Full Lotus Kirtan Show

087 02/20/2012 - MahaShivaratri

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:40:08 -0500

Om Namah Shivaya. Let's Destroy it. sorry about the sound again (a little distorted) 01 FLKS INTRO 02 Pratah Smaran/Alap Desai&Ashit Desai/Chants for Shiva 03 Namah Shivaya/Govindas & Radha/Govindas And Radha 04 Om Namah Shivaya/Dave Dale & Nadaji/Mantra Rocks 05 Shivashtak/Alap Desai&Ashit Desai/Chants for Shiva 06 Hara Hara Mahadeva/Bolo! /Bhakti Yuga 07 Heartsong Part 2 (Om Shivaya)/David Newman/To Be Home 08 Mahamrityunjaya Mantra/Ivo Sedlacek/Mantras I - Vedic Mantras 09 Om Namah Shivaya/Masood Ali Khan/The Yoga Sessions: Masood Ali Khan

086 02/13/2012 - Lesser Known but Full Blown!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:43:09 -0500

01 FLKS Intro 02 Sita Ram/Kristin Luna Ray/One Shared Heart 03 Binti Sunle/Aradhna/Satsang 04 Root Medicine/Rahasya/Covered in Song 05 Nitai Pada Kamala/Jayadev John Richardson//You Are the Music (a capella) 06 Mata Bhavani/Sweet Ride to Heaven Jubilation and Wonderment Band/soundcloud.com/lasvegas 07 Ananda Me/Janmejaya and 3D Surround Orchestra/On the Path 08 Starship Mantra/Red Rock Rishis/The Beginning is Near

085 02/06/2012 - Vishnu Train! Woo Woo!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:27:51 -0500

01 FLKS Intro 02 Krishna Govinda/Dave Stringer/Joyride 03 Mahamantra/Arundhati Devi/Radha Krishna: Journey of Love 04 Hari Om/Anjula/Anjula 05 Sacred Dance/Rahasya/Deep Mystery

084 01/23/2012 - Come to the RIVER to Drink.

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:06:05 -0500

Delicious show. With my words to a the "yoga and kirtan scenes". The sound quality was a little shady today. Not sure what's up. 1 FLKS Intro > Blake's rant 2 Wedding Kirtan/Vaiyasaki Das/Kirtan Explosion: High Energy Kirtan 3 Adi Shakti Bhangra Mix/Sada Sat Kaur/Mantra Masala 4 Secret Energy/The Buddhist Monks/Sakya Tashi Ling 5 Narayana (For Your Love)/Krishna Das/Heart as Wide as the World 6 Medicine Buddha Mantra/Ted Kinsmen & Ernie Hansch/Mantra Juice 7 Bhakti Ganesha/Subway Bhaktis/Rasa Lila 8 How Deep is that River/Mason Jennings/In the Ever

083 01/16/2012 - Shiva & Shakti Party Up in Here

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:47:36 -0500

1 FLKS Intro 2 Bhavani Shankara/Jai Uttal/Thunder Love 3 Shiva Shakti/Girish/Shiva Machine 4 Shambo Mahadeva/Swaha/Salutation 5 Kali Durge/Mike Cohen/Om Dattatreya 6 Om Namah Shivaya/CC White/This IS Soul Kirtan! 7 Durge I Dhare Gilidu Bare/Mata Amritanandamayi Ma/Amma's Bhajans: World Tour 2008/

082 01/09/2012 - Feeling Good

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:09:33 -0500

1 FLKS Intro 2 Calling from Afar/Krishna Das/ All One 2 Chidananda/Sahadev/Rhythm & Bliss Kirtan 3 Radhe Shyam/Lila/Myth & Myrrh 4 Shiva at the Falls of Richmond/Jon Seskevich and AC Bushnell/Bluegrass Kirtan 5 Ganeshaya/Brenda McMorrow/Ameya 6 Show the World/Luminaries/One (Volume drops out!)

081 01/02/2012 - Care for some GAM?

