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. Th

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 wa

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 Cr

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 t

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 N

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

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 wi

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

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 'J

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 bee