Have you listened to the Slumdog Millionaire soundtracks? I don’t know about you but I think they sound awful for the most part, the one or two numbers I kind of liked are not definitely Rahman’s best. If Slumdog music wins Oscar, I will be very disappointed. Not because the tracks are so westernized, not […]

It’s encouraging to see independent artists from shows such as “Indian Idol” show promise in the Indian music scene. Album release on Indian Idol I look forward to more of such ventures and more support to the indies, go indies!

It’s a amazing whoever thought of using their cell phone to set their pitch, you see this phenomena on vijay tv on a regular basis for all the singing competitions. the participants explicitly ask the judges for permission to set their pitch using a particular tune on their cell phone. i have always wanted to […]

I find lots of similarities between Raaga “Bowli” and Raaga “Bhoopalam”. They both sound very similar when I heard them. For example, I was trying to compare “Sriman narayana” song in Bowli and “Sri Raghu nandana Dasharatha nandana” bhajan in Bhoopalam. Both sound like a “morning” raaga. I am sure there must be few differences […]

Samir Rao is one artist you will want to hear more and more. His melodious voice, control over the variations, mellifluous modulation and composed rendering make every rendition a treat to the ears. Listen some new additions of his and enjoy! Samir has sung a very tough composition of Nidhi Chala sukhama in Kalyani beautifully. […]

Last night several live recordings of sai bhajans from Prashanthi Mandir were added, these were recorded when I was there inside the bhajan hall sitting right up in front with the students. Beatiful bhajans, a treat to the ears and the soul 🙂 enjoy! Just search for Prashanthi Mandir

This week a few bhajan videos of Suresh Wadekar and Hari Haran are added to the box. I have not heard Hari Haran’s Krishna Nee Begane fused up version, very well done indeed. It has a nice touch of Yaman in every language that was sung.

We recorded a couple of sessions exploring popular raagas. For example, take a look at the revathi, mohanam and sindhu bhairavi videos on the videos page. This is an effort to bring you playing the harmonium as well as getting a feel for the raaga, some familiar bhajans and songs.

Last night we added artist browsing, you can check out all artists hosted on raagabox alphabetically here. http://www.raagabox.com/artist/index.php?fl=A