Some time back Shobha Mudgal had commented on the practise begun at timeout mumbai of announcing in the magazine the ragas that were likely to be sung by an artist at upcoming concerts. Like her I find it an odd bit of information to include. Guess what? It doesn’t matter ahead of time. Nobody bases his or her attendance at any concert based on that information. Another thing that bothers me is the use of the word “vocals” rather than “vocal”. Frankly, I do not know which is the correct English. I am just not used to: “vocals by Ulhas Kashalkar”; it sounds strange to me. While on the subject of Timeout- they seem to have a policy of promoting virtual unknowns. Sometimes that is good but to better promote classical music I would think it more important to concentrate on major artists. Generally they are where they are because they deliver to the public . After all, it is what Timeout does for other events whether museums, restaurants, books, etc.etc.
Dear James,
“Vocal” as a noun means “A short musical composition with words”. Therefore “vocals by ….” is a correct form as far as a HCM concert is concerned. Plainly it converts to “Songs by ……”.
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Vivek
thanks for that vivek. I will now try to get used to it. James
I noticed in this fortnight’s Timeout it is written “her alaaps in rag madhuvanti were rendered….” Is that also correct? It sounds odd to me. james