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...
by Kitzie | Oct 23, 2017 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast, Songs For The Soul
This week’s set is for those of you who don’t play an instrument but would like to gather in satsang to sing kirtan. It’s structured much like our Friday night kirtan here in Corvallis, and the chants are ones we love to sing in our satsang. You...
by Kitzie | Sep 28, 2017 | Kirtan/Meditation Circle, New World Kirtan Podcast
I really loved doing this interview with Jen Canfield of the Call & Response Foundation & Ian Boccio of the Atlanta kirtan community & the kirtan band Blue Spirit Wheel, and it kicks off a new direction for the podcast. I’ve felt deeply drawn to...
by Kitzie | Aug 30, 2017 | Fresh Tracks, New World Kirtan Podcast
This edition of the podcast is a rich Fresh Tracks set, and as it worked out several of the artists featured in the set will be playing at Omega Fall Ecstatic Chant this weekend, so I’m happy to give them a shout-out! We start with the Hanumen’s ‘Invocation’, the...
