Looking for a song from the start of a workshop

August 18, 2023 11:56 AM

I've been trying to locate a song that I heard at the beginning of a spiritual workshop in 2019. It was beautiful and inspiring, and was the perfect song to kick off a spiritual workshop. This is really a long shot because I don't have many details. If all else fails, I have a Spotify bonus question.

I'm pretty sure the song title was a single word that might be Invocation. Other words that popped into my mind are Proclamation and Incantation, but Invocation is now stuck in my brain as "The Song Title." I've listened to parts of every song with that title on Spotify and YouTube Music and none are it. I've looked at synonyms for invocation but nothing strikes me.

What I know 100% for sure: The words to the song are in English, sung by a man. It wasn't anyone I'd ever heard of but was definitely NOT Krishna Das, although he had a similar deep voice. It was short, maybe 3-5 minutes max.
What I'm less sure about: Whether there was music. I think there was, but there's a small chance it was all spoken word.

Any idea what the song might be, or what else I could do to find it? I'm willing to take lots of time for this search.

The Spotify Avenue: In 2019 I added the song to at least one Spotify playlist. In 2021 I canceled my Premium subscription and deleted the app. Without writing down the names of any of my favorite, obscure songs. I recently downloaded the app again and all my playlists are gone. BONUS QUESTION: If I get Spotify Premium again, will my playlists reappear? Or, if I deleted my playlists in 2021 (I honestly don't remember), is there a way to recover them? After two years, I'm thinking the answer to both is no, but maybe not? If the answer is yes, I'm definitely willing to get Premium to get this song back.

posted by daikon to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Any chance it's Leonard Cohen's "Anthem?"
posted by praemunire at 12:02 PM on August 18, 2023

Is contacting the workshop facilitator/moderator, or the sponsor organization, an option?
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:44 PM on August 18, 2023

Response by poster: I FOUND IT!!! It's Peace Invocation by Darpan. Which didn't come up in any of my searches of songs named "Invocation."

I went back to Spotify one more time to look at the remnants of my former account and saw an album by Darpan and I thought he might be the singer. The song wasn't on that album, but it was a short step to the right album. I can't begin to express how happy I am, having now listened to this song again after several years.
posted by daikon at 2:55 PM on August 18, 2023 [8 favorites]