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re/VIEW: Dar Williams
In our new look at an old favorite, S&H chatted with musician and author Dar…
re/VIEW: Tara Brach
“Both psychological work and what we call spiritual work are seeking ways to dea…
Music Review: Music for Psychedelic Therapy
THERE’S A CURIOUS resonance between the names of America’s Johns Hopkins and Bri…
Re/View: Ani DiFranco
A dive into the iconic career of LGBTQ+ alt-folk/rock heroine Ani DiFranco.…
Book Review: Outsmart Pain
Mindfulness and Vipasana meditation teacher Christiane Wolf kicks off her second…
Dr. Bruce Greyson Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond
What will you see on the precipice of death? Dr. Bruce Greyson explores what nea…
Music Review: A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1)
A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1)Common LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS SPIRITUALITY, POLITIC…
Music Review: Revolutionary Love
Revolutionary LoveAni DiFranco RIGHTEOUS BABE RECORDS THE BULK OF INDIE FOLK si…
Book Review: After
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyon…
Rabbi Steve Leder on The Beauty of What Remains
After death, what remains? Rabbi Steve Leder discusses his book The Beauty of Wh…
Music Review: Winter Is for Lovers
Winter Is for LoversBen HarperANTI-RECORDS With his latest project, folk/bl…
Book Review: The Beauty of What Remains
The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest GiftBy St…
Book Review: Freedom for All of Us A Monk, a Philosopher, and a Psychiatrist on Finding Inner Peace
THIS WARM, INSIGHT-RICH WORK is transcribed from dialogues between the authors …
The Well-Gardened Mind: A Psychiatrist’s View on the Healing Power of Nature
We dig in with author Sue Stuart-Smith. “When we sow the soil, we plant seeds of…
Compassionate Conversations: Advice From Three Experts
Diane Hamilton, Gabriel Wilson, and Kimberly Loh
Music Review: 2020
After devoting the bulk of the lyrics on her 2018 album Secularia to spirit…
Music Review: Earth
If there was ever any doubt that Radiohead wouldn’t be Radiohead without gu…
Book Review: Compassionate Conversations
The authors put power dynamics and social privilege in context, making it clear …
Music Review: Note to Self
Owing largely to the traces of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone …
Music Review: Ghosteen
“With its frequently meandering melodies and wordy lyrics, Ghosteen is less an a…
Book Review: Walking Through Anger
A New Design for Confronting Conflict in an Emotionally Charged World
Music Review: Bon Iver
Bon Iver completes its quarter of albums corresponding to the four seasons with …
The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Racism and the harm that it brings persist, despite the best intentions of many …
Music Review: Ram Dass
An album called Ram Dass celebrates Ram Dass, but with some unexpected twists.…
Music Review: India.Arie
"Arie, who approaches songwriting as a spiritual practice, intersperses Worthy’s…
Music Review: Stay Human, Vol. II
Since the 2001 release of Spearhead’s original Stay Human album, the band’s soun…
Music Review: Dionysus
Like all of Dead Can Dance’s albums, this Australian world beat/neoclassical gro…
Music Review: Secularia
Twenty albums in, Eliza Gilkyson is still creating music of richness and depth. …
Music Review: Lost Souls
WHILE THE TITLE TRACK from Canadian vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKen…
Music Review: 7
WITH ITS HUSHED FEMALE VOCALS and lush layers of keyboard and guitar, Beach Hous…
Music Review: American Utopia
IN CONTRAST TO the stripped-down sound of his last solo outing, 2004’s Grown Bac…
Book Review: Holy Rascals
Spirituality & Health columnist Rabbi Rami Shapiro won’t tell you that your reli…
Music Review: Is This the Life We Really Want?
Well over three decades since his departure from the revered psychedelic rock ba…
Music Review: All Is Love Is All
All Is Love Is AllDub SutraDub SutraLike Dub Sutra’s first album, 2012’s The Ris…
Music Review: Peace Trail
Peace TrailNeil YoungReprise RecordsNeil Young’s latest release is as rustic and…
Music Review: Elwan
ElwanTinariwenANTIIn spite of the danceable grooves that Tinariwen has been know…
Book Review: Encounters with Power
Encounters with PowerAdventures and Misadventures on the Shamanic Path of Healin…
Music Review: Immortelle
ImmortelleDeuterNew Earth RecordsFor critics of the New Age genre that Deuter he…
Book Review: Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Black Elk: The Life of an American VisionaryBy Joe JacksonFarrar, Straus and Gir…
Music Review: Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep.
Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep.MobySelf-releasedAlong with being one of electronic…
Book Review: Inner Engineering
Inner EngineeringA Yogi’s Guide to JoyBy SadhguruSpiegel & Grau“Fun” isn’t u…
Music Review: Land of Gold
Land of GoldAnoushka ShankarDeutsche GrammophonAs a daughter and former student …
Book Review: Dream Yoga
Dream YogaIlluminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of…
Music Review: Call It What It Is
Call It What It IsBen Harper & the Innocent CriminalsSTAX RECORDSSinger/guit…
Music Review: Blackstar
★David BowieCOLUMBIA RECORDSIn a lesser-known tune called “Black Star,” Elvis Pr…
Music Review: Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!
Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!Agnes Baker PilgrimBlackstone Audio, Inc.As the old…
Music Review: George Fest
George FestA Night to Celebrate the Music of George HarrisonVarious artistsBMG R…
Music Review: Atma Bhakti
Atma BhaktiManish VyasNew Earth RecordsIn much the same way that spiritual teach…
Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes AirBy Paul KalanithiRandom HouseWritten with eloquence, insi…
Music Review: Aeons
AeonsCharanpalSpirit Voyage RecordsLike her Spirit Voyage labelmate Snatam Kaur,…
Music Review: The Monsanto Years
The Monsanto YearsNeil Young and Promise of the RealReprise RecordsFolk/rock leg…
Music Review: Before This World
Before This World James TaylorConcord Records James Taylor’s first studio album…
Music Review: The Fourth Light
The Fourth LightNiyazSIX DEGREE RECORDS Led by vocalist Azam Ali and multi-inst…
Music Review: Tell 'Em I'm Gone
Tell ’Em I’m Gone Yusuf Legacy RecordingsSinger/songwriter Yusuf’s voi…
Music Review: Popular Problems
Popular Problems Leonard CohenColumbia Records “Let me catch my breath…
Music Review: Saraswati Dreams
Saraswati DreamsJaya Lakshmi & AnandaSounds TrueAfter fusing kirtan music wi…
What Would the Dalai Lama Do?
Contemplating creativity, compassion, mindfulness, and body image with singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer
Natalie Merchant: Hearts and Minds
The multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter turned environmental activist reflects on the freedom of nonattachment, the fight against fracking, and changing the world through music.
Q&A: Krishna Das
With a new album, Kirtan Wallah, the best-selling kirtan singer reflects on language, practice, and the spiritual path.
Book Review: The Shaman Within
The Shaman WithinA Physicist’s Guide to the Deeper Dimensions of Your Life, the …
Michael Franti: For the Love
The Spearhead frontman reflects on acceptance, yoga, and his daily prayer.
Book Review: Sacred Sound
Sacred SoundDiscovering the Myth and Meaning of Mantra and KirtanBy Alanna Kaiva…
7 Ways to Find the Rhythm of Your Heart
From the ancient practice of sacred chant to the latest technologies in brainwav…
Musician Profile: Azam Ali
Vocalist Azam Ali on creativity and mysticism.At the same time that Azam Ali’s m…
Music Review: The Rise of Downtempo
Dub SutraWhile well suited for yoga and moving meditation, the 10 downtempo dub …
Top Ten Spiritual Heroes of 2013
Whether they drew strength from their spirituality to advocate for a better worl…
The Healing Power of Chant
Kirtan practitioner Snatam Kaur finds the vibrations that move us, body and soul…
Carrie Newcomer's Latest Album: Kindred Spirits
With lyrics like “God walks around in muddy boots” and “a summer tomato is a ca…
Ayahuasca
Welcome to the WorkBen LeeTen Fingers RecordsThe transformative properties of th…
Kirtronica
Jaya Lakshmi with AnandaSounds TrueThe latest creation by American vocalist and …
