by Kitzie | May 8, 2018 | Kirtan Live!, New World Kirtan Podcast
April was quite the month for sacred music here in Corvallis! It began with a great weekend with David Newman — on Saturday night the Unitarian Church was full for his kirtan, and his band — which included Bejny & Heather Wertheimer of Shantala, Sean...
by Kitzie | Apr 2, 2018 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
I’m just back from Sean Johnson & the Wild Lotus Band’s Bhakti Immersion in New Orleans, and what a wonderful & transformative experience it was! I spent it with 40 beautiful people, most of them Yoga teachers, who wanted to bring more Bhakti...
by Kitzie | Feb 14, 2018 | Fresh Tracks, New World Kirtan Podcast
“It seems appropriate to start the New Year with a Fresh Tracks set”, said I back in January when this podcast was taking shape and before the totally nasty sinus infection descended. Yuk, glad that’s over, thank you antibiotics. And now …...
by Kitzie | Dec 20, 2017 | New World Kirtan Podcast
The dark and cold of winter lends itself to introspection, and lately I’ve been thinking about this past year & the changes it brought to my life. Last December I had just been diagnosed with a large spinal tumor, and had the surgery to remove it was in January....
by Kitzie | Nov 22, 2017 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
The use of chanting and spiritual music for awakening has a long history, and in this week’s podcast we have chants from many different religious traditions. We’ll begin with a chant from the Sufi tradition with HuDost, then a Gregorian chant from Thomas Barquee, then...
