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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 …

You’re Not Listening

Getting to Know Kate Murphy

Book Review: You’re Not Listening

What You’re Missing and Why It Matters

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 …

Music Review: Phantoms

Azam Ali mixes influences to create a melancholic, elegant album.

The Inner Work of Racial Justice

Racism and the harm that it brings persist, despite the best intentions of many …

re/VIEW: Perry Farrell

A fresh look at a longtime favorite

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. …

Book Review: High Magick

A Guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved My Life on Death Row

Music Review: Lost Souls

WHILE THE TITLE TRACK from Canadian vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKen…

Book Review: Aware

The Science and Practice of Presence

Book Review: Climate Justice

Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future

Music Review: 7

WITH ITS HUSHED FEMALE VOCALS and lush layers of keyboard and guitar, Beach Hous…

Book Review: The Three Questions

How to Discover and Master the Power within You

Music Review: American Utopia

IN CONTRAST TO the stripped-down sound of his last solo outing, 2004’s Grown Bac…

Book Review: Mindful of Race

Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm

Music Review: Jala

Charanpal

Book Review: The Nest in the Stream

Lessons from Nature on Being with Pain

Book Review: At Peace

Choosing a Good Death after a Long Life

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…

Follow Your (Coconut) Bliss

Is it selling out if your sponsors are organic, free-trade, and vegan?

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

Dreaming the Future

Vocalist Eliza Gilkyson looks for hope in turbulent times.

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…

Music as Medicine

Q&A with Deva Premal & Miten

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 …