by Kitzie | Feb 11, 2016 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
It’s a pretty special night at the Grammys when members of our kirtan family are nominated! In this edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast artist Madi Das & producer Dave Stringer talk about the vision behind their CD ‘Bhakti Without Borders’...
by Kitzie | Feb 4, 2016 | New World Kirtan Podcast
About a year ago I was in terrible pain from a back spasm that ultimately became a spiritual journey. I did some of the hardest & deepest work of my life during that back spasm, and many of the chants from this week’s set were on repeat in my playlist this...
by Kitzie | Jan 5, 2016 | Mantra Themes, New World Kirtan Podcast
This week’s set is based on one we sang with our Kirtan/Meditation Group at Winter Solstice. It’s many variations on the chant “Om Asatoma Sad Gamaya Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.” This means...
by Kitzie | Dec 22, 2015 | New World Kirtan Podcast
Winter Solstice is always special to me because it marks the anniversary of the launch of the New World Kirtan Podcast. It hardly seems possible that it has been seven years, and that many of you have been with me since the beginning of this journey. The podcast is...
by Kitzie | Dec 10, 2015 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
One beautiful day last month my son Jesse & I drove up from San Rafael to Ben Leinbach’s studio where Jai Uttal was just beginning work on his next CD. The four of us had such a fun conversation about all kinds of things — what Jai was for Halloween,...
by Kitzie | Nov 25, 2015 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
Our show this week features an interview with Vijay Krsna of the Kirtaniyas. Vijay is a rising star in the kirtan movement, and I loved his stories of ashrams, Krishna & Vrindavan. Here’s a link to the chant “In Vrindavan” he talks about on the...
