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Sounds of the Strings : Sarangi
Sarangi is the most important bowed stringed instrument of North Indian classical music. Its name literally means sau rang (hundred colours) indicating its adaptability to a wide range of musical styles and its ability to produce a large pallette of ...
78rpm vintage : Abdul Karim Khan
Music is an art that lives and dies in time, unless preserved by human memory or by technological reproduction. The recorded music of India, especially that recorded in the 78rpm format during the first five decades of the 20th century, presents a fa...
Four Songs : my Choice 8
Yet one more time, presented here are a few songs that I like. All the four artists are renowned vocalists and need no introduction. Bhimsen Joshi - Pilu Thumri - Nadiya Kinare Mora Gaon : Ajoy Chakrabarty - Gori Dhirey Chalo :&n...
Ripped from the tube
After the partition of India, the princely states of both India and Pakistan, which until then were the main patrons of classical music, became almost defunct. The former Nawabs and Maharajas of these small and large kingdoms were more worried about ...
Sounds of the Strings : Sarod
The present day Sarod, came into vogue through an evolutionary process. Its predecessor, the ancient Rabab, was played in the Mughal court of Emperor Akbar. It is a six stringed instrument with its lower gut string used as a resonator. The founder of...
Annapurna Devi : the genius who chose to be left alone
Some have heard of her. Few have met her. None truly know her. Sarod wizard Ustad Ali Akbar Khan said of her, she is 'simply great'. Pandit Ravi Shankar acknowledges her genius. Yet, none have heard her play. Mysterious, intriguing, she is like our o...
