by Kitzie | Jan 12, 2010 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
When I was younger I was employed as a singer in a church choir located in center city Philadelphia. Every Sunday the choir would gather in the vestibule of the church and sing the hymn “Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow” before we entered and...
by Kitzie | Jan 5, 2010 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
Welcome to the New Year, dearest New World Kirtan listeners. January in Oregon is windy & rainy–there are lots of dark and stormy nights. Probably like you, I’m trying to be in tune with the season–to find what treasures it holds for me. May...
by Kitzie | Dec 8, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
Last week our beloved black Lab Sid left us, and it was both a terrible & beautiful experience. His last gift to our family was his death and the healing it brought us on many levels. And so this week’s podcast is for Sid, but it’s not at all sad. Sid...
by Kitzie | Nov 10, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
If you’re a podcast listener, you know that I work as a voiceover actress. I like to sing to warm up my voice before I start work, and this week I’ve been using the creativity chant from Deva Premal’s “Mantras for Precarious Times”. ...
by Kitzie | Oct 13, 2009 | New World Kirtan Podcast, Other Themes
It’s a great new day–I’ve started a kirtan band and life is good. The band has two guitar players, several different kinds of percussion, a harmonium/keyboard, an autoharp (me), and a cello (sometimes). Mostly everybody sings harmony. We’ve...