Kirtan Podcast Archive
Choose Love
"All my life, I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love, and I'm here." A. R. Rahman had that to say when he won two Oscars for his music in Slumdog Millionaire. You can see and hear his award winning song “Jai Ho” here. Listen to the song, go feel the spirt...
Spreading The Kirtan Vibe
I’m so excited to share the amazing music I’ve been finding for this podcast, the problem is there’s just not enough time to play it all. So I’m going to add one more track as a substitution for the time our satsang group spends with the Adyashanti readings. A free...
Why Sing Kirtan?
I was reading the liner notes from “Greatest Hits of the Kali Yuga” by Krishna Das, and I was struck by how eloquently Krishna Das describes why he sings kirtan. I’d like to share it with you all: “ . . . I don’t know how it all happened, but I just kept on...
Kirtan For Dummies
OK, I’ve decided to create an elevator speech for kirtan, because people don’t know what it is. And when I try to tell them what it is and how great it is I get all woo-woo with the explanation--which just doesn’t work. So here’s my elevator speech . . . it’s a work...
Radhe, Radhe, Radhe
I’ve put David Newman’s “Radhe Suite” in the podcast this week. It’s the chant that has been following me around for several weeks, so now you get to have it follow you around! Also, David Newman will be playing in Vancouver, WA next month. Here’s the info: Kirtan...
Let Everything Be As It Is
I’m posting some new links for you at the Website this week. There’s a beautifully simple take on meditation from Adyashanti’s “Spontaneous Awakening”, and also some of the breathing exercises we do in our Sunday night satsang from Shiva Rea’s “Yoga Chant”. The...
Celebrate Change!
The set this week celebrates the inauguration of Barack Obama as our next President The chants are all about about clearing out old energy and bringing in new. That’s why “Om Nama Shivaya” appears twice, by different artists—Wah & Shantala. Then comes “Om Namo...
This Week’s Kirtan Set with Krishna Das, Wah! & More
NAME ARTIST CHANTBOOK OM Mercury Max -- Namah Shivaya Krishna Das p.6 Krishna in 7 Wah! -- Magic Mantra Satkirin Kaur Khalsa p. 11 Om Namo Bhagavate Shantala p. 7 Azure Salver Snatam Kaur p. 13 Ganesha Sharanam Jai Uttal p. 3 Here’s how we use the set for our satsang...
Happy New Year!
Welcome to our second podcast! We have some great songs for you this week, here are the artists in this week’s set. Hare Krishna Govinda” . . . . . Ragani “Waheguru Wahe Jio” . . . . . Snatam Kaur “Baba Hanuman” . . . . . Shantala “Hara Hara Mahadev/Om Namah Shivaya”...
Our First Kirtan Podcast, Happy Solstice!
Just a reminder of two upcoming kirtan events. The first is on New Years Eve in Portland, OR. The headliner is Wah!, and the event is "Jai Ganesh". And on January 19 in Washington, DC there's "Chant4Change" Featuring Shiva Rae, Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Gaura Vani...
An Introduction to Kirtan
I'm so excited to be going live with this project. It was inspired within meditation, and has come together in less than a month. I couldn't have done this without the help of my inspired Web designer and dear friend Sue Crawford. She has helped me so much with...