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:37:21 -0500

1 FLKS INTRO 2 Ganehshay Smaran/Sadhna Sargam & Ravindra Sathe/Morning Mantras 3 Shri Ganesh/Temple Music/Pandit Ajay Pohankar 4 Calling Ganesha (Invocation)/Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band/Devaloka 5 Shri Ganesh Dhyan Mantra/Pandit Jasraj / Shankar Mahadevan / Rattan Mohan Sharma/Mahamantras 6 NON STOP GANESH MANTRA DHUN 7 Temple Door/Rahasya/Deep Mystery 8 Ganesha/Wah!/Love Holding Love 9 Mahamoolmantra (The Beej Mantra For Meditation)/Sonu Niigaam/Maha Ganesha 10 Ganesha Sharanam/Ti & the Mother Lovers/2011.10.28

080 12/27/2011 - Best Of 2011 - Two hours!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:15:31 -0500

Special Best of Kirtan 2011 Show 1 FLKS INTRO Favorite Albums #5>#1: 2 Nataraj (Featuring Mukti)/Ben Leinbach/Ben Leinbach Presents Sangha 3 Last Breath (Hare Krishna Maha Mantra)/Jai Uttal/Queen of Hearts 4 Narasima/Deva Premal/Password 5 Mukunda Madhava Govinda Bol/C.C. White/This Is Soul Kirtan! 6 Alleluia/Shantala/Jaya Favorite Tracks #5>#1: 7 Devakinandana Gopala/Prema Hara/Tears Of Love 8 Karuna Sagari/C.C. White/This IS Soul Kirtan! 9 Ocean of Milk (He Natha Narayana)/Jai Uttal/Queen of Hearts 10 Jaya/Shantala/Jaya 11 By Your Side-Jaya Gurudev (Featuring David Newman)/Ben Leinbach/Ben Leinbach Presents Sangha Some honorable mentions: 12 Braj Tune/Kirtaniyas/Heart And Soul 13 Gayatri (Shakti Sonic Remix)/Girish/Remixed 13 Stay Strong/David Newman and Various Artists/Stay Strong Project

079 12/19/2011 - Live Kirtan with "We Are Birds"

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:06:08 -0500

Recording of a live kirtan with my group "We Are Birds" from Open Heart Yoga School in Carrboro, NC (openheartyogaschool.com). One track didn't fit into the recording. A download of all of it will be made available on my website (blaketedder.net) sometime soon. 1 Ganesha Sharanam 2 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3 Mahakaala Shiva 4 Sri Krishna Govinda 5 Make the Space Within Me / Sri Ma 6 Mahamantra Beat 7 Open Your Heart / Wahe Guru (not in this recording)

0xx 12/15/2011 - Show Moving Announcement and Mu

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:09:02 -0500

Show is moving to 9-10a EST on Mondays! Send me your "Best of 2011" kirtan albums and tracks to info@fulllotuskirtan.com. "Best of Show coming after Xmas! The music: Art of Motion/Andy McKee/Art of Motion Supply and Demand/Amos Lee/Supply and Demand Never Know/Jack Johnson/In Between Dreams Around the World/Daft Punk/Homework

078 12/08/2011 - Holy Moly, Holy Mackeral

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:41:18 -0500

1 FLKS INTRO 2 Radha Ramana Haribol/Kirtaniyas/Heart And Soul 3 Mukteshwar/Aradhna/Namaste Sate 4 Om Namah Shivaya (Nataraja Remix)/Girish/Remixed 5 Garota de Braja (Govinda Jaya Jaya)/Jai Uttal/Queen of Hearts 5 Hare Krishna/Govindas/Endless Surrender Kirtan Experience 6 Mother's Sweet/Jon Seskevich & AC Bushnell/Bluegrass Kirtan 7 Rock On Sat Nam! /Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe/Rock On Sat Nam!

