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...
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...
