Upcoming Album Out Aug. 28
Om Mare Shangri-la
(The Cosmic Ocean Paradise)
Karen Salicath Jamali’s First Full Vocal Album
9 Songs — My First 9 Songs as a Singer-Songwriter
Release: August 28, 2026
Worldwide Distribution: Warner Music Group
OM Mare Shangri-la is my first full vocal album and the beginning of a new chapter in my music.
For more than a decade, my musical world was centered around the piano. Music came to me through dreams, often early in the morning, they still do, and I would simply follow what I heard.
Then, unexpectedly, the music began arriving with words.
I started singing. I returned to my acoustic guitar. Some songs came through dreams, while others appeared spontaneously as I sat with the guitar in my hands.
Little by little, these nine songs became OM Mare Shangri-la.
The Meaning of OM Mare Shangri-la
The title can be translated as:
“The Cosmic Ocean Paradise.”
Its meaning reaches back to my near-death experience in 2012.
During that experience, I found myself outside my body, far out in what felt like an immense universe and ocean of consciousness. I experienced this cosmic ocean as something we all come from and are still part of.
I was shown that sound is fundamental to creation—that the universe is built upon vibration and sound, and that everything is connected through it.
And then there is Shangri-la—the lost paradise.
For me, Shangri-la represents a paradise we have forgotten while living our earthly lives. It is not simply a physical place. It is something we remember through love.
During my near-death experience, one of the deepest understandings I carried back with me was that beneath the temporary experiences of life, we are not separate.
We only exist in love.
Love is where separation disappears.
Love is where we remember who we are.
Love is where the forgotten paradise begins to return.
The title OM Mare Shangri-la grew from these experiences and from the understanding that has remained with me ever since:
We are connected more deeply than we know, and love is what remains.
The Nine Songs
The Ocean of The Seals
Only In Love We Are
Angel of Mercy
Marys Song
Never Forget Who You Are
Seeds of God
The Ocean of Love
Wild Birds Flying High
Falling Back in Eternity
Across these nine songs, I explore love, consciousness, freedom, identity, the soul, time, eternity, and the fleeting experience of being human.
Although this is my first vocal album, I don't experience it as leaving my earlier music behind.
It feels more like another doorway into the same world.
The dreams, intuition, consciousness, stillness, and inner experiences that have shaped my piano compositions are now finding another form through words, voice, and acoustic guitar.
This is part of what I call Quintessence Music—the philosophy connecting my music and visual art through dreams, intuition, consciousness, stillness, and the heart.
The Sound Behind the Album
I am deeply grateful to the extraordinary mastering engineers who became part of OM Mare Shangri-la.
Maria Triana, an acclaimed mastering engineer with decades of experience, including many years at Sony Music and work connected with artists such as Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Wayne Shorter, and Sting, mastered four songs on the album.
Gary Gray, an award-winning composer, producer, and engineer whose career includes projects connected with Disney, 20th Century Fox, Hollywood Records, EMI, and CBS, mastered three songs.
Austin Leeds, an internationally experienced producer, recording artist, remixer, and engineer with a career spanning electronic music, production, and major-label releases, mastered Seeds of God.
I am deeply grateful for the sensitivity, experience, and care they brought to these recordings—and to all the wonderful people who have helped behind the scenes, encouraged me, believed in these songs, and helped this album find its way into the world.
OM Mare Shangri-la will also be submitted for consideration for the 69th GRAMMY Awards in Best Contemporary Folk Album.
To see my first nine songs reach this moment feels deeply meaningful.
I hope that when you listen, you find your own place inside these songs.
Perhaps somewhere within us, we still remember the lost paradise.
❤️ Karen Salicath Jamali
OM Mare Shangri-la
August 28, 2026
Worldwide Distribution: Warner Music Group
Offical Music Videos for the album Om Mare Shangri-la
New Single
Wild Birds Flying High
New Single Coming Out Aug.14
My new indie-folk single, “Wild Birds Flying High,” will be released on August 14, 2026.
In this song, I sing and play acoustic guitar, sharing a reflection on the roles we sometimes take on in our relationships and in the larger human story. We may misunderstand one another, blame one another, or become caught in the same drama again and again—almost like characters in a Shakespearean theatre.
But beneath all the roles and stories, I believe love remains.
For me, true love is not only a feeling we have for another person. True love is also revealed in how we treat one another—with compassion, honesty, respect, forgiveness, and humanity.
Compassion begins within us. It begins in the quiet moment when we look beyond the role someone is playing and remember the human being beneath it.
The wild birds in the song represent freedom—the possibility of rising above division and seeing life from a wider place. When the drama becomes quiet and the roles fall away, love is still there.
Love is what we are.
Love is what remains.
Love is what stays with us.
“Wild Birds Flying High” was mastered by acclaimed mastering engineer Maria Triana, whose career includes two decades at Sony Music, and is distributed through Warner Music Group.
This music will be a part of my upcoming Album releasing August 28
Release date: August 14, 2026
Reviews of Wild Birds Flying High:
IGGY MAGAZINE -"Wild Birds Flying High" is not just a musical triumph; it's a balm for the soul. By blending folk poetry with a luminous philosophy, Karen Salicath Jamali delivers a suspended moment of grace. An essential invitation to rediscover the goodness that lies dormant within each of us, and to let our spirits soar."
KIMU - “The guitar work is sublime and her vocals ethereal. We are reminded of early Lana Del Rey and Cat Power. Yet there is something more stripped-back, spiritual and personal here. Nothing feels overproduced and every note, breath and line feels intentional.- We could imagine this soundtracking an indie drama such as Past Lives, Aftersun or The Worst Person in the World, or on television, it could work beautifully in a reflective Normal People, Big Little Lies, or a more conscious TV show like Nine Perfect Strangers”
New Release
Releasing on July 14 2026
Marys Song
Dear beautiful souls,
I am very happy to share my upcoming single with you.
Mary's Song is my third vocal release and perhaps my most intimate.
One early morning I awoke with these words already complete inside me. I felt as though Mary herself was quietly giving me the song.
This gentle Indie Folk recording is performed with my voice, acoustic guitar and subtle drums. It is very different from my piano music, yet it comes from the same place of listening.
The artwork is one of my own sculptures, created long before the song arrived, yet somehow perfectly connected.
The Music have be mastered by Maria Triana, who work 2 decade ad Sony music, and worked with many of this planets most renowned Artist.
I hope Mary's Song brings you a moment of peace and reminds you that love is often found in stillness.
The single will be available worldwide on July 14.
With gratitude,
Karen Salicath Jamali
And a reassuring message that we are always loved.
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"Wings of Gabriel" album review
"Wings of Gabriels" Press qoutes
"Wings of Gabriel " music video's
New Album "Angel Trio"
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