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Krishna Das Talks About His Music, His Guru, and His Practice

By Kate Hagerman

He’s driven a school bus, dabbled in the blues, and meditated in the jungles and ashrams of India, but today Krishna Das is known as the King of Kirtan. For the past 20 years, KD (as he’s often called by his friends and fans) has sung his heart out in churches, mosques, temples, concert halls, yoga centers, and healing retreats around the world, and his nine albums have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

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