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#16 - Raga Pantuvarali - Podcast
The Raga Pantuvarali Podcast features M.S. Subbalakshmi singing Ennaganu Bhajana , Kishori Amonkar singing raag Puriya Dhanashri,...
Jun 27, 20211 min read
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Ododi Vanden - Ambujam Krishna
Ambujam Krishna , a 20th century composer composed over six hundred songs that were set to tune and popularized by carnatic musicians....
May 26, 20211 min read
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Music & Business
“Good is the enemy of great” is how Clint Valladares put it. While addressing my class Musical Traditions of India at Ahmedabad...
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Bridging Cultures Through Music - Instruments of Africa
"Africans view musical instruments as people," said Mark Stone, who teaches percussion and world music at Oakland University, MI. He was...
Apr 2, 20211 min read
Musical Thoughts, A Surreal Experience, A Folk Song
A Surreal Experience The bhajan in raag Bhairagi Bhairav stopped me in my tracks. I'd just walked into the Birla Mandir at the BHU...
Mar 29, 20211 min read
How music has shaped my life
A recent talk had me reflecting on ways music has shaped my life - short video on Instagram
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Musical Thoughts - Shubha Mudgal
"How hard is it to transition from recording an Indiepop song in the morning to performing a Hindustani concert in the evening?" When you...
Mar 14, 20211 min read
Shivaratri Songs
As Shivaratri is being celebrated today by millions of people, lets take a look at songs commonly heard at this time. Carnatic There are...
Mar 12, 20212 min read
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Veena & Nirmala Rajasekar
In a classical ensemble does the veena lead? Can a taste in carnatic music be acquired or is it inborn due to family culture and...
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Music & Ikigai - Vinod Seetharaman
"How do you find a balance between your passion and career, when they’re not the same?"" This was one of the questions posed to...
Feb 6, 20211 min read
Pedagogy of Music
One of the joys of teaching is all the lessons we learn from the students observations and questions. During a recent guest lecture that...
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Ragas & Stories, Transformative Power of Music, Ghazals & Qawwalis
A new year has been ushered in with great hope all across the world. While we wait for the vaccines to be distributed stories of...
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Mamava Meenakshi - Dikshithar
This carnatic composition praises the deity at the famed temple in Madurai - Meenakshi. The recording is from my concert at BTM Cultural...
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Music to fight Climate Change, Familiar made New, Coping with Uncertainty
Even as the end of 2020 approaches, few people are likely to miss it or look back at it wistfully. Despite the lockdowns, quarantines,...
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Jugalbandhi Concert
A jugalbandhi concert refers to a performance by two lead artistes. In a typical jugalbandhi concert the two artistes take turns to...
Dec 20, 20201 min read
Balagopala - Dikshithar
Balagopala, a composition of Muthuswamy Dikshithar is a wonderful kriti in ragam Bhairavi. The song is an ode to the presiding deity at...
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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