Music

YM: Congratulations on the new release! What makes this 2 CD set unique?
KD: I have been singing these chants since they were originally recorded and they have gotten deeper over the years and more easy to enter into... I felt like people would like to meet them again in a new way.

YM: Why a Live Album?
KD: Live is the best. With everyone together singing..it is just very
difficult to get a great recording that way. We felt like we did a good
job of capuring the beauty and excitement oif the moment unrehearsed
and free.

YM: Please talk about the new record label you just signed with and
how they are bringing Kirtan mainstream.
KD:Terry Mc Bride and Nettwerk records feel that kirtan should be heard
by more people...I can't argue with that, since I think that chanting
can help anyone who does it to feel better. They are trying to do what
record companies do to make that happen and they are a wonderful
group of good people whose hearts are in the right place. P.S. I
still sing the same way I do whether there is 10 people or 10,000, so
it will be interesting to see what happens.

YM: How do you account for the rise and explosion of Kirtan over the
last ten years?
KD:People are hurting and they want to feel better and find a way to live
in this world without fear and  with an open heart and chanting is a
way to do that.

YM: Why sing?
KD: Why not? Birds sing.

YM: Why do we need mantra now more than ever?
KD: We need it just as much as ever.

YM: What would you say to the people that feel angry with the state of
the world right now?
KD: Get angry  with ourselves for losing touch with the love inside. If we
don't have that, how can we help another person? You have to have a
piece of bread to share. PS WE made it this way and WE can change it.

YM: Most people are not in a position to go to India or take a year
off from their life to have a spiritual awakening. How can one find it
HERE, while still involved in the day to day activities?
KD: You find it where you are. That is where it is..not somewhere else.

YM: What do you love?
KD: Love

YM: What is your favorite part of working in this "industry'?
KD: Squeezing my harmonuium

YM:  Who is on your i-pod? (Who do you listen to?)

KD:Reverend Gary Davis
Mississippi John Hurt
Blind Willie Johnson
Ray Charles
Lama's Chant
Van Morrison
Steely Dan
Hank Williams
DR Dre
Michael Franti


YM: What is on the horizon for you personally and your music?
KD: More chanting

YM:Thank you for joining us, where can we find out more about you?
KD:It's all on the internet (krishnadas.com). The thing is to find out more about
yourself.... that's where all love is to be found. I am trying to
find that myself.