Beverly Smith in Concert with Jason Homan
Beverly Smith, folk singer-song writer, was welcomed as this summer’s “Artist in Residence” at Meher Center. As part of her residency, she invited Jason Homan to accompany her for this concert for a full hour mix of Baba-praising, serene folk and bluesy sing-along music. This is music at its best!
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Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center
June 10, 2026
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Uploaded July 24, 2026
Sitar Music Concert by Michael Siegell
Michael Siegell enthralls the audience with his exquisite sitar musical performance, beautifully accompanied by his wife Lakshmi on tanpura and Cliff Hackford on tabla. He trained extensively in Indian classical music and also played with Pandit Ravi Shankar! In 2018, Michael had the golden opportunity of being the first invited artist to inaugurate the Artist-in Residence program at Meher Center. In between his heavenly songs, Michael shares a few stories of his life and explains the spiritual, poetic significance of the sitar.
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Meher Center Meeting Place
July 7, 2026
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Uploaded July 17, 2026
“The spark inside my heart starts to glow and burst into flame”
Mark Trichka and Lisa Brande have been entertaining Baba lovers for decades with their uplifting bluegrass music. In this lively video, the couple tells how they each came to Baba despite not being drawn to religion when young. They also share some remarkable experiences. In Meherazad, Mani dubbed Mark the “Mandolin Walla” after he played for Mehera. At one point, Baba came to Lisa in a dream and said, “I am not this body.” They have spent the last 40 years living in Florida and Vermont and traveling around sharing their inspiring, foot-tapping music.
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Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Center
November 15, 2025
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Uploaded June 5, 2026
BuffalOz Musical Performance
Several Baba Lover musicians from the New York area started jamming together on Zoom during the Pandemic. They informally became The Buffalos. The original group expanded to include musicians from other parts of America and Australia as well, thus changing their name to The BuffalOZ. The ensemble annually reunites at the Meher Spiritual Center to share their collaborative music. This year, a septet blessed the Meeting Place with a lively, high-energy performance of originals, covers and Baba classics.
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Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center
April 18, 2026
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Uploaded 5/1/2026
Celebrating a Sacred Legacy
This uplifting evening is a celebration of the early spirituals that emerged from slave communities as well as a tribute to Happy Club, its founders and the Phoenix Renaissance Community that emerged from it. During His visit in 1958, Meher Baba asked to hear a recording of Marian Anderson singing ‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’ as well as ‘Let My People Go.’ In the late 1980s, Cathy Riley collected 120 songs from Sumter County African American seniors. This concert is a commemoration of those powerful songs. Spirituals were also a part of the Happy Club legacy. After it was established in the late 1960s, Reverend Lee, his wife and their 10 children would come sing Gullah songs for and with the Happy Club kids, at Thanksgiving time and sometimes at Christmas time, too.
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Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center
February 13, 2026
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Uploaded 3/20/2026
A Delightful Evening of Music and Poetry
This charming mix of music and poetry led by Buz Connor features songs of love for Meher Baba. Buz is accompanied Michael Hansen and Cliff Hackford and they play many old favorites. Fereshteh Azad adds her lyrical voice reading some of her moving translations of Hafez, including some from her forthcoming book. It’s a delightful evening not to be missed!
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Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
December 28, 2025
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Mark Trichka and Lisa Brande Musical Performance
Mark Trichka and Lisa Brande were Meher Center’s Artists in Residence in November. Their time on Center included a number of musical performances and engaging talks that radiated their love for Baba. This recording offers those who were unable to attend a glimpse into the musical delight that Mark and Lisa brought to the Center during their residency.
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Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
November 14, 2025
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Uploaded December 5, 2025
Ahir Family Musical Performance
Pratap Ahir first heard of Meher Baba in the 1940s, and later became a member of the Poona Bhajan Mandali who wrote and performed many songs for Baba. In this video, we see his son and grandchildren perform a beautiful program of devotional pieces. Following the performance, a brief video of Pratap is shown, in which he shares some of his experiences with the Avatar. As he says, “Meher Baba has left very little space for anything else in our hearts.”
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Meeting Place, Meher Center, October, 24, 2025
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BuffalOz Music Performance
A versatile group of incredible musicians provide a night of entertainment in praise of the Beloved. Not to be missed!
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, May 3, 2025
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Uploaded 5/23/2025
Meher Baba’s Birthday Celebration
On February 25th, 2025, the Center hosted a beautiful music concert to celebrate Beloved Baba’s birthday. Singers Buz Connor, Cathy Riley, Aseem and Nidhi Ahir, and Jamie Newell were accompanied on drums by Cliff Hackford. Dive into this devotional offering to the Avatar of the Age!
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, February 25th, 2025
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Uploaded 3/21/2025