077 12/02/2011 - Pirates!!!!!!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:25:30 -0500

1 FLKS INTRO 2 Mantra Dance / Dhamaru / Dhamaru 3 Invocation for Ireland - Lakshmi / Jack Harrison / The Enchanted Island 4 Govinda / Sri Kirtan / Live Your Love 5 Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya / Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band / Calling the Spirits 6 Govinda / Shantala / Jaya 7 Gopala Krsna / George Harrison / A True Legend

Interview about FLKS on YogaChat from LA

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:05:19 -0500

Interview with Blake Tedder (me) from Full Lotus Kirtan Show and Kitzie Stern from New World Kirtan Podcast (newworldkirtan.com) about our shows and approaches and hiatuses. So nice to connect to Kitzie again! http://ayogist.podomatic.com/

076 11/17/2011 - Bhaktivangelist w/ an Incomplete Lord's Prayer...woops

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:21:38 -0500

1 FLKS INTRO 2 Praise/Shantala/Jaya 3 Downtown Ganesha/Subway Bhaktis/Sita Ram 4 Shankara Shiva/Kristin Luna Ray/One shared Heart 5 Jai Sri Krsna/The Mayapuris/Mridanga 6 Krishna Love (feat. Jai Uttal)/MC Yogi/Elephant Power 7 Karuna Sagari/C.C. White/This IS Soul Kirtan!

075 11/10/2011 - HANUMANA Gosaee

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:37:23 -0500

All Hanuman show! Jai Hanuman! 1 FLKS INTRO 2 Hanuman/Temple Music/Pandit Ajay Pohankar 3 Bajarangi Hanuman/Prema Hara/Tears Of Love 4 Bala Hanuman/Rahasya/Deep Mystery 5 Bajrangi Hanuman/Jai Uttal And The Pagan Love Orchestra /Shiva Station 6 Mountain Chalisa*/Krishna Das/Flow of Grace 7 Baba Hanuman/Shantala/Sri *Gave it the wrong name during the show

074 11/03/2011 - Bringing It Home

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:02:50 -0400

Great show featuring snippets from two local live kirtan tracks at the end. Very Sweet and mellow start. The last 2 are quite invigorating. 1 FLKS INTRO 2 Ganapati/Ragani/Best of Both Worlds 3 Om Purnam/Bada Haridas/Om Purnam 4 Jaya Shiva Shankara/Namaste/Magical Healing Mantras 5 To Be Home Namo Bhagavate/David Newman/To Be Home 6 Kali Durge/Ti & the Mother Lovers/09.30.2011 7 Raghupati Riders/Blake Tedder/ Halloween 2011 Kirtan

073 10/28/2011 - Domiciled / RIP Renjith Iya

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:57:30 -0400

1 FLKS Intro 2 Sarve Bhavantu/Carrie Grossman/Soma Bandu 3 Om Namah Shivaya Gurave/Jack Harrison/Wind Across the Sea 4 Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna/Arundhati Devi/Radha-Krishna: Journey of Love 5 Hanuman Chalisa/Krishna Das/Youtube 6 Hanuman 2/Girish/Shiva Machine 7 Announcement of the Passing of RenjithIya (renjithiya.com / sangitadevi.com) 8 Shimshai & Sangita Devi/Destination of Creation/lice in Secret Garden May 2009 (Youtube) 9 Renjith Iya & others/Bird Tribe/live in Ashveille (Youtube)

072 10/20/2011 - A Movement

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:41:41 -0400

This is a fun show with a set to ut on in the background and dance to. Dancing is an important part of spiritual evolution. Why was dance at the core of most cultures in history? Find out. Groove mama! 1 FLKS INTRO 2 Mahalakshmi Mahamantra Pandit Jasraj et al./Mahamantras 2 Nrsimha Prayer/Ghosh Brothers/Tilak 3 Kali Ma/Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe/The Shakti Sessions 4 Jai Ma/Donna De Lory/Sanctuary 5 Ma Chant (Kali)/Wah!/Love Holding Love 6 Kali Durge/Michael H. Cohen/Om Dattatreya: Journey To The West 7 All Good (Mac Quayle "Mangalam" Remix)/Girish/Remixed 8 Shyam!/Deva Premal/Password 9 Krishna Dub Remix (feat. Sharon Gannon) (Bonus Track)/MC Yogi/Elephant Power

