On the last day of our short time in London, we were invited by Yeohan Kim, (aka DJ Yeo) a kirtan fan and show host on Middlesex University Radio to come and share something live on air. Middlesex University just happens to be where I spent the past three years studying, before putting down my [...]

New videos from the Kuli Mela 09 Gala Event at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood CA. Among the performing artists were the Mayapuris and Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits! Mayapuris – Drumming Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits – Jiv Jago Mayapuris – Hare Krishna Many thanks to Pablo Larrea at Ideal Concept and all the [...]

Our last three days of the Mantralogy Tour were spent in Joshua Tree, California, where a large gathering of kirtaniyas and yogis was being held. Joshua Tree is a beautiful place – a desert studded with strange, shaggy, Dr Seuss-like trees and cactuses. At the retreat centre where the festival was held, tents were [...]

Right after leaving the West Coast, we headed out to the North East for a tour with our friend, the drummer and poet, John de Kadt. John plays a huge variety of percussion instruments from all over the world, and is a gifted reciter of both his own poetry, as well as that of Sufi [...]

Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits and the Mayapuris are currently touring all around Australia. Our hosts have provided free live streaming audio from all the events. To listen, sign in at WorldSankirtan.net.

After a 24 hour journey we finally reached Australia! It’s spring here and the beauty of the season is completely enchanting – magenta sprays of bougainvillea, clustered lilac jacaranda trees with branches like embroidered thread, long carob pods, and brilliant red flame trees. We’ve tried to just relax today but went down to a local [...]

It was my first time in India during the monsoon season. The rain would normally start at about 6.30 every morning. With barely a minute’s drizzle, it would suddenly be coming down in an almighty torrential downpour, hammering down on the temporary tin rooftops that cover the open air courtyards and rising to ankle deep [...]

We arrived in India to masked faces – Mumbai was in the grip of a swine flu scare! After an endless medical screening process, involving trips back and forth between counters at opposite ends of a huge hall (welcome to India!), we traipsed out of the airport, bleary eyed, only to be garlanded with strings [...]

No sooner had we arrived back in LA (via a blink and you’ll miss it stop in London), and we were preparing to return to the Nevada desert, where we’d attended our first Burning Man festival last year. Burning Man is an avant garde creative arts party/rave/music festival that is attended by thousands from all [...]

After many weeks touring in the US, we travelled to England for the world renowned Janmashtami (Krishna’s birthday) festival. This celebration is held all over the world, but this one continues to be the biggest outside India, with almost 70,000 attending this year. Colourful tents and stages are set up [...]