by Kitzie | Jul 13, 2013 | Kirtan Live!
Getting ready for the big 5th year Celebration! By Beth Shaw LA Yoga This year, Bhakti Fest will be lighting five candles on its birthday cake. The inspiration for the event began decades prior, when producer Sridhar Silberfein envisioned a spiritual gathering...
by Kitzie | Jul 10, 2013 | Mantra & Consciousness
Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir raise their voices in unison — and perhaps unify their heart rates, too. by Anna Haensch NPR News … But what really struck him was that it took almost no time at all for the singers’ heart rates to become...
by Kitzie | Jul 1, 2013 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
I met Mike Cohen a few years ago when he was house sitting in Portland — we had lunch at a local food cart & spent a lovely afternoon together. He has since settled down in Grand Rapids, MI and has become one of the pillars of Midwest kirtan. We talked...
by Kitzie | Jun 25, 2013 | Kirtan Live!, New World Kirtan Podcast
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...
by Kitzie | Jun 18, 2013 | Meet the Musicians, New World Kirtan Podcast
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...
