Swami Satchidananda, the guru with the gigantic cottony beard who opened the Woodstock festival by calling music ” the celestial sound that controls the whole universe, ” died Monday in Madras in ...

The Rev. Sri Swami Satchidananda, the guru who opened at Woodstock, died early Monday morning in India. He was 87. Rev. Satchidananda, born in South India in 1914, first came to the United States in ...

Swami Satchidananda, the yoga master and guru whose message of spiritual unity brought solace to the Woodstock generation and attracted followers from Hollywood to Virginia, died Monday in India. He ...

CHENNAI: Memorial service for the late Satchidananda Swamy, who passed away in Chennai on August 19, was held in various parts of Tamil Nadu and in Rishikesh last Tuesday to mark the 16th day ceremony ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a marvel of spiritual jazz, an album overflowing ...

I was searching when I first heard Alice Coltrane's music. The summer of 2016 was sticky and humid; the air was swollen with loss. Within a two-day period in early July, Alton Sterling and Philando ...

Sri Swami Satchidananda Maharaj, who has died aged 87, was one of the Indian-born gurus who were lionised in the West during the 1960s; in 1969 it was Swami Satchidananda who opened the Woodstock ...

Journey in Satchidananda; Shiva-Loka; Stopover Bombay; Something About John Coltrane; Isis and Osiris. Alice Coltrane: harp, piano; Pharoah Sanders: soprano saxophone, percussion; Vishnu Wood: oud (on ...