the Caribbean including visits to Antigua & Barbuda, Guyana and Belize where they will meet with government leaders from across the region to discuss and collaborate on the Save Soil movement. The visits will form part of a global tour led by Sadhguru to launch Save Soil.

“No matter how much wealth, education, and money we have, our children cannot live well unless we restore the soil and water. Conscious Planet, the only way forward.” – Sadhguru

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