071 10/13/2011 - #Occupy_FLKS

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:06:09 -0400

A special episode of FLKS in support of the OccupyWallStreet. This show is a call to SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM within the movement. If you are a chanter/meditator/seeker/founder, be a part of this movement and the inevitable shift in consciousness NOW. Setlist: 1 FLKS INTRO 2 Lingashtakam/Alap Desai/Ashit Desai 3 Chants for Shiva/Buddham Sharanam/Craig Pruess/Sacred Chants of Buddha 4 Buddha's Square Dance/Jon Seskevich & AC Bushnell/Bluegrass Kirtan 5 Ocean of Milk (He Natha Narayana)/Jai Uttal Queen of Hearts 6 Govinda/Saul David Raya/Chant4Change Live 7 Hosanna/Kirk Franklin/The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin 8 Be the Change (Niraj Chag's Swaraj Mix)/MC Yogi/Elephant Power

070 10/06/2011 - Deva Premal & Miten Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:19:38 -0400

I talk to Deva Premal and Miten in a prerecorded interview (via Skype). We talk about their upcoming performance in Durham, NC on Oct 12 at Duke University and the new album "Password". Setlist: FLKS INTR/ 1 Aham prema/Deva Premal/Password 2 Interview pt 1 3 Shima Shima /Deva Premal/The Essence 4 Interview pt2 5 Om Shree Dhanvantre Namaha (Healing)/Deva Premal/Mantras for Precarious Times 6 Free Spirit (Ashes To Ashes)/Miten With Deva Premal/Soul In Wonder

069 09/29/2011 - Back on the Air

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:35:24 -0400

Hooray! The show is back on the air. Premier of a track from Deval Premal's new album Password and the announcement of her upcoming concert here in Durham. Setlist: 1 FLKS INTRO 2 Conch Shell/Bhagavan Das/Love Songs To The Dark Lord 3 Bajarangi Hanuman/Prema Hara/Tears Of Love 4 Nandana/Deva Premal/Password 5 Shri Ram/Dave Stringer /Divas & Devas 6 Nataraj (Featuring Mukti)/Ben Leinbach/Ben Leinbach Presents Sangha 7 Mahamantra (tr 2)/HH Lokanath Swami/Namasraya 2

WOW 004 You Got It You Got It

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:00:21 -0400

Here's a taste of WOW!,my new show for all you FLKS subscribers. Enjoy! http://wowitsbeautiful.wordpress.com

068 03/15/2011 - LAST SHOW W/ PREMA HARA

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:20:12 -0400

The last Full Lotus Kirtan Show. It is time to fly on to my next phase. What a sweet run! I have met the most beautiful people,like Kaminiya, Keshavacharya Das, and Sri Ram of Prema Hara. They are my special guests for this special show,performing live kirtan in the studio with a host of beautiful folks singing along. Then they guest DJ the second set. Hallelujah. Life is short and painful so I cherish these moments of togetherness and love. The cherishing makes life so unbelievably sweet and beautiful. Ram Ram.

067 03/08/2011 - Seeds fo da Sol

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:25:44 -0500

This show features a beautiful mix Bkg music at first by Brian Eno's "Taking Tiger Mountain Back (By Strategy)", then Gabrielle Roth "Endless Wave: Vol. 1" and then Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas "In the Moment". Hey, I was indecisive...

066 02/22/2011 - Back in Order and Time to Move On

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:30:01 -0500

This show features a beautiful mix Bkg music by Putumayo Presents “Israel”.

065 02/01/2011 - Bada Bing Bada Bang Bada Haridas

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:17:24 -0500

This show features a beautiful mix and an interview with Florida composer, producer, kirtaniya, and bhakta Bada Haridas. We talk about his musical background, his spiritual path, Lord Chaitanya, and Srila Prabhupad . Bkg music by K Sridhar. - (Be aware of a volume increase in the first song of the show.)

