by Kitzie | Nov 9, 2021 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Sky's Sets
Hello friends, I always look forward to the sets Sky puts together for our Friday Satsang — she’s doing a set for us every month now. I love that she points me to artists & chants I may not have discovered on my own, and I think this set might be one of my...
by Kitzie | Jun 23, 2016 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast, Where Is Western Kirtan Headed?
This podcast is the third and last of the series about where Western kirtan is headed, and features the second part of my conversation with Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach that began in Part 2. We’ll also talk with Nina Rao, and she’ll tell us her view of the...
by Kitzie | Jun 18, 2016 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast, Where Is Western Kirtan Headed?
The next two podcasts will be released back to back, and they continue the conversation about where Western kirtan is headed. Creative artists today are facing unprecedented challenges, and our kirtan musicians are being deprived of income because of the growth of...
by Kitzie | Dec 10, 2015 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
One beautiful day last month my son Jesse & I drove up from San Rafael to Ben Leinbach’s studio where Jai Uttal was just beginning work on his next CD. The four of us had such a fun conversation about all kinds of things — what Jai was for Halloween,...
by Kitzie | Jan 15, 2013 | Deity Themes, New World Kirtan Podcast
Nataraj is the dancing form of Lord Shiva. Usually you see this depicted in bronze as the god Shiva dancing in a circle of flames with his foot crushing a demon that symbolizes ignorance. It is said that Shiva can dance gently or violently — these are just two...