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 […]
This week’s set was inspired by an article on Spirit Voyage’s blog called “Healthy Living: 10 Reasons to Meditate”. The blog tells how […]
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 […]
Happy Solstice everyone, and Happy Birthday to the New World Kirtan podcast! As we turn two years old our podcast community continues to grow–and so doe […]
One of my least favorite times of the day is around 4AM. That’s because I’m often awake, up much earlier than I’d like, and trying to get ba […]
This week’s set is eminently singable–this I know because our kirtan group sang these chants at our Sunday Satsang this week. You can use the podc […]
This week’s set is another one of all new kirtan, as new CDs have been arriving fast & furiously. And if you’re a fan of the October 8 Jai Utt […]
This summer I happened to catch an entry by Tami Simon on the Sounds True blog. The entry was titled “Keep Going, Say What You Know”. It struck […]
Probably like most of you, I’m constantly struggling with my need to be informed and my desire to stay positive. A balance has been especially hard to a […]
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 […]
A good thing about travelling is I have time to listen to a lot of kirtan on the plane, and this trip there were CDs from a lot of new artists. Â It’s goo […]
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 […]
The podcast this week comes to you from Cape Cod in October—what more need I say? The weather is incredible, there’s lots of seafood and I’m surro […]
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Sridhar, the executive producer of Bhakti Fest. Â For those of us who are craving to be back in the Bhav at Joshua […]
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’re back from Bhakti Fest to cool off and rest before seeing Krishna Das tonight. Â It’s really hot on the festival grounds today, we’re bei […]
We got back from Bhakti Fest too late last night for me to post (yawn)–I either have to get fitter or younger, because getting tired is a drag when there& […]
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 […]
Putting the podcast together is a miraculous process–I’m always curious to see what Spirit has planned for the show.  This week, the perfect CD s […]
‘Best of Both Worlds’ by Ragani was the first kirtan CD I ever bought.  When I was thinking of starting a kirtan podcast, the first call I made wa […]
I’ve heard the goddess Kali described as gentle mother, fierce warrior. Â That could also describe my mother … the fiercest warrior in our family. Â […]
Kirtan is by definition old, but the set this week was dictated by my need to sing some kirtan that fit like an old shoe. These are a few of the songs our k […]
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. […]
In my spiritual practice of singing kirtan there are vocalists I resonate with–their voices open my heart. When I hear them sing their glorious songs, s […]
Sunday night my husband, son & I went to see Snatam Kaur sing kirtan. What a light she is, standing in her faith so strongly that it’s impossible […]
While we were singing this set on Sunday night, the US House was voting on health care reform. The vote was important to me for many reasons, and so was direc […]
This week’s podcast is a special edition for Valentine’s Day. It has some surprises–when you devote something to Divine Love you can never b […]
The New World Kirtan podcast is one year old, and it has been downloaded over 73 thousand times! That number just knocks my socks off. This podcast started […]
In the podcast this week I mention a book that I loved reading in the last week, and one I would recommend to any animal lover. It’s called “Guard […]
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 […]
One of my all-time favorite books is “The Velveteen Rabbit”, and getting to “real” has been a personal & professional goal.   So […]
If you’re a podcast listener, you know that I work as a voiceover actress. I like to sing to warm up my voice before I start work, and this week I’ […]
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 […]
Last week I mentioned a new CD I found by Deva Premal called “Mantras for Precarious Times”. It’s a selection of seven mantras chosen specifical […]
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 […]
It’s time for me to take a little break, my friends. It has been an emotional several weeks, and it’s time for me to ground out for awhile on the […]
Every once & awhile a chant will follow me around for weeks, and sometimes it suggests a theme for the podcast. The chant haunting me lately is “Amm […]
I’m talking Dave Stringer’s new CD, and what a joyride it is. It hasn’t been released yet, but we have a preview in this week’s podcas […]
Summer is ending–there are changes coming & I’m feeling pensive. Change is a constant–in the weather, in our bodies, in life. As sweet […]