New World Kirtan Podcast

New World Kirtan Podcast

By Kitzie Stern

Kirtan is meditative music that calms the mind & spirit. The New World Kirtan Podcast features the best of music from this genre, and interviews with the artists who create it.

08/21/26

Benjy Wertheimer: Love In Action

Benjy Wertheimer, with his wife Heather, is the co-founder of the beloved kirtan duo Shantala; and over the years I’ve come to know him as the kind of guy who decides to stop waiting for the world to change and simply starts to change it. Benjy joinsRead more

07/22/26

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 cRead more

06/24/26

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 hearRead more

07/04/24

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. HeRead more

10/04/23

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 soRead more

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