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New World Kirtan > Calming Chants for a Crazy World


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Dance Dance Dance Evolution 3
April 08, 2015

This one is for the sweet listeners I met at Chantlanta who told me the Dance Dance Evolution sets get them to the gym. Me too! As dance sets go, this one is fairly mellow, but it got me moving today. Hope you like it also.

A Conversation with Sean Johnson of the Wild Lotus Band
March 26, 2015

This conversation with Sean Johnson was recorded way back in December before Christmas. I'd intended to release it sometime in January, but then came the epic back spasm — and so here we are. But with perfect synchronicity,

HuDost Live at Chantlanta 2015
March 18, 2015

Calming Chants For A Crazy World

Dave Stringer & Donna De Lory Talk Radiance Sutras
March 05, 2015

When Dave Stringer sent me the Radiance Sutra material last year I wondered what would be created musically around these beautiful translations of the Sanskrit text by Lorin Roche. You’ll hear that musical creation in this interview,

Mata Kali — Back Spasm Warrior Goddess
February 25, 2015

Last month when I interviewed Ian Boccio about the deity Kali, little did I know I was about to have an up-close and personal encounter. Look at the picture -- would you like to meet something that looks like that?

Kirtan/Meditation Circle 1
February 14, 2015

We've started something new here in Corvallis. Our local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is sponsoring a weekly kirtan/meditation circle that has been drawing upwards of 20-30 people. We usually have a mix of chanting, live and to CDs,

Cure Your Kali Yuga Blues
February 01, 2015

This week's show started out being about the Kali Yuga -- otherwise known as the Age of Quarrel -- and ended up being about an epic back spasm that, thanks to the work of Dr. John Sarno, took me on an unexpected & deeply emotional ride.

Shiva’s Dance of Creation & Destruction
January 14, 2015

Shiva has always been a difficult deity energy for me to get my mind around. He is both the creator and the destroyer -- what's that about? After doing this interview with Blue Spirit Wheel's Ian Boccio, I can now hold this deity in a different place --

Fresh Tracks 26
January 07, 2015

Happy New Year, and welcome 2015 -- I hope you all had a beautiful holiday! It's a favorite time of the year for me, and a highlight this year was our annual Christmas Eve family kirtan, where our band was blessed to play with several of our family member

The Great Invocation
December 20, 2014

Tonight is Winter Solstice, and it's also the 6th anniversary of the launch of the podcast. This has been a beautiful path of seva for me, a joyous circle of giving and receiving. If you're reading this, or if you're a listener I want to say thank you. My