by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Oct 20, 2020 | Kirtan, news
This edition of the podcast is a rerun of a show I produced 4-years ago after Hillary Clinton lost the election for President. I can hear the sadness & discouragement I was feeling in my voice — it was a bad time. Now we’re at the point of electing a new...
by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Sep 17, 2020 | Kirtan, news
This week climate change became very personal for our family. The picture at the top of the blog is Oregon’s Willamette Valley — that’s where we live. Because of the wildfires, hundreds of families have lost their homes in Oregon & tens of thousands more are...
by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Sep 4, 2020 | Kirtan, news
I played this set last Friday night for our group & songs from it kept popping into my brain all week so I figured it was a good one. We are having the most exquisite summer weather here and I wanted the music in the set to reflect that summer feeling in some...
by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Aug 26, 2020 | Kirtan, news
This edition of the New World Kirtan Podcast marks a change. I’ve been producing the podcast for over ten years, mostly following the same format. This week I’m trying something different, focusing on just one chant. You’ll have to let me know how you like it! There...
by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Aug 14, 2020 | Kirtan, news
Sometimes on Friday night, I like to do a Surprise Package set — that just means a set of songs that we’re pretty familiar with and like to sing but there’s no particular theme. This is a set I played several weeks ago for our Satsang, with music by Kristin Luna Ray,...
by kitzie@kitziestern.com (Kitzie Stern) | Aug 6, 2020 | Kirtan, news
In this week’s set, the New World Kirtan Podcast features another branch of the kirtan music scene with a focus on Kundalini artists. The best-known chant from this tradition is the Kirtan Kriya, Sa Ta Na Ma, so powerful for Alzheimer’s patients & their...