064 01/18/2011 - Stay Strong! - Interview with David Newman

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:53:20 -0500

David Newman (Durga Das) calls in to talk about the incredible Stay Strong Project (staystrongproject.org). Remember “We are the World”? Think about all of your favorite kirtan leaders coming together to sing and make a video for a great cause! That’s the Stay Strong Project. Bkg music by Baaba Maal “Nomad Soul”.

063 01/11/2011 - Transformationing with Hargobind Khalsa of Spirit Voyage Records

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:14:27 -0500

A wonderful mix in the first half of the show followed by an interview with Hargobind Khalsa of Spirit Voyage Music (spiritvoyage.com), and 4 of his favorite tracks from the Kundalini Yoga/Sikh tradition. Bkg music by Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors “Tribe”.

062 01/04/2011 - Please Remove Obstacles

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:31:23 -0500

To start off the New Year, the second annual all Ganesh show. Please remove the obstacles to my spiritual growth and give me the wisdom I need to see my way clearly. Here I am Lord. Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha. Bkg music by Frank Corrrrrales "Guitarras y Tequilas".

061 12/28/2010 – Best of 2010

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:46:26 -0500

Blake picks his Top 5 albums of the year and #1 Track of the Year. All songs on this show were released in 2010. This is a stout episode of some of the best music released in 2010, regardless of genre. Bkg music by MC Yogi “Elephant Powered Remixes”.

060 12/21/2010 - Solstice Request Eclipse

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:43:20 -0500

Another beautiful show put together by fans of the show by phone, email, and facebook. This is an all-request show that falls on the Winter Solstice and a full lunar eclipse (a very rare event). Time for new beginnings and bringing the LIGHT back in. The cosmic energy is powerful today. Play this show for some fun and beauty in your life. Bkg music “The Arab Path to India” by Adel Salameh and K Sridhar.

059 12/14/2010 - On an Even Keel: Chants of Buddha

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:03:16 -0500

A beautiful show. All of the chants are from Buddhist traditions with a few spoken pieces from notable Buddhist teachers. Play this show to inspire inner peace and connection to your Buddhanature. Bkg music “Buddha Cafe” by various artists. ….Om Mani Padme Hum….

058 11/30/2010 - No Expectations Mix

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:58:08 -0500

Mixed up show. Lots of unexpected difficulties and moments. Some clips of the one and only Swami Satchidananda. Bkg music by EarthRise Soundsystem “The Yoga Sessions”.

057 11/23/2010 - On the Upbeat with DaVinci and John Jones

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:04:30 -0500

Davinci calls in to demystify himself, the man behind the Sikh chant parties "A Gift" and "Yogasma". His grammy award-winning producer and collaborator John Jones joins on the line as well. Upbeat and lively music in this one! Bkg music by MC Yogi "Remixes and Omstrumentals"

056 11/16/2010 - Brenda McMorrow and the Divine Feminine

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:14:50 -0500

Brenda McMorrow calls in to talk about her two wonderful 2010 albums “Ameya” and “Love Abounds” and about Bhakti. All the chants on this show are by women about goddesses! Readings from “Women in Praise of the Sacred” edited by Jane Hirshfield. Bkg music by Wah! “Meditation Series”. Jai Ma!

055 11/09/2010 - Prema Hara LIVE!!!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:08:02 -0500

Prema Hara lead kirtan in the first hour of the show and guest DJ the second hour. Supporting their wonderful album "Sweet Surrender", their tour winds down here in the Carolinas, and we couldn't be happier about that.

054 11/02/2010 - Interview with the Mayapuris

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:57:12 -0400

Vish and Vrinda from the incredible Mayapuris join me to talk about their new album Mridanga produced by Gaura Vani, their busy schedule, and unique and powerful approach to kirtan. Bkg music is “American Gypsy” by Babik.

053 10/26/2010 - Back on the Air with Jim Gelcer

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:04:23 -0400

Jim Gelcer, an impressive musician and kirtan leader from Toronto, CN calls in to talk about his album “Bhagavan” and his new album that will be produced by Ben Leinbach. The sound quality is not great on this interview. Sorry everyone. We will have another one with Jim and get things clear! The music on the show is a delicious mix. Bkg music is “Catharsis” by Celtic Air.

