http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog This is a yoga blog with articles on yoga, meditation, health, creativity and social service Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:12:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new review of the CD Love is the Best Spiritually inspired, Globally-tinged Folk and Americana music is what you’ll find on “Love Is The Best,” Dada’s second album overall. He seamlessly melds the rhythms of rock, country and Americana folk with the ancient wisdom of Yoga, bringing together such disparate ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2010/04/26/spiritually-inspired-globally-tinged-folk-and-americana-music/ Dada Veda’s second album, Love Is the Best, is a most unexpected offering. Its eleven songs reflect Dada Veda’s message of self awareness, peace, and love. Finding that on an album by a trained yoga monk is not at all surprising. Dada Veda is a member of Ananda Marga, ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2010/04/08/unusual-merging-of-east-and-west-a-review-of-my-cd-love-is-the-best/ You've got to love Dada Veda and his encouraging, uplifting messages that embrace the All. This singer-songwriter, monk, and yoga/meditation teacher hailing from Urbana, Illinois, released his second CD, entitled Love Is The Best, in August 2009. In a straightforward way, with folk sensibility and a country rock ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2010/04/08/a-review-of-love-is-the-best-in-phosphorescence-magazine/ Here is a video from my performance at the Red Rock Cafe in Mountain View, CA http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2010/01/31/more-from-california/ I have been in California for the past two weeks and have played at Country Joe's Open Mic in Berkeley, the Cafe Espreso in San Jose, at a house concert in Los Altos Hills, and most recently at the Red Rock Cafe in Mountain View. Here is a video from ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2010/01/20/california-tour-is-on/ For the past year I have been in NYC (though I did travel to many places all over the US) but now I have shifted my home base to Urbana, Illinois. I live a the Ananda Marga spiritual community in Urbana, Illinois. It is a three hour's drive from Chicago ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2009/10/14/ive-moved-to-the-midwest/ This week one of the icons of folk music passed away. Mary Travers was a member of Peter, Paul and Mary and throughout her life she worked for various social causes. Her music many people and she will be sorely missed. However, the music lives on in recordings and in ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2009/09/20/mary-travers-rip/ I am in Poland at the beautiful Ananda Marga center near Jelenia Gora. It is a 46 hectare organic farm. We are enjoying a yoga conference. My next stop in Denmark for another conference and then to Stockholm for a concert. Here is a poster for the concert. http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2009/07/17/european-summer-tour-in-progress/ In Case anyone is wondering what my new songs are all about. Below are some capsule comments that explain what I had in mind when I wrote each of the songs on my new CD. About the Songs on “Love is the Best” We Are Never Alone or Helpless This ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2009/06/13/about-the-songs-on-love-is-the-best/ The newest CD, Love is the Best, should be ready by July 1, 2009.  You can hear four tracks on my MySpace profile. The first four tracks on my music player will be on the new CD. Check them out and let me know what you think. http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2009/05/22/new-cd-coming-soon/