Sacred Song as a living medicine

Song Keepers is a community organization dedicated to the learning, stewarding, and sharing of sacred and healing music from cultures around the world.

Why we sing

The heart of song keepers

Many of us are hungry for connection in a world that feels fragmented and fast-moving. We move through grief, transition, and uncertainty with fewer hands to steady us. We are surrounded by music, yet rarely invited to make it together.

Song Keepers was born in response to this longing. In a time when so much pulls us apart, we believe that gathering around the hearth fire of sacred song is a simple and powerful way of returning — to ourselves and to one another.

Across cultures and centuries, from the banks of the Ganges in India to the high mountain Andes of Peru, communities have remembered this ancient way of being: voices joined in prayer, in praise, in lament, and in joy. We seek to remember and amplify these sacred traditions in a spirit of reverence and humility.

Song Keepers creates spaces where people can slow down, listen deeply, and rediscover what it feels like to belong. We gather in communal circles, and we also go to the quiet places — to the ill, the lonely, and those living at the margins. We are willing to walk through thresholds together.

We believe that everyone belongs.

Will you join us in this journey of remembrance?

Founder

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Mar 2026

Philadelphia, PA

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APR 2026

Philladelphia, PA

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May 2026

Vilcabamba, Ecuador

Sacred song expressed through community, care, and service.

How we SHOW UP

Song Keepers creates participatory spaces where music becomes medicine and community becomes refuge.

Threshold support

Threshold Support

Private ceremonial music and healing presence for individuals and families navigating illness, grief, dying, and major life transitions, held with care, integrity, and deep respect.

Community Gatherings

Regular music gatherings that emphasize shared presence, participation, and belonging. Open to people of all backgrounds, these spaces offer a direct experience of the healing power of sacred song.

Service to Disadvantaged Communities

Guided by the principle “love all, serve all,” we bring sacred song to those who may not otherwise have access — including prisons, nursing facilities, and other communities in need.

listen to our podcast

The inaugural episode of The Song Keepers Podcast features Adam Kandel — singer-songwriter, ceremonialist, and devoted song keeper based on the U.S. East Coast.

Join the song keepers circle

Stay connected to upcoming gatherings, reflections, and ways to participate.