Lovelight! A Conversation With Wynne Paris
This week’s podcast is an interview with Wynne Paris, director & producer of the Lovelight Yoga & Arts Festival, held in Darlington, Maryland August 26-28. There’s lots going on, and the kirtan lineup is stellar, starting with Krishna Das and Trevor Hall. The venue...
Let’s Play Kirtan!
When I was looking over the results of the recent New World Kirtan listener survey I noticed lots of interest in local kirtan, and several of you expressed an interest in starting a band in your community. This week’s podcast will help you get started. Here's a link...
Where Is Western Kirtan Headed? Conversations With Kirtan Leaders, Part 3.
This podcast is the third and last of the series about where Western kirtan is headed, and features the second part of my conversation with Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach that began in Part 2. We'll also talk with Nina Rao, and she’ll tell us her view of the current kirtan...
Where Is Western Kirtan Headed? Conversations With Kirtan Leaders, Part 2.
The next two podcasts will be released back to back, and they continue the conversation about where Western kirtan is headed. Creative artists today are facing unprecedented challenges, and our kirtan musicians are being deprived of income because of the growth of...
A Conversation With David Newman (Durga Das)
There’s nothing better than a good blast of Bhakti love, and the Hanuman Festival next weekend would be the perfect place to get you some. It’s happening June 9-12 in Boulder, CO and in this week’s show we talk to David Newman who is headlining. It’s always a pleasure...
Fresh Tracks Redux 2
I don't repeat podcasts very often, but the Fresh Tracks shows are an exception. Fresh Tracks are podcasts with all new chants, and sometimes I bring them back because so often they deserve another listen. This week's show posted about a year ago, and it has some of...
Where Is Western Kirtan Headed? Conversations with Kirtan Leaders.
This week’s show begins a series of interviews on where Western kirtan is headed. The topic is serendipitous, and came about because of a conversation I had several months ago with Dave Stringer & Madi Das -- I was interviewing them because their CD ‘Bhakti Without...
The Gayatri Mantra
This week's New World Kirtan Podcast explores the deeper meaning of the Gayatri Mantra, one of the oldest & most powerful mantras in existence. Here’s a simple translation: "O Divine Mother, our hearts are filled with darkness. Please make this darkness distant from...
Deep Sleep
Last week I found myself waiting for the results of a biopsy. If you've been in a similar position you can probably relate -- the compulsive checking for THE CALL, waking up at 3AM with mind racing. It was a great lesson to show how much work I have to do to control...
A Conversation With The Kirtan Rabbi
I met Reb Drew, the Kirtan Rabbi, several years ago. Chanting in Hebrew was a new experience for me, but to my surprise it took me to the same place chanting in Sanskrit did. Rabbi Hahn travels extensively to bring Hebrew Kirtan, Jewish meditation and Torah learning...