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 Newma

This week's podcast has a few surprises. There's a different format -- it starts with a meditation on abundance with a chant to Lakshmi from Deva Premal & Miten's 21-Day Mantra Meditation. That's followed by more chants to Lakshmi from various artists to

Since starting down the path of Bhakti Yoga I've been blessed with many magical moments, and Jai Uttal’s kirtan Saturday night at the Denver Chant Fest was one of them. Jai’s kirtans are always different, always an alchemy with him, his musicians and

The Pushpams (Sanskrit for a ceremonial offering of flowers) are a kirtan group local to Denver, and they played a great set two weeks ago at the Denver Chant Fest. The Pushpams are a fairly new band, but the members are veteran musicians & yogis with a s

The Denver Chant Fest followed by Dave Stringer's Flight School was a warm blast of mid-winter Bhakti in grey, cold February. Both were incredible experiences, and I'll tell you about them in this week's show. For those of us at the Flight School who were

When Dave Stringer sent me the Radiance Sutra material several months ago 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, and it was

We had such a stellar time at the Denver Chant Fest last year. The festival is held in a Masonic temple built in 1906 -- the Sherman Street Event Center. It's filled with Arts & Craft detail & Moorish character -- the elevator alone is worth the trip. Liv

It's hard to believe it has been a year since our beloved Shyamdas left his body. This week's podcast is a return to the tribute we did last year right after his death, and listening to the introduction took me right back to the disbelief & grief that roc

This is the first podcast to feature all new music from Kundalini artists, and there are some beautiful offerings here. I especially loved Krishna Kaur's CD, and if you're wondering if that voice backing her up is familiar -- you're right! Click here to f

Nina Rao tours with Krishna Das, and has been his assistant since the early 90's -- she also leads kirtan on her own, and has a new CD "Antarayaami". Nina has been involved since the beginning of the Bhakti Yoga movement in the United States, and we talk