It’s a pretty special night at the Grammys when members of our kirtan family are nominated! In this edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast artist Madi Da […]
Winter Solstice is always special to me because it marks the anniversary of the launch of the New World Kirtan Podcast. It hardly seems possible that it has bee […]
When Dave Stringer sent me the Radiance Sutra material last year I wondered what would be created musically around these beautiful translations of the Sanskrit […]
If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while you know that the kirtan community here in Corvallis started with a group of us singing to CDs — […]
One of the best things about 5-years of  producing the podcast is the huge file I’ve accumulated of my all-time favorite kirtan chants. The show this wee […]
Do you love kirtan, wish you could play it but have no musical experience? Do you have a kirtan band & want to get better at playing & leading the chant […]
When Dave Stringer sent me the Radiance Sutra material several months ago I wondered what would be created musically around these beautiful translations of the […]
This episode begins a new series for the podcast called Blasts From the Past. As mentioned last week, I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to put t […]
I’ve heard Dave Stringer perform live numerous times, and several things continue to impress me —  his energy (off the charts), his sharp wit, […]
Dave Stringer’s set on Friday night opened the Denver Chant Fest, and is the first of the live podcasts I’ll be posting from last weekend. Live sou […]
Dave Stringer has been a big supporter of the New World Kirtan podcast almost from the beginning of the show. He invited me to my first live kirtan in Portland, […]
The podcast this week is a listener requested re-run. Enjoy!
The chant “Hare Krishna” has gotten a bad rap. Since the 1960s the chant has become wel […]
What a day here in Madison! A stellar kirtan lineup, some wonderful fellowship within the community, and a rockin’, funky “Hey Shiva Shankara” […]
The chant “Hare Krishna” has gotten a bad rap. Since the 1960s the chant has become well known outside of India, mostly due to the efforts of the In […]
Ganesh pops up a lot on the podcast. We have shows dedicated to him here, and here. Ganesh is the guy you want ahead of you on the path, clearing the way with h […]
This week I got a hankering for some of the live stuff. I missed my fix at Bhakti Fest this year, and OMmersion in April was just too long to wait. So, an all l […]
This week’s podcast is about honoring Shiva, the name of the consciousness that lives within each one of us. “Om Namah Shivaya” means “I bow to […]
I’ve been missing OMmersion, how about you? I’ve looked at all the videos at the Bhakti Beat (great site, check it out), and I wanted a music set to […]
Back at the B&B, but my head is still filled with music. Here’s who I saw today; Joey Lugassy, with a break-out set. Amritakripa, homies to Joshua Tre […]
This is a great video featuring Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer & other kirtan artists talking about the path of Bhakti Yoga. Thanks to our friends at […]
It’s spring break here … yeeha … and it’s also time for me to take a little break. This show played about a year ago, and since I’ […]
The theme for this week started out as “Surrender”, but originally I meant it in the sense of surrender when practicing Yin Yoga. As the week prog […]
This week’s set was the convergence of two things; a really great satsang on Sunday, where we sang most of this set, and the arrival of several new kirtan […]
This week I wanted to put together a set of my favorite kirtan chants, and found it was a very hard task indeed! We just have to have more All Star sets, beca […]
The chants in the Sunday Satsang sets are designed to be sung! You can sing them in a group, as we do, especially if you’re also in a small town where l […]
The mighty ape Hanuman is featured in the music this week, in honor of his Birthday. Hanuman is said to represent the untold power that resides within each on […]
This week’s set is a mostly English set (that’s the different part). Our favorite kirtan artists perform songs that aren’t in Sanskrit, and […]
There was a candlelight vigil in our town tonight. It was organized as way to surround a mosque firebombed this weekend with light and community support. Th […]
What’s not to love about Dave Stringer? Â He inhabits a genial spirit, and creates music which never fails to lift my mood. Â In my heart there is a speci […]
As you know we’ve been traveling, so this week we have a repeat podcast from July 2009. Â We’ll be back to a regular schedule starting next week. Â […]
I read the word “BhaktiFestified” somewhere recently, and it so perfectly describes how I feel—I’ve had a taste of the Bhav, and now there’s n […]
We arrived in Joshua Tree late this afternoon, and went over to Bhakti Fest just as the sun was going down. Â We barely had time to see it all, and it’s a […]
If there’s anything I’ve realized from my time listening to kirtan it’s that I can always count on it. Â No matter my mood, if I listen to som […]
New World Kirtan is going to Bhakti Fest–that would be four days of kirtan, yoga and workshops in Joshua Tree, CA September 9-12.
This blows the door off […]
‘Songs for Sid’ originally posted back in December, and was my attempt to express in music my emotional ride with the death of a beloved family dog. […]
In kirtan I think there are subtle distinctions between prayers, invocations and mantras — but I was in a praying mood this week, and these were the chant […]
Mother Nature is serving up some glorious stuff these days. I highly recommend walking outside with kirtan, you can read about my experiences with it here. […]
When I was younger I was employed as a singer in a church choir located in center city Philadelphia. Every Sunday the choir would gather in the vestibule of t […]
Last week our beloved black Lab Sid left us, and it was both a terrible & beautiful experience. His last gift to our family was his death and the healing i […]
The chants in this week’s podcast are some of my favorites from the new kirtan CDs I’ve listened to over the last several weeks. It’s a podc […]
My morning routine usually starts with a cup of something hot & the New York Times. When I started producing the podcast I added kirtan listening to this […]
I’ve always loved the imagery in the song “There Is A Secret One Inside”. Based on a poem by Kabir, it helps me to remember there is someone […]
It’s a great new day–I’ve started a kirtan band and life is good. The band has two guitar players, several different kinds of percussion, […]
After a wonderful trip to the East coast (my second home) it feels very good to be back in Oregon where we are having an amazing Indian summer. This is my fav […]