Kirtan Podcast Archive
New Beginnings
This week we continue our journey into mantra with Day 3 of Deva Premal & Miten’s 21-Day Mantra Meditation Journey. This week we’ll explore Lord Ganesha, one of the most loved Gods in Hinduism. In most households in India, a new task begins with a prayer to Lord...
Om Shanti
This week we continue our journey into mantra with Day 2 of Deval Premal & Miten’s 21-Day Mantra Meditation Journey. This beautiful program features 21 specially selected mantras with guided meditations by Deva & Miten into their meaning & essential...
The Sacred Syllable Om
Flame carriers of a 5,000-year-old tradition, Deva Premal & Miten are at the forefront of the burgeoning worldwide chant phenomenon. The two have been travelling the world since 1992, and with more than a dozen albums & a fan base that includes both Cher and...
Sky’s Divine Grace
This week's set is brought to you by our dear Friday Satsang member Sky. You can find Sky's other sets for us on Spotify under 'Corvallis Satsang'. Enjoy! Setlist: Jane Winther, Mantra: Om Ty Burhoe, Invocation: Indian Chill Out Wade Imre Morissette, Mahadeva Shambo:...
Rob & Melissa Live Zoom Kirtan
Rob and Melissa are husband & wife kirtan musicians from the Seattle area, but they travel extensively, leading kirtans, workshops and retreats around the world. They have shared their music at numerous yoga festivals in the US, including Bhakti Fest, Prana Fest,...
Pajama Party!
Hi everyone, Sometimes all you really need is a good night’s sleep, right? This week’s set is all about soothing you into a deep slumber, so prepare your space & get comfy -- pajamas are optional but encouraged! SETLIST Jane Winther, Mantra: Om Miten,...
Surprise Package!
Our world is changing. Spring is here, and so are the vaccines. What will the world be like when we’re all released from our homes? I’ve written a blog post called ‘The View From My Lockdown’ for my voiceover site, and in it, I talk about what has been getting me...
Links To The Corvallis Friday Kirtan/Meditation Circle Sets
Every Friday night for the past 12-years a dedicated group in our small town has gathered to sing kirtan together. There are no live kirtan bands here (small town) so instead, we sing to sets that I put together from my library of sacred music. The sets are usually...
Happy New Year! Jai Ganesha!
Happy 2021 dear friends! This is the set I played on New Years Day for our Corvallis Satsang. To harness the energy of new beginnings, the music is focused on chants to Ganesha, the destroyer of all obstacles. Ganesha is probably the most beloved of the Hindu deities,...
Chants For Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice occurs on Monday, December 21 this year. For many cultures around the world, the winter solstice marks an important milestone. It's the shortest day of the year and the longest night of the year, and signals a powerful transition point between seasons....
Rest In The Arms Of The Divine Mother
This time last week most of the country was gripped with anxiety about the election, and by the end of the week, my nerves were just jangling. I felt a very deep need for a soothing kirtan set, and this playlist has the chants to the Divine Mother I played for our...
Be A Lighthouse
This edition of the podcast is a rerun of a show I produced 4-years ago after Hillary Clinton lost the election for President. I can hear the sadness & discouragement I was feeling in my voice — it was a bad time. Now we’re at the point of electing a new...
Oregon Burning
This week climate change became very personal for our family. The picture at the top of the blog is Oregon's Willamette Valley -- that's where we live. Because of the wildfires, hundreds of families have lost their homes in Oregon & tens of thousands more are...
One For The Sun
I played this set last Friday night for our group & songs from it kept popping into my brain all week so I figured it was a good one. We are having the most exquisite summer weather here and I wanted the music in the set to reflect that summer feeling in some way,...
I Am Healthy!
This edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast marks a change. I've been producing the podcast for over ten years, mostly following the same format. This week I'm trying something different, focusing on just one chant. You'll have to let me know how you like it! There...
A Surprise Package
Sometimes on Friday night, I like to do a Surprise Package set — that just means a set of songs that we’re pretty familiar with and like to sing but there’s no particular theme. This is a set I played several weeks ago for our Satsang, with music by Kristin Luna Ray,...
A Kundalini Set
In this week’s set, the New World Kirtan Podcast features another branch of the kirtan music scene with a focus on Kundalini artists. The best-known chant from this tradition is the Kirtan Kriya, Sa Ta Na Ma, so powerful for Alzheimer's patients & their...
Chants To The Indweller
I try not to talk much about politics on the New World Kirtan Podcast. But most of you know we live in Oregon, and this week I'd like to address the protests happening in Portland. We’re about an hour and a half south of Portland & have friends & family...
The Great Invocation
The ‘Great Invocation’ is a World Prayer, an invocation for light and love. It’s an ancient formula for the use of mankind to invoke the energies which will change our world. Originally written in 1945, it has been translated into many languages & is used daily by...
Hanuman; A River Of Grace
I played this week’s set several weeks ago for our Friday virtual Satsang — it’s dedicated to Hanuman, and it’s one I’ve been using a lot in the process of healing my body after hip replacement surgery. In difficult situations, it helps me if I remember to turn things...