Kirtan Podcast Archive
Blue Spirit Wheel Live In Corvallis
Here in Corvallis we just had a Solstice weekend jam-packed full of great kirtan. Atlanta-based Blue Spirit Wheel played a Yoga class & a kirtan concert as part of their six-week tour, which includes a set Saturday noon at Midwest Bhakti Fest. The band stayed with...
Laughing With Ragani
The delightful Ms. Ragani & I have some history. When I first started singing kirtan, the Yoga teacher used CDs. We chanted to a lot of different artists, Indian & American. One evening the teacher played a new artist, and my eyes kept being drawn to the image...
Gratitude HD
By Louis Schwartzberg, Moving Art TV. Published Oct 14, 2011. A Moving Art original short. This inspirational video was well responded at TED conferences and filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg motivates those around him as happiness is revealed. Spoken word and music...
Dave Stringer Live at Shakti Fest 2013
I've heard Dave Stringer perform live numerous times, and several things continue to impress me -- his energy (off the charts), his sharp wit, the power of his vocals and his musicality. Each set is different -- this time he did a version of Saraswati Ma that...
Kirtaniyas featuring MC Yogi — Nitai Gauranga
This video, filmed at the Holi Festival of Colors in Utah and out less than a week has been watched almost nine thousand times on YouTube. I must admit I account for a lot of the views -- there's so much joy & love present, it makes me really happy to watch it....
Is Meditation Important?
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The New Indian Express Meditation is important for every human being. Meditation fulfils the natural tendency of human beings to look for a joy that does not diminish, a love that does not get distorted or turn into negative emotions. Some...
How To Survive Being Married To A Musician
Via Dearbhla Kelly elephant journal Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, writer and neurophilosopher Dearbhla Kelly's take on what it's like to be married to a "hot muso" (AKA kirtan wallah Dave Stringer) is very funny, and a perspective we don't often hear. So you’re...
The Healing Power Of Kirtan
By Rachel Goldstein at YOGANONYMOUS On that unfortunate day in 2001, the one that changed reality as we know it, my life‐long friend Gabby was running down the West Side Highway, watching in horror as history transpired right before her eyes. I had just returned after...
Shakti Fest 2013 Wrap-Up
After a festival like Shakti Fest, returning to the world takes a while. Always I feel as though the cells in my body have been shaken up & put back together in a different way, and it takes time to integrate this new way of being into the flow of daily life. This...
A Conversation With Donna De Lory
Donna De Lory loves to dance -- on stage she is a whirling dervish, literally dancing through her entire set. Her harmonium is on a stand, so she never has to sit down. It's also a kinesthetic activity for the listener, because it's impossible to watch her and not...
Shakti Fest 2013 Sampler
At long last, it's here. The time when those of us who hear Joshua Tree calling throughout the winter can pack our bags and go to the desert to reconnect with the Bhav we find there. Shakti Fest is happening next week, May 17-19, and it's a celebration of the Divine...
A Conversation With Larisa Stow
The first time I saw Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe perform at Bhakti Fest my eyebrows were about singed off with the energy. Larisa's unique blend of mantra-infused rock is designed to "wake, shift, shake and lift humanity" , and it certainly had that effect on the...
The One That’s All Deva Premal and Miten
Years ago I was doing Yoga to a CD by Shiva Rea, and the background music caught my attention. It was the the purity of the voice -- who was the artist and what was she singing? That was my first exposure to chant, and also to Deva Premal's Gayatri Mantra. Deva is now...
Calling Out To Hungry Hearts — Words & Music by Krishna Das
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Krishna Das. As a singer I appreciate the deep resonance of his voice -- it's an amazing instrument. But it's more than that. His voice is a mighty river, and when you enter the flow Krishna Das will take you to the place deep in...
C.C.White LIVE at the Denver Chant Fest
This week’s set brings us back to the magic of the Denver Chant Fest. C.C. White was the picture of grace & beauty that night -- she had just lost several people close to her -- Shyamdas & her father -- but called on her enormous strength & talent to touch...
Fresh Tracks 18
The Fresh Tracks sets are my opportunity to introduce you to new kirtan artists, and new offerings from established kirtan artists. This week's set has a bit of both -- please enjoy the offering. Namaste, dear ones. SONG ARTIST CD Om Mercury Max The Eternal Om Om...
Dr. Manoj Chalam On the Deities
Last month at the Denver Chant Fest, Dr. Manoj Chalam and his wife Jyothi captivated a roomful of attendees with their lecture on the symbolism of Hindu & Buddhist deities and their relevance in our lives today. I recorded this on the fly -- so my apologies if...
He Ma Durga
Durga. She is one powerful goddess. Later this week I'll be posting the talk on the deities given by Dr. Manoj Chalam last month at the Denver Chant Fest. His murti of Durga practically leaped off the table at me during that talk, and now here she sits, riding her...
ChantLanta! Peace, Love and Kirtan in the South
Atlanta had it's very own kirtan festival last weekend! The ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival has been bringing the Bhav to the South for four years, and this year Krishna Das & Wynne Paris were the headliners. Several local groups were also featured, and executive...
Jai Uttal LIVE at the Denver Chant Fest
Listening to this podcast took me right back to the magic of the Denver Chant Fest. I recorded a lot of great material -- C.C. White rocked the house, the floor was literally shaking with people dancing during her set. I can't wait for you all to hear THAT one, it...