Past gatherings
Kirtan With Angela Hassan
On March 28th, 2026 Song Keepers held its first public kirtan in Philadelphia with Angela Hassan. Angela took us on a journey that night. Her music carries something that goes straight to the heart. There is a celestial quality and an essence of deep devotion that can be felt but not explained in words. While her musical abilities are tremendous, Angela is as humble and heart-centered as anyone I have met on this path. She is not chasing anything, but expressing something beyond herself. You can feel it in your bones. It is not only the technical skill, though that is certainly there, but the ineffable quality of what is being shared, something that reaches inward and connects you to a deeper place. Dare I call it the soul.
Kirtan With Angela Hassan
The night of April 24th at Summit Church is not easy to describe in words. From the first moments, something palpable hung in the air, a quiet knowing that something real was about to happen. Adam’s music is grounded, rhythmic, deep, and soulful; he builds slowly and patiently, listening to the room, letting the songs breathe. Not performing for an audience, but sharing and creating together. And so the night unfolded: the dancing, the chanting, the chai, the drums, everything finding its place in a ceremony of communal joy and remembrance. When we sang Open I to Grace, the opening to grace became a felt reality. Not just words, but something we touched together and realized as true.