This post is about the plight of this city. I feel passionately about it and the blog allows the full rant. Although the subject is
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It is that time of year again, for the yearly seminar on music at ncpa. Many are cynical, and I have been too, but I
I was awaiting a cyber attack after my criticism of Ajoy Chakraborty’s lec-dem. It never came, thank goodness. Last weekend there were a lot of
What a shock to hear of Catherine’s death! Such a lovely person and good friend. I admired her dedication to her music and her ability
Last night Ajoy Chakraborty gave a lecture demonstration on Patiala gayaki at NCPA. I like the idea of lecture demonstrations and especially have enjoyed those
This morning Kishori Amonkar sang at Dadar Matunga Cultural Centre. I expected a huge rush for this baithak event at her favorite venue. There were
I had heard about the iphone application itablapro from Steve Gorn and had a look at it online. It seemed like a sensible replacement for
I have over the past decades collected a substantial assortment of classical music recordings. From listening and learning I have my personal favorites. Although Faiyaz
A comment some months ago by Nandu Dhaneshwar in his review of a concert of Ustad Aslam Hussain Khan was interesting. In his favorable revew,
I guess here there are two kinds- the filmi and the serious. For some reason when most people talk about fusion, filmi is not included.