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Kirtan, one of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, helps the mind to become quiet and open to the experience of peace. We bring you a new 60-minute satsang session each week, featuring music by talented new western kirtan artists.
Donna De Lory: Sing To The Light – Healing, Loss, and the Power of Community
Host [Host Name] interviews acclaimed singer Donna De Lory about healing, loss, and the power of community through music.
21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Benjy Wertheimer: Love In Action
Host [Host Name] interviews Benjy Wertheimer, co-founder of Shantala, about embodying love through action and creating positive change.
22 Jul 2026
Saul David Raye: Turn The World To Love
Welcome back to New World Kirtan. I’m so glad you’re here. For the first episode of our new season, I sat down with the extraordinary Saul David Raye — musician, teacher, and devoted practitioner of yoga and sacred world music. We talked about what community means in today’s world, how kirtan opens the heart, and […] The post Saul David Raye: Turn The World To Love first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
24 Jun 2026
The New World Kirtan Podcast Returns – Building Community Through Chant
Hello friends! After two years away, the New World Kirtan Podcast is returning. This episode of the podcast will tell you more about the why. But basically, when we lost our beloved Bhakti brother David Newman — Durga Das — in April of 2024, the heart went out of me to continue producing this podcast. […] The post The New World Kirtan Podcast Returns – Building Community Through Chant first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
4 Jul 2024
Travel Well: A Tribute To David Newman. December 31, 1963 — April 18, 2024
Hello friends, I have sad news. On April 18th of this year our Bhakti world lost one of its brightest lights. David Newman left his body after a short illness, and his death sent waves of sadness & grief through the international Bhakti community. He was so young, and had so much left to give. […] The post Travel Well: A Tribute To David Newman. December 31, 1963 — April 18, 2024 first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
4 Oct 2023
The Bhakti Love Reunion!
Hello friends, Happy Autumn! In this edition we’re featuring artists playing at next week’s Bhakti Love Reunion, October 13-15 in Weldon, CA — that’s near Lake Isabella. Three full days of Yoga, kirtan, music, dancing and great food — doesn’t that sound awesome? I am SO excited to be going, I haven’t been to a […] The post The Bhakti Love Reunion! first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
22 Jun 2023
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 […] The post Hello Summer! first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
17 Feb 2023
A Set For Maha Shivaratri
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 […] The post A Set For Maha Shivaratri first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
5 Feb 2023
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 […] The post Kirtan Goes To The Grammy Awards! first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
9 Nov 2022
Thoughts of Peace, Words of Love — More Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective
It has been a glorious summer & fall here, one of the most beautiful I can remember. But now the rains have started, and the leaves are falling. The Corvallis kirtan community continues to grow, and we’ll be starting live kirtan concerts again in December. It feels good to be returning to this magical practice. […] The post Thoughts of Peace, Words of Love — More Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
19 Jul 2022
More Fresh Tracks From The Auricle Collective!
OK, guys — time is running out! Let’s all come together and support the Auricle Collective by clicking on this link. I hope you all enjoy more new music from the talented artists of the Auricle Collective. Be well, enjoy the summer, and until next time — Namaste. THE MUSIC: Sean Johnson & the Wild […] The post More Fresh Tracks From The Auricle Collective! first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
12 Jul 2022
Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective!
Hello dear friends, I hope life is good for you as we head into midsummer. If you recall, back in April, I told you about the Auricle Collective. This community of more than 100 musicians is rooted in singing, chanting & music as art and spiritual practice. It includes the musicians that fuel our Bhakti […] The post Fresh Tracks From the Auricle Collective! first appeared on New World Kirtan Calming Chants for a Crazy World.
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Donna De Lory: Sing To The Light – Healing, Loss, and the Power of Community
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Did he do that? Oh, wow. What a song, Wichita Lyman. I know those huge records for Glen Campbell. He produced them for years. And I grew up with that. Like that was the first music I was listening to. Yeah. So, and my dad was very, you know, musically sophisticated because he came from, his father was a musician. It had been passed down generation after generation. And my grandfather was upright bass with Warner Brothers Orchestra and played on films like Gone with the Wind and Casablanca. I mean, all those big films that came out of Warner Brothers, he was one of the studio musicians on the lot. wow 30 years or something i mean what stories he must have he must have had can you imagine i just can't even imagine what that must have been like you know my dad growing up in hollywood like as a kid child prodigy getting up with the big bands on hollywood boulevard my dad would like get up and hang with these big bands playing piano oh it's crazy Yeah. […]
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