It is funny what people put up with to listen to good music. If you visit some music sites on the web, I won’t call out names, I am sure you will know as you read further, your music experience is down the gutter just listening to the calling card promos and transferring money to […]

Abhangs are a popular form of devotional poetry in the Indian language Marathi, and are often set to music. While they are often sung by bhajan singers, they are quite often sung by classical singers both from the North and the South and it is not uncommon to hear an abhang in a classical concert. […]

Raaga Shivaranjani is a very romantic, melancholic and “something is seriously missing from my life please help” kind of raaga. The scale is as follows S R2 G1 P D2 S S D2 P G1 R2 S There are many wonderful songs in this raaga, some of which can be found here . Enjoy.

Some time ago, someone gave me a cd “Thaanam” of Rama Varma playing the Veena, which, has among other things, a very beautiful Behag. The cd isn’t available commercially, so it’s nice to see his Behag on youtube (and some Kapi and Mishra Pilu). A meeting of Hindustani and Carnatic music: Aalaapana and Thaanam Thaanam […]

The raaga Sindhubhairavi evokes very happy and pleasant emotions. I didn’t know about this raaga until a few years ago, however, my mom used to sing a couple of beautiful devotional songs that were haunting me long after she passed away and one day I recollected a few lines of one of the songs and […]

Two Ragas may look very similar in terms of their aarohana and avarohana, but sound totally different. Take for example the aarohana and avarohana of the Ragam Mohanam: S R G P D S S D P G R S Mohanam has five notes, i.e. is an audav-jati ragam and takes the higher varieties of […]

I sat down with Suprano Saxophonist and composer Phil Scarff at his residence in Winchester, MA to chat about his musical journey. I am sure you will enjoy listening to this wonderful artist share his story on how he came to appreciate Indian classical music (Also see his favorite Bhairavi rendition in the video below). […]

There are many introductions to Indian Classical Music, and this is just one attempt by a passionate listener. I have liberally borrowed from the work of others (duly credited). I have always found that referring to more than one source helps me to understand something better and recommend that you go to more than one […]

Often, the youtube child prodigies really are very good. Read more: http://www.likhati.com/2009/10/07/little-violinist/#ixzz0syCcb4Ic