Name: Kirtan with Mike Cohen & Shakti Groove
Start: 2024-06-22T19:30:00-06:00
Location: Congregation Nevei Kodesh - Official Page

Kirtan with Mike Cohen and the Shakti Groove
Saturday, June 22, 2024
7:30-9:30pm, doors open at 7pm
Location: Congregation Nevei Kodesh
1925 Glenwood Drive, Boulder, CO. There's lots of street parking, and people are welcome to park in the lot in the back of the building.
Investment: $25 through 6pm on June 22, $30 at the door.
Join Mike Cohen & the Shakti Groove to chant your heart open at Nevei Kodesh in Boulder.
Mike, Dawnia and Michele will blend masculine and feminine energies as they share original chants from their 4 full albums and 2 EP’s. These accessible chants are grounded in the Sanskrit, Kundalini Yoga and Mashup (Mantra + English) lineages, blending Shakti (Divine Energy) and Groove (funky music). Ken and Bill provide the groove, while James adds hauntingly beautiful cello lines throughout. You are the choir, and are invited to chant, harmonize, clap and dance. Together we will drop into an exquisite flowing state of loving awareness.
Our amazing band features:
Mike Cohen - harmonium and vocals
Dawnia Dresser, Michele Heaphy - vocals
Ken Matarazzo - percussion
Ken Bernstein - guitars
Bill McCrossen - bass
** Mike Cohen has released four critically acclaimed Kirtan albums Om Dattatreya (2009), Soul Contact (2012), Illumination (2016) and Chants for Challenging Times (2020), the last two albums with Grammy nominated producer Ben Leinbach. For close to two decades Mike has shared his brand of accessible & potent sacred chant across North America. Mike was honored to lead Kirtan immediately before the legendary Krishna Das at 2015 Bhakti Fest Midwest. Listen to his music at https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nMwM2JeNhQowSDW2IlvIU?si=rLESgdElQCCXrBD2SOXwrg
** Dawnia Dresser’s sweet and soulful style has been turning heads in the Kirtan world since the 2019 release of her From the Soul EP. She is beloved for sharing her heart so fully. Listen to her music at https://open.spotify.com/artist/20dSjhwIZwTD6Vu0fAuW0a?si=lLAtQAvTSCqBBvQpOBzkhA
** Michele Heaphy’s deep and inspiring original chants have been delighting chant audiences since the release of a series of singles beginning in 2022. Listen to her music at https://open.spotify.com/artist/06GRosja9D4o7lj7RGbg5c?si=qf3zt0Q3QNan1sBuyv-iNg.
The Shakti Groove features high-level musicians including cellist James Hoskins, bassist Bill McCrossen, percussionists Ken Matarazzo and David Hinojosa and more!
Listen to the "Greatest Hits" of the Shakti Groove (recorded music by Mike, Dawnia & Michele) at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0t9EXZ5odwAe0ipBocUqQw?si=b101ddd30beb46de
ABOUT KIRTAN LEADER INSTITUTE
Mike Cohen is founder of Kirtan Leader Institute where he has trained and apprenticed thousands of aspiring Kirtan Leaders since 2010. Mike teaches total beginners through highly advanced students, and has guided many of his students to build thriving chant communities and write compelling original music. KLI is a full-on school and runs online group classes, self-guided classes, sacred chant mentorships, and in person intensives (in Boulder, CO) throughout the year. A marker of success is that twenty of KLI's students & alumni have released professional recordings of their original chants. Both Dawnia Dresser and Michele Heaphy are senior teachers within Kirtan Leader Institute. Learn more at www.KirtanLeader.com.