052 10/05/2010 – Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Jacqueline Westhead Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:42:57 -0400

Jacqueline Westhead (soundbodywisdom.com) calls in to talk about the wonderful healing modalities she offers, chanting in Hebrew, kirtan, and her time with Ram Dass, The music on the show is a delicious mix. Bkg music is “The Yoga Sessions” by Masood Ali Khan.

051 09/28/2010 - One Year Anniversary - "New to Me"

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:17:05 -0400

I am grateful to all those thousands of listeners out there! Wow, what a ride it has been. I've gotten to really practice receiving love this past year. This was my most power period of growth in my adult life. Glad you all could join me through the medium of this show. All songs today are from new CDs that i have gotten in that I'm diggin. Ulu's "Nerve" is in the bkg.

050 09/21/2010 - Samadhi Shanti

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:31:07 -0400

World Peace Day! Samadhi graces us with in-studio kirtan and the second half of the show features all peace chants.

049 09/14/2010 - Ganesh Chaturthi

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:47:40 -0400

- to recognize when the mind is trying to sort out unsortable stuff and to remember that the thinking mind has no influence over conundrums,

048 09/07/2010 – Guru Ganesha Singh and Spirit Fest… Fest!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:17:39 -0400

All the Sikh and KY artists on today’s show will be performing at Spirit Fest in West Virginia’s hills.vFind out more about spiritfest at SpiritVoyage.com. Interview with GuruGanesha Singh in the first hour. Bkg music = Putumayo’s “European Groove”.

047 08/31/2010 - Krishna Janmashtami and Gaura Vani

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:50:46 -0400

All Krishna show celebrating the anniversary of his appearance in our world. Long interview with Gaura Vani from As Kindred Spirits.

046 08/24/2010 - Two Guys Groovin for God

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:55:43 -0400

A silly episode full of songs to dance and groove to. Sean joins me in the studio.

045 08/17/2010 - August Request!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:52:32 -0400

August Request show. Thanks to all of you who participated. Also a lovely reading from Be Here Now.

044 08/10/2010 - Blake's Picks

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:32:52 -0400

This show is a collection of the chants that are sustaining me right now. Some of them have been played on the show before, two of them are world premiers. Woohoo!!!! Sita Ram Sita Ram Jaya Jaya Sita Ram!!!

043 08/03/2010 - Ahhh with Donna De Lory

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:53:02 -0400

Interview with Donna De Lory and laid back soothing tunes to help us cool it in the dog days of the hottest summer on record. Oh yeh and... don't you just want to love everything?!?!?!?!

042 07/27/2010 - Girish and new music

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:03:39 -0400

Girish calls in to the show. He'll be in our area soon. Release of a track from Jai Uttal's new Bhakti Bazaar. And a final tribute Sri Aindra Prabhu.

041 07/20/2010 - All One: Om Namah Shivaya

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:27:14 -0400

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!!!!!!! One o the most powerful mantras you can chant. This show is chaotic on my part. Powerful on the part of the music. A lot of stuff going on, on air and off. It was a blast. Bom Shiva!

040 07/13/2010 - Bhaktifest (read details)

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:02:53 -0400

The first 3 tracks of this recording are corrupted, meaning they sound pretty bad. I'm sorry. I forgot to record the first 20 minutes and had to recreate it, but something happened to the tracks. My apologies to the artists and listeners.

039 07/06/2010 - By Request 3

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:02:19 -0400

Beautiful hodge podge show

038 06/29/2010 - What do Jai Uttal, Shiva, and Phish have in common?

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:22:25 -0400

Jai Uttal calls in for a long talk about music and all of the cool things going on in his world right now. all chants are Shiva chants. The background music is provided by one of my (still) favorite bands Phish.

037 06/22/2010 - ShyamWow!: Interview with Shyamdas

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:23:49 -0400

All Sri Krishna themed show. A lively interview with renowned bhakta and scholar Shyamdas about devotion and the Krishna lila. Still getting the mic's straight in the new studio. Bare with.

