When You’re A Big Star, Will You Miss The Earth It was the late 90’s, before Spotify and iTunes, Napster and MP3s. Albums didn’t drop onto streaming services and immediately upload onto our phones. Corporate-run radio stations dictated who heard what, when. Rebellious youth tried to fight the system. Grunge bands sued the conglomerate Ticketmaster [...]
Joss Jaffe's Breezy, Uplifting Sacred Pop Music Joss Jaffe has released his fifth album: Sun Mountain Sea. It invokes the bright, breezy light and resonance of his native Southern California. The 10 tracks overflow with warmth and humanity. They are a balm for these trying times. This latest project on Be Why Music is at [...]
Creating Healing Music Around the World Since the 2001 release of her first solo album, Prem, Grammy-nominated devotional singer Snatam Kaur has inspired countless people with the stirring silken quality of her voice, the gentle wisdom of her writing and teaching, and her uniquely radiant presence. Healing Mantras on Nirankaar Her 16th major album, Nirankaar, [...]
Snatam Kaur debuts “Akaal” —an exquisite first single from her new album Nirankaar Celebrated devotional singer Snatam Kaur’s latest release, “Akaal,” comes out March 4 and is the first single from her long-awaited new album, Nirankaar. The track is a heart-expanding rendition of the sacred Sikh mantra sung with all the radiant light Snatam, [...]
Jai Anand photo by Kelly Fogel Jai Anand Explores the Healing Power of Ra Ma Da Sa Jai Anand (née Julie Yannatta) is a yogi, musician, and the founder of Club Kundalini, a global digital community of yoga teachers, artists, and students, whose purpose is to heal the planet by exploring and applying [...]
Divine Bliss is a Soothing Balm of Healing Music Healing music is the soundtrack that we need in our lives today. Part of the environment we create for ourselves is through sound and mantra. Spiritual singer/vocalist Sandy Khanzode understands this and offers vibrations for uplifting all of the parts of ourselves. Her second album, [...]
Art by Rajesh Nagulakonda Song Divine Shares The Bhagavad Gita for the Modern World When we look back at the origins of Yoga, Meditation, and Ayurveda, we inevitably come across one of the greatest spiritual texts of all times, The Bhagavad Gita. The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient book for all times, places [...]
Recording the Healing Power of Cat Purr Outside of Santa Barbara, musician and healer Sudama Mark Kennedy lived in Rattlesnake Canyon with his mystical cat Nunu. Nunu had a thunderous purr. Master sarod player Montino Bourbon said to Sudama “we need to record that purr.” Montino returned with his hi-tech recorder and Nunu responded to [...]
Tina and Ikettes performing (January 1976). Photograph Courtney of Rhonda Graam/HBO Tina Turner is an legend, an entertainer, a survivor….and a woman who has practiced the art of chanting for transformation. At 81, the icon reflects, “Each of us is born, I believe, with a unique mission, a purpose in life that only [...]
Satsang: Gathering Musical Community Satsang; it means community, it means to gather. And as Drew McManus, lead singer of the band of the same name shares, it means, “In the company of truth.” This is something McManus has been seeking in himself and the world around him for as long as he can remember. Drew [...]