Jaya Madhava Das (James Cennamo) has been involved in the Kirtan community since 1993. He got his start playing Mridanga at Siddha Yoga Ahram in Boston Massachusetts. In 2007 he founded Govinda Sky, a transcendental music group, which played at Yoga studios around New England as well as Jiva Mukti Yoga School in New York. Govinda Sky’s music is on “Yoga playlists around the world. Their newest album; Bhakti includes special guest musicians such as Wah!, Lee Mirabai Harrington, GuruGanesh, Mirabai Moon, and Nina Rao. In addition to making music, Jaya is an artist/editorial cartoonist and has published four books, most recently River of Consciousness; a graphic memoir, his journey from growing up in Brooklyn New York to the path of Bhakti. He follows the Vaishnava tradition and lives in Salem Massachusetts.