036 06/08/2010 - Sat Nam with Snatam and HarDarshan

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:08:03 -0400

Local kundalini yoga teacher HarDarshan Kaur Khalsa co-hosts the show with me. Snatam Kaur calls in. All songs are from Sikh kirtan. A beautiful show. Forgive the low volume of the microphones. We're getting used to the new studio. Thanks to SpiritVoyage.com for their help with the music.

035 06/01/2010 - ALL ONE: Mahamantra

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:03:23 -0400

ALL ONE: Mahamantra. *Our studio is finishing its move. I was jonesin' for another episode, so I produced it from home. Please pardon the volume levels of the mix. I was on a much more arcane system than the station.

034 05/18/2010 - Request Quest

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:16:14 -0400

Say the title of this episode 10 times fast. Super fun call-in, type-in request show. Sorry I completely forgot to record the first part of the show, but I patched an old intro and a whole new track and presto. I think I may do a request show every month now.

033 05/11/2010 - MiX and David Newman interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 11 May 2010 08:00:00 -0400

Eclectic mix and David Newman (aka Durga Das) joins me by phone to talk about his new album "To Be Home" and the chanting practice.

032 05/04/2010 - Mother's Sweet: Ma and Wah!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:28:18 -0400

A Mother's Day show praising the Divine Mother. A lot of tracks for Durga the Invincible and Unnaitanable beautiful Mother energy. Jai Ma Durga. Wah! calls in to the show to discuss the her new album, the chanting experience, and the Divine Mother.

031 04/27/2010 - Singing with Harmony

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:56:39 -0400

Local Yoga teacher and Open Heart Yoga School co- owner Ti Harmony leads kirtan in the studio. He plays a couple Amma bhajans from CD in the 2nd hour and gives a brief talk about Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi) amma.org.

030 04/20/2010 - A New Kind of 4/20 Release

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:45:47 -0400

Debut of 2 tracks from Wah!'s new album "Maa" which released today and 2 tracks from David Newman's "To Be Home" which drops in a couple of weeks. Keval Kaur and Tony Lashley stop by the studio to talk about a Yoga for Youth fundraiser in Durham. Background Music by Masood Ali Khan, "Yoga Sessions".

029 04/13/2010 - Allison Dennis Live Kirtan

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:34:02 -0400

Carrboro's Allison Dennis graces us with live kirtan in the first hour and plays favorites from her kirtan collection in the 2nd. She also promotes her new endeavor, Open Heart Yoga School in Carrboro.

028 04/06/2010 - Soothing Spring Mix Tape

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:13:16 -0400

No theme. Just wonderful music. Enjoy! Bkg music: Will Ridenour & Betsy Bevan, "Wind and Stars"

027 03/30/2010 - Love to serve: Kirtan DJs and Hanuman Jayanti

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:18:51 -0400

Auspicious Tuesday birthday of Hanuman. All the music is praising Hanuman. Features two interviews with karma/bhakti yogis: DJ's of kirtan music, Kitzie Stern of New World Kirtan Podcast and Gary Goldberg of WRPI's "In the Spirit".

026 03/27/2010 - Placeholder Show on WCOM featuring Blake of FLKS

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:21:40 -0400

I was a guest on Tom Arnel's Placeholder Show on WCOM. He invites people from the community to be guest DJs on the latter half of the show. I come on to talk about kirtan and play tracks about 1/3 of the way through.

025 03/23/2010 - A Spring Frenzy Request Show

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:29:36 -0400

No theme. Played some requests. Beautifully chaotic show. I lost the first 15 minutes of this show due to some station troubles, but I just pasted the songs that were cut out into this podcast mix. Bkg music by Babik.

024 03/16/2010 - Jai Neem Karoli Baba; Krishna Das Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400

Dedicated to Ram Dass, my guide. Neem Karoli Baba inspired show. All music is from Baba devotees (you know 'em), readings about Maharaj-ji, Ram Dass audio clips, and a 30 minute interview with Krishna Das about his new book Chants of a Lifetime, new album Heart as Wide as the World, and Maharajji. To be included in His grace is the greatest gift.

