by Kitzie | Jul 4, 2024 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
Hello friends, I have sad news. On April 18th of this year our Bhakti world lost one of its brightest lights. David Newman left his body after a short illness, and his death sent waves of sadness & grief through the international Bhakti community. He was so young,...
by Kitzie | Feb 4, 2023 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
Hello friends, I hope this finds you healthy & doing well. If the dark days are getting you down, take heart because on Wednesday we celebrated Imbolc, an ancient Celtic holiday that celebrates the beginning of Spring — it was traditionally celebrated by the...
by Kitzie | Jan 24, 2020 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
Over Easter weekend last April, Dave Stringer came to Corvallis to play a kirtan for our community — it was such a sweet experience for everyone involved, and the following month he was headed to China. Dave has been to China several times to play kirtan, and...
by Kitzie | Nov 25, 2019 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
This podcast is very special to me. I had the pleasure of interviewing Miten back in September the day before Deva Premal, Manose and the gang were about to leave on tour. The interview was to be about the music on his new CD ‘Devotee’, and it turned into a...
by Kitzie | Aug 26, 2019 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast, Sunday Satsang
Most of you know we have a kirtan & meditation circle that meets here every Friday night, and when we don’t have a live group playing for us I put together a set of chants from CDs for the satsang. This edition of the podcast is one of those sets in its entirety...
by Kitzie | May 31, 2019 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
Five years ago Dave Stringer was one of the first kirtan artists to visit Corvallis, and last month over Easter weekend he came back to town for an incredible weekend of kirtan. His band had a stellar lineup of musicians & they were mostly from Oregon — Johanna...