Posts under ‘Music’

Two years ago – i had blogged the bulk of this post. I am using it as a base and just refurbishing it with a few more favorites. Tomorrow, I will look at the duets. September 28th – The birthday of Lata Mangeshkar …. the woman with the golden voice.The first lady of Hindi [...]

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Toon India

Asha Bhosle is like good wine. she has gotten better with age And today on her birthday – here are some of the songs that i would take away with me to a desert island !
The list is in, more or less, alphabetical order. If you are reading this in my FB notes [...]

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Anonymousdustyedges

Lazy blogging. Yesterday, was Kishore Da’s birthday. and, i thought i will re-cycle last year’s post on classical Kishore- (origianl post August 16th 2008)
Kishore Kumar was a genius. And, it was his birthday about 10 days ago (4th August) yesterday . I had wanted to do a little blog piece on my favourites sung by [...]

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Rains have been delayed terribly this year. Intermittent, sparse and playing hide & seek with all of us. It has been terribly depressing – without the rains. The body and the mind have both been feeling extremely tired and as thought there is no hope of renewal.
Yesterday, it finally rained. the proper monsoon downpour. the [...]

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Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi, Raga Desh (i think. if it isn’t please post and i shall make the change )

the you tube generation is going to enjoy the classics !
And, here is one of my favorites – Bhaja Govindam – written by Adi Shankaracharya – the verses sung in Ragamalika – by M.S.Subhalakshmi

i have been [...]

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… and the temperatures are soaring.
at a time like this, one of my favourite songs – played and performed by different masters. enjoy and let me know if there are any variations to be added …..

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Al Jarreau – Take Five, 1976 …

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It is Monsoons The streets look washed. There skies look silver and grey. The trees are swaying. The air smells fresh. There is a cool breeze that refreshes. The world looks great.
The monsoons have always been my favourite season. Traffic jams, water logging not withstanding — the moment i see a rain cloud my heart [...]

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…. in Mumbai, giving a respite from the terrible mugginess that has been upon us !
i went out and walked in the rain …. glorious feeling …cannot stop smiling like an idiot.
all seems well with the world.
and here is an amazing rendition of garajat barasat sawan ayo re ….

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The 1950's and 1960's possibly had the best in terms of musical talent in the Hindi Film Industry. The kind of music that was created was superlative by any standards. And, there was choice – there was classical, rock, jazz, folk, fun, … the lot. Amongst the greats of this era was Manna Dey. Not [...]

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