Thursday, February 21, 2008

Raga Gara – The raga and the fragrance

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This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from here was proper, though not obligatory, in order that my publisher...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma – “The foundation of the 'Musician's Truth' is sincerity and seriousness of purpose”

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Foreword to Deepak Raja’s book: “Hindustani music – a tradition in transition” signed on May 16, 2004. Change is the only permanent re...
Friday, January 25, 2008

Raga Ahir Bhairav... and issues in raga grammar

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Since Bhatkhande’s documentation of raga grammar in the first quarter of the 20th century, “Vadi” and “Samvadi” swaras have been the pivot...
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Book Review : "Hindustani music: a tradition in transition" by Deepak Raja

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By: Prof. N Ramanathan, Former Head of Department of Music, Madras University, Published in: Sruti, Issue of May 2006. " This book ...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Prof. Ashok Ranade -- "Dhrupad represents the precomposed tendency in Hindustani music"

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Approved transcript of an interview  with Deepak Raja on August 19, 1998. In this discussion, I am happy to explore some themes relat...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Ramakant Sant -- “You can forget about the Shehnai’s future”

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Sant spoke to Deepak Raja on April 04, 2004 My father, Gangadhar Sant, was a Shehnai player and a violinist, who served the princely stat...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Kaivalya Kumar – “Musicians should think, all the time, about enriching the content of their music”

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Introduction: Kaivalya Kumar (born: 1963), the son of the Kairana stalwart, Sangameshwar Gurav [Born:1932] tried very hard to avoid a caree...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Benares: Culture? Yes. Gharana of vocalism? Doubtful.

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The semi-classical genres of Hindustani music, the Thumree being the principal amongst them, evolved in late 18th century Lucknow followed ...