Monday, May 30, 2011

Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006)

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Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) was easily the single most popular Hindustani musician of the 20th century, while also enjoying stature on...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Raga Enayet Khani Kanada: Vilayat Khan’s tribute to his father

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USTAD ENAYET KHAN E nayet Khani Kanada is Ustad Vilayat Khan's tribute to his legendary father, Ustad Enayet Khan. It is not known w...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Pandit Jasraj: the romanticist crusader

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P andit Jasraj (Born: 1930) could well be the most popular male vocalist in Hindustani music today. In a career spanning half a century, he...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Raga Khambavati: A Jhinjhoti sibling

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K hambavati causes occasional confusion by its name. In the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of khayal vocalism, and only in that gharana, the raga c...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Raga Jaitashree: A primary raga or a compound?

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J aitashree an averagely well-known raga performed around sunset, and popularised primarily by vocalists of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana in t...
Friday, May 13, 2011

Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur (1910-1992)

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P andit Mallikarjun Mansur was amongst leading Khayal vocalists of the post-independence period, and the only significant male vocalist to ...
Saturday, May 7, 2011

Raga Kedar: abandoning the austere form

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Kedar is amongst the most popular post-sunset ragas. The raga belongs to the Kalyan thaat, and within it, to the sub-group that permits twi...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Indra Kishore Mishra: The vintage flavour of Dhrupad

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How much Dhrupad is there in contemporary Dhrupad? Connoisseurs with a taste for such conundrums will find plenty of grist for their mill i...

Manjiri Asnare Kelkar – “The concert is still the real thing”

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Introduction : Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar (born: 1971) was selected by the Sangeet Natak Akademi for the first Bismillah Khan Memorial Award for ...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Raga Miya-ki Todi.... reluctant differentiation

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Miya-ki Todi, also known as, Todi, Darbari Todi, and sometimes Shuddha Todi, is amongst the more popular morning ragas of Hindustani music. ...