023 03/09/2010 - Bhajans! with K Sridhar

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:53:30 -0500

K Sridhar, legendary sarod player, cohosts and guides us through traditional Indian Bhajans in many different languages, to familiarize listeners in the West with a bhakti chanting practice thats slightly different than the namasankirtan we're used to.

022 03/02/2010 - Sound into Silence; Kailash Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:28:06 -0500

This show features "New to Me" music. Kailash (Dr. Kurt Bruder) calls in to talk about bringing the powerful practice of devotional chanting into your life and his wonderful book, Following Sound into Silence: Chanting Past Ego into Bliss. The book touts the benefits of chanting practice and presents a "how to" guide for starting and maintaining your own practice. It even has a companion CD! The sound-bed featured Guy Sween's Legend of Ganesha album. omkailash.com

021 02/23/2010 - Chillin' with Chaitanya

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:40:57 -0500

Asheville, NC's Chaitanya Kirtan {chaitanyakirtan.com}blessed the Full Lotus Kirtan Show with lot's of love with an in-studio kirtan that lifted the whole town of Carrboro a couple feet higher above sea level. Background music by Earthrise Soundsystem "The Yoga Sessions".... I'll have to play more of this great album some other time. Forgive me for the volume levels.

020 02/16/2010 - Are you in Samadhi?

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:04 -0500

In the first hour, local kirtan group Samadhi leads kirtan with friends in our little studio in Carrboro. Chant along! The second hour features great recorded kirtan to uplift you on those dark and cold February nights.

019 02/09/2010 - The Beloved

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 -0500

In time for Valentines day, all songs featuring Radha and Krishna or Sita and Rama... the two divine romances. Celebrate your loving relationship and see God through the instrument of your romantic love. Poetry too with accompanying music from Benjy Werth

018 01/26/2010 - David Newman Interview; New to Me Music

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:57:00 -0500

This show features new music that has been sent to me this month and an interview with kirtan chant leader David Newman (Durga Das) about Kirtan College, Shanti Uganda, the new album To Be Home, and bhakti yoga. Enjoy.

017 01/19/2010 - Grooves that Move; Mike Cohen Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:42:00 -0500

Grooving tracks to dance to and feel the root energy; interview with Mike Cohen about bhakti yoga and his new album \"Om Dattatreya\".

016 01/05/2010 - Sean Johnson Interview

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:02:00 -0500

Great music and an interview with Sean of Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band. He\\\'s coming through Chapel Hill this week. We talked about his new album and bhakti yoga.

015 01/05/2010 - Jai Ganesh!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:20:00 -0500

To set the new year on the right track, we call on the elephant-headed one to remove the obstacles to our spiritual growth.

014 12/29/2009 - UK's Jayadev in the studio

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:32:00 -0500

UK\'s Jayadev (aka John Richardson of the platinum-record-selling group the Rubettes), leads and talks about kirtan in the studio.

013 12/22/2009 - Live Kirtan with Vrindavan Kirtana Group

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A whole show with North Carolinas own Vrindavan Kirtan Group.... Hare Krishna!

012 12/15/2009 - Christ bhav

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:41:00 -0500

In the spirit of Christmas, a whole show dedicated to Christ, the Virgin Mary,and the Christian condition of musical/chant worship.

011 12/08/2009 - Interview with David Waterman; Krishna!!!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:17:00 -0500

Krishna mantras. Interview with David Waterman of Asheville, North Carolina\'s Chaitanya Kirtan about his experiences with New Vrindaban, WV and the ISKCON (Hare Krishna) movement.

010 12/01/2009 - Motherly Love

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:56:00 -0500

In exhaltation of the Divine Mother, my mother and Amritanandamayima (amma.org)

009 11/24/2009 - Old-Time Joy and Jon Seskevich

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:26:00 -0500

live bluegrass kirtan in the studio and Jon Seskevich guests hosts hour 2!

008 11/17/2009 - It's inevitable!

uncyjohn@gmail.com (Blake Tedder) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:05:00 -0500

Just a great show.