{"id":5346,"date":"2017-04-10T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=5346"},"modified":"2017-04-10T08:36:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T03:06:17","slug":"dna-article-kishori-amonkar-one-with-the-ragas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2017\/04\/10\/dna-article-kishori-amonkar-one-with-the-ragas\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA Article : Kishori Amonkar – one with the ragas"},"content":{"rendered":"

From today’s dna<\/strong><\/a>, my tribute to Kishori Amonkar<\/p>\n

\"Kishori<\/p>\n

When I first heard Kishori Amonkar sing, I must have been in my early teens. I had grown up listening to\u00a0 more conventional classical singers, Bhimsen Joshi, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Amir Khan, DV Paluskar and other such greats. The first recording I heard by Kishoritai was Raga Yaman. And, honestly, I just didn\u2019t understand it. The Yaman didn\u2019t sound like any Yaman I heard, and her taans<\/em> were just too complex for a novice listener. Mostly with classical musicians, their music sears through your consciousness the first time you hear them, and you follow their music for the rest of their lives (and yours). With Kishoritai it was different. Many years later, I realised that the problem was less with her signing, than my understanding of music, and as I began exploring more of her music, the more I began appreciating her craft, dedication, and her absolute brilliance. Listen\u00a0 to her Mahlars \u2013 the rain ragas \u2013 it is almost as though she was enchanting the rain clouds to pour, and often they did.<\/p>\n