Saturday, May 22, 2010

Sugata Marjit -- “I don't want to know how many greats were born before me”

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Introduction : Sugata Marjit [born: 1959] is an unusual musician. He is an eminent economist, and Director of a research institute in Calcu...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

The evolution of Khayal vocalism

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BOOK REVIEW March 30, 2010 KHAYAL VOCALISM - Continuity Within Change: Deepak Raja DK Printworld (P) Ltd., F-52 Bali Nagar, New Delhi-110...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Kshem Kalyan (Khem): The "precious" Kalyan

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When I first heard Kshem Kalyan, I was totally charmed. I looked for authoritative documentation; but I found none. I acquired the few av...
Monday, April 5, 2010

Shahana: the popular Kanada

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I first heard Shahana from Ustad Vilayat Khan. Must have been in the early 1970s. He drifted into it without announcing the raga. As the ra...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Shahid Parvez – “Duets satisfy audience appetite for novelty. Most partnerships don’t work”

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Shahid spoke to Deepak Raja on January 8, 2004 Upto the age of 15, I was trained on the sitar by my father, Aziz Khansaheb. My uncle, Haf...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Book Review: by Neeru Dhall

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Indian Horizons The Journal of The Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi Vol. 51, Autumn issue Hindustani Music – A tradition...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Dhondutai Kulkarni – “Kesarbai was like the Niagara Falls”

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Dhondutai spoke to Deepak Raja on May 4, 2003 My father was a schoolteacher in Kolhapur and trained in the Gwalior style of vocal music. ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Shujaat Khan – “I almost joined a tea estate as a Manager; but destiny had other plans”

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Shujaat Khan spoke to Deepak Raja on July 21, 1996 1960, I was born. I have no idea what was happening until 1966, when I performed for ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Raga Shree: Supplicant, spooky, or belligerent?

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Shree is amongst the oldest raga-s in the Hindustani art music pantheon. But, it is not clear whether the melodic entity currently identifie...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Raga Megh Malhar

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This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from here was considered proper, though not contractually obligatory, in...