Sunday, June 27, 2010

Raga Basant Mukhari – A Carnatic raga seeking a Hindustani identity

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This essay is now published in my fourth book: Removing it from this blog was proper, though not contractually obligatory, in orde...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Ustad Asad Ali Khan – “The university is no place for shaping performing careers”

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The Rudra Veena maestro spoke to Deepak Raja on January 11, 2000 . I belong to the Jaipur Beenkar gharana, founded by the 18th century be...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Book Review: by Abhik Majumdar

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The Book Review Monthly, New Delhi Volume XXXI, Number 7, July 2007 Hindustani music: a tradition in transition By: Deepak Raja DK Pr...
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. ...