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Tag Archives: raga
Sudeshna Bhattacharya & Mosin Khan Kawa’s Mohini
The first time I settled myself to listen closely to Mohini, there came a moment in the midst of the third piece, “Raga Bhairavi,” when a small embellishment made by Sudeshna Bhattacharya on her sarod made my heart soar. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Hindustani classical music, raga
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Arun Ramamurthy Trio’s Jazz Carnatica
I love jazz violin and I love Carnatic music — classical music from the south of India. So I figured I would love this album by Indian jazz violinist Arun Ramamurthy, and I was right. It’s been on heavy rotation … Continue reading
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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma’s Sampradaya
Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. This is one of those discs I haven’t been able to pry out of my computer since I got it. A jugalbandi, or duet, between two santoors, this disc contains just over 66 minutes … Continue reading
Brooklyn Raga Massive’s In D
As we all know, 2020 has been a trying year in so many ways, but it has been one of the best years for music in my recent memory. And Brooklyn Raga Massive’s In D touches me as deeply as … Continue reading
2020 Ragas Live Festival to include tribute to minimalist composer Terry Riley
This year’s Ragas Live Festival will feature a number of special events, but perhaps most special of all is the fact that it’s happening at all. Ragas Live Festival began as a 24-hour radio broadcast and evolved into a set … Continue reading
Various Artists’ Ragas Live Retrospective, 2011-2017
The ancient musical form of the Indian subcontinent known as raga is experiencing a renaissance in New York. It’s been going on for at least a decade now, and in 2011 performers descended on a New York City radio station … Continue reading
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Ustad Shahid Parvez’s Magnificent Melody: A Tribute to Dulal Babu (Raga Darbari, Raga Shahana)
Shahid Parvez began studying the sitar at age four, and gave his first performance at age eight. He belongs to the seventh generation of the Etawa gharana, a tradition begun in the early nineteenth century by Sahebad Khan. In Shahid … Continue reading
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Pandit Ram Narayan’s Raga Puria-Kalyan
Pandit Ram Narayan was born in 1927 in Rajasthan, the fifth generation of a family of musicians. At the age of seven he began formal training on the sarangi, a bowed string instrument traditionally played to accompany singers. Narayan was … Continue reading
K. Sridhar, et al., Raga Madhukauns, Raga Piloo; Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, et al., Raga Piloo
The Indian raga, which has enjoyed variable popularity in the West since the 1970s under the influence of a number of musicians from various backgrounds and, if we may speak of such a thing, “schools” (George Harrison and Terry Riley … Continue reading