I have been told about the tv reality show Carnatic Idol, similar to indian idol and saregamapa, but only a competition of classical carnatic singers.
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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
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,