6 Krithis You Never Heard Before 1. Giripriyam in Kadanakuthuhalam by Sikkil Gurucharan 2. Raagi Tandeera in Ahirbhairavi by Sudha Raghunathan 3. Anadhudanuganu in Jingala by Nithyasree Mahadevan 4. Kalaharanamela in Suddha Saveri by Dr. Balamuralikrishna 5. Vallagadanaka Seetha in Harikambhiji by Nedunuri Krishnamurthy 6. Idu Taano in Behag by Ranjani, Gayatri
29 Most Popular English Bhajans 1. We Are One In Love by Nivedita Gunturi 2. I Will Love You by Region 1 3. Lord Of My Heart by Australia 4. Sathyanarayana by Australia 5. Shining Like The Sun by Australia 6. Take All The Obstacles by Australia 7. Thousand Eyes by Australia 8. Bhagawan by Australia 9. I Keep Feeling […]
10 Refreshing Carnatic Krithis 1. Sarvam Brahmamayam by Sikkil Gurucharan 2. Dayara Nee by M.L. Vasanthakumari 3. Bhavanuta by Various Artists 4. Okapaari Jooda by Hyderabad Brothers 5. Sri Kamalambike by Balaji Shankar 6. Shambho Mahadeva by M.S. Subbulakshmi 7. Govardhana Giridhara by T.N. Seshagopalan 8. Raghuvara Nannu by K.J. Yesudas 9. Tripura Sundari by Dr. Balamuralikrishna 10. Sogasu […]
11 Bhajans That Will Take Your Breath Away 1. Kalatheethaya by Samir Rao 2. Madhava Murahara on Veena by Dhurjati Mudigonda 3. Murali Vinojana by Ravi Kumar 4. Sri Raghunandana by V. Kumar 5. Suswagatham Hey Sai by Sanjeev Borbora 6. Bolo Ram Sai Ram by Sunam Gyamtso 7. Om Jagath Janani by Samir Rao 8. Muralidhara Mukunda Murari by V. Kumar 9. […]
Down By The Bay Yesterday Raaga had her Piano recital. She completed 4 years of piano and it was very nice to see that she has come a long way from looking at Piano as a boring chore to an enjoyable outlet for her creative expression. Here is the 5 minute video from her recital
Monday Melody – Gita Dhuniku Raaga Dhanasri Yesterday I was at my daughter Raaga’s piano recital. Incidentally, my Carantic music guru Smt.Aparna Balaji was scheduled to perform as a guest artist towards the end of the recitals. Aparna took me by surprise when just minutes before she went on stage she asked me to accompany her in singing Gita Dhuniku Thillana in […]
Taala, Jaathi, Nadai Last night I was trying to make Raaga understand the relationship among Taala, Jaathi and Nadai. I found that the following analogy helped her a bit – Taala is like a ruler (scale), it is a general term that defines rhythm, speed and time cycle. Jaathi is like the centimeter lines on the ruler, they […]
Visual Guide To Raagas Recently we added a few visuals of raaga scales on the keyboard for anyone interested in playing the harmonium or keyboard. Please take a look. Thanks to Subbu for gathering this information and putting it all together. A few songs are mislabeled and will be fixed shortly.
Raga flip-flop Raga flip-flop: Kalyani is one of the classic raagas in the realm of carnatic music which provides greater scope for improvisation (aalapana). I feel that it’s jeeva swara lies in the trasition between G3 (andhara gaandhaaram) and M2 (prati madhyamam). Whenever I sing or listen to it, I get mesmerized greatly by the depth of […]
Ranjana(i)mala I came across this song recently called Ranjani mridu Pankaja Lochani – a beautiful ranjani mala(ragamalika) composed by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer. This song is unique from a perspective that it contains wonderful ragas with “Ranjani” as their suffix. There are 4 ragas in this song. The pallavi portion is in Ranjani and the charanams 1,2 […]
