A Set For Maha Shivaratri

02/17/23 • 64 min

New World Kirtan > Calming Chants for a Crazy World

I’m feeling blessed by a lot these days. Those of you who listen to the New World Kirtan Podcast are one of my biggest blessings — this community has enriched my life in ways too numerous to count. Thank you for being here. And we’ve been here together for quite a long time — the first edition of the podcast was posted in 2018 before anyone really knew what a podcast was. I was always trying to explain it! We’ve been through quite a journey together — my mother’s illness & death, my own surgeries & health challenges, several momentous American elections and the COVID-19 pandemic, to name a few. Kirtan & Bhakti Yoga were my anchors through all of it.

To honor our journey, I’m rerunning some of the most downloaded episodes of the NWK Podcast over the years. We’ll begin with Om Shiva from 2013, to celebrate the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri on February 18. This podcast has been a journal of sorts, and I have to say I loved listening to my 2013 self talking about how I’d like o build a kirtan community here in Corvallis. How far we’ve come!

I’m blessed to have you as a listener, dear one. Until next time. Namaste.

THE MUSIC

Ty Burhoe, Krishna Das, Manorama, John Friend & Amy Ippoliti, Invocation: Om Namah Shivaya
Shantala, Jaya: Om Namah Shivaya
Indiajiva, Om Spiritus, Music for a Peaceful Planet: Om Namah Shivaya
Carrie Grossman, Soma-Bandhu: Om Namah Shivaya
Govindas, Yoga Sol: Om Namah Shivaya
Prema Hara, Sweet Surrender: Shiva Appears (Om Namah Shivaya)
Masood Ali Kahn, The Yoga Sessions: Om Namah Shivaya
Betty Roi, La Lumiere Du Son

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I’m blessed to have you as a listener, dear one. Until next time. Namaste.

THE MUSIC

Ty Burhoe, Krishna Das, Manorama, John Friend & Amy Ippoliti, Invocation: Om Namah Shivaya
Shantala, Jaya: Om Namah Shivaya
Indiajiva, Om Spiritus, Music for a Peaceful Planet: Om Namah Shivaya
Carrie Grossman, Soma-Bandhu: Om Namah Shivaya
Govindas, Yoga Sol: Om Namah Shivaya
Prema Hara, Sweet Surrender: Shiva Appears (Om Namah Shivaya)
Masood Ali Kahn, The Yoga Sessions: Om Namah Shivaya
Betty Roi, La Lumiere Du Son

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Previous Episode

Kirtan Goes To The Grammy Awards!

Hello friends,

I hope this finds you healthy & doing well.

If the dark days are getting you down, take heart because on Wednesday we celebrated Imbolc, an ancient Celtic holiday that celebrates the beginning of Spring — it was traditionally celebrated by the lighting of fires to honor the sun goddess Brigid. This holiday traditionally marks the midway point between winter solstice & the spring equinox, so the light is coming back big time now. There’s a set to the Divine Mother to celebrate Imbolc up on Spotify at the New World Kirtan page if you’d like to listen. Life is good here, I hope the same for you.

This edition of the podcast is an interview with Dave Stringer, Madi Das & Sean Johnson about the very exciting news that Madi & Dave’s CD ’Mantra Americana’ has been nominated for a Grammy award!

Dave, Madi & Sean will tell you about the process behind getting the Grammy’s New Age category renamed to include chant for the very first time, how the pandemic helped with that process & led to the birth of the Auricle Collective — as you probably recall, I’ve been telling you about that project in the last several podcasts. Then we’ll hear about the mashup of musical influences that gave birth to this extraordinary album ‘Mantra Americana’, and how Dave & Madi feel about going to the Grammys for the second time. The music so rich musically, I know you’re going to love it!

Now it’s Saturday, and the Grammys are tomorrow night, so let’s send the guys all our love and best wishes. And if you have a minute, don’t forget to give the New World Kirtan podcast a rating on iTunes, it will help more people to find us. Until next time, my friends — Namaste.

MANTRA AMERICANA

Hey Gopinath
Boro Sukher
Om Namoh Bhagavate
Maha Mantra Americana
Shri Guru

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Next Episode

Hello Summer!

Hello friends,

This set is devoted to the Divine Mother, with the exception of one chant, the title track from Shantala’s remarkable new CD ‘Five’. The whole CD is great, but I’m kind of obsessed with this track & have been playing it on loop. Heather Wertheiimer composed the chant over the course of the pandemic, and the mantra ‘Namah Shivaya” pulses like a heartbeat behind a five-line English prayer for our planet. The chanting flows in a layered musical tapestry that features the Grammy-winning violinist and singer Lili Haydn from Opium Moon, and she brings the piece into a beautiful new dimension. The other talented musicians who contributed to this remarkable track were Greg Barnett on bass, lead guitar, vocals, and vocals by Luna Marcus & Sarah Maines.I must have listened to it a hundred times, and it never fails to move me.

I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful early summer wherever you are. It’s an honor to have you as a listener. Until next time my friends. Namaste.

Here’s the link to Ziva Meditation: https://cd371.isrefer.com/go/ZOPreview/JaiMa/

Bhakti Love Festival: https://bhaktilove.com/

The Music:

Jaya Lakshmi, Sublime: Jai Ma
Edo & Jo, Bliss: Narayani Om (Abundance)
Kristin Luna Ray, One Shared Heart: He Ma Durga
Brenda McMorrow, Igniting the Beauty: Maha Lakshmi/Jai Ma
David Newman, To Be Home: Bhavani Jaya Jaya
Saul David Raye & the Atma Recording Project, 10,000 Suns. Music for Healing Peace & Awakening: Mother I Feel You (Gayatri Mantra) Feat. Sukhdev Jackson & Johanna Beekman
Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band, Calling The Spirits: Jai Ma
Mukti, Light of the Sun: Jai Jai Ma
Shantala, Five: Five
Deva Premal, Soul In Wonder: Lokah Samasta