Kirtan Podcast Archive
Love, Lost and Found by Sean Johnson
In this guest blog written for Laughing Lotus Yoga in NYC, Sean Johnson shares about how he once ceased singing for 10-years. The experience of losing his own singing voice is one of the reasons why he loves helping people find their voice again through kirtan. Love,...
From The Bhakti Trail: Bolo from Berlin, Germany
FROM THE BHAKTI TRAIL 10th Berlin Yoga Festival- Bolo from Berlin, Germany By Spring GrooveWhat does America’s Birthday, The 10th Annual Berlin Yoga Festival and Germany’s entrance into the 2014 Semi Finals World Cup all have in common? July 4th. And what a...
Bhakti Fest Midwest 2014 Wrap-Up
This one should be titled "The Year We Moved Inside." Because of heavy wind & thunderstorms the decision was made on Wednesday to move the entire festival, vendors and all, inside to the Arena at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. What a gargantuan task! Big...
The Rise and Rise of Conscious Music
"A search or need for people to connect to even more conscious music has started to occur. There has been a shift, a swell if you like, towards a rise in artists and producers dedicated to bringing conscious music to the frontline. Brought about in part by the...
Krishna Das LIVE at Bhakti Fest Midwest 2014
Any time is a good time to sing with Krishna Das, but singing with him live is the best. This is the set he and his great band played for us last Saturday night at Bhakti Fest Midwest -- if you like what you hear please consider going to see the man live. It might...
A Conversation With David Newman
David Newman or Durga Das, is a kirtan chant artist, sacred singer songwriter, best-selling author & inspirational teacher. His music is deeply joyful, and I always feel good when I’m playing or singing it. David & I talked about his music, his new book The...
Krishna Das, Jai Uttal & the Love of Maharaj-ji
Elephant Journal June 13, 2013 By Chris Grosso "While the legendary Hindu Maharaj-ji passed away before my time, I've been lucky to have had candid conversations with some of his devotees including Krishna Das, Jai Uttal, Lama Surya Das and Rameshwar Das. Through...
Bhakti Fest Midwest Sampler
Bhakti Fest Midwest is right around the corner, and this week's set features artists who hold down the Midwest scene -- it's a kirtan hotbed! We’ll be gathering in Madison, WI Friday June 20-Sunday June 22 and day passes are now available for $108. The schedule is...
Sing The Soul Electric
“Chanting is a powerful spiritual practice,” says Krishna Das. “It can look like rock ‘n roll and sound like rock ‘n roll, but it isn’t.”
Fresh Tracks 23
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There's nothing I like more than loading new kirtan CDs into my phone, putting on headphones and going out for a walk -- I know it will be one that's filled with musical surprises. This week's set made for a fun walk, and has great...
Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
This week's podcast first posted back in April 2012, and is one of our most downloaded shows. I hope you enjoy this blast from the past my friends. Until next week -- Namaste. “Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo” is the Adi Mantra. Translated “I bow to the Creative Wisdom, I bow...
Jai Jai Ma!
This set was inspired by a walk I took last week. As I was walking 'He Ma Durga', the Donna De Lory chant in this week’s set came up, and I became so aware of the great power of Ma bursting forth all around us at this time of year. It's the power of the life force –...
A Conversation With Gina Sala
Gina Sala is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer and teacher from Seattle. Her love of the human voice has taken her to performing and studying throughout much of the world -- she's performed at the US Pentagon, the US Capital, the United Nations and...
Shakti Fest 2014 Sampler
Shakti Fest, the beautiful spring celebration of the Bhav at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, occurs next weekend -- and for the first time in several years I won't be there. I'll tell you why in the podcast, but like a lot of you I'll miss springtime in the desert,...
The Power of Om
This week's podcast is a solid hour of the mantra Om, which is not so much a word as "rather an intonation, which, like music, transcends the barriers of age, race, culture and even species." When we chant Om we align our body/mind/Spirit, and we align with each other...
What’s A Kirtan Flight School?
Do you love kirtan, wish you could play it but have no musical experience? Do you have a kirtan band & want to get better at playing & leading the chants? Then you'd love Dave Stringer's Kirtan Flight School. I attended the workshop back in February after the...
Deep Chill
This week's podcast is another that features a guided meditation at the beginning, followed by chants that continue the mood. We're featuring relaxation this week, something we can all use a little more of! Our guided meditation is from Ramdesh Kaur's 'Journey Into...
From the Bhakti Trail – Namaste Festival
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What ARE the responsibilities of the Kirtan Wallah? By Spring Groove I am at the Namaste Festival. It’s happening at a super groovy venue in Herrsching am Ammersee. This is located in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the east shore...
Dave Stringer Comes To Corvallis
If someone had told me back in 2009 that in 5-years I'd be writing a blog post about Dave Stringer's kirtan concert in Corvallis I would have thought they were crazy. In April 2009 when the podcast 'Live Kirtan Rocks Big Time' first posted I had never been to a live...
Fresh Tracks 22
The Fresh Tracks sets are my favorite shows to produce. It's exciting to hear new offerings from artists I'm familiar with, and others from unknown artists that blossom as delightful surprises. This week's set features new chants from MC Yogi, David Newman, Sheela...