graphic23 Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Hey Guys, I'm a big fan of Carnatic Vocal & Instrumental music, as well as Hindustani (though I'm not as familiar with it). If any of you are familiar with Carnatic Instrumentalists, can you guys recommend which ones to listen to. I'm particularly a fan of the Mrudangam. But any of them are fine, to be honest - I want to listen to a wide variety of instruments for Carnatic music because it requires different instruments all together. As I said, I'm not very familiar with Hindustani music but would like to listen and learn more about it as well. If you guys have any favorite artists for Hindustani, I'd like to listen to them. So please list them. Thanks.
vroomfondel Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 This is one of the most soulful pieces of music you will ever hear. Nikhil Banerjee plays Bhimpalasri. Frankly, (and I probably shouldn't compare) but listening to anything else after Nikhil-da is like watching Graeme Thorpe after Tendulkar. So after you get sick of the shaadi-band stuff in the 'Thundarr' thread, please come here and enjoy the musical incarnation of god --> The first time I heard Nikhil Banerjee was in 2nd year of college. Someone very special to me gave me a copy of Misra Kafi. It was 40 minutes long and as with all Nikhil pieces, began with a (at the time) painfully long aalap. I was used to slighty more 'accessible' music, I think the closest I had come to Classical was listening to Zakir Hussain and John Mclaughlin in Shakti. I remember studying for an exam, staying up all night and taking 'substances' do aid the effort (cigarettes and 'nodoze' :winky:). As a result, at about 6:30am I was shaking, couldn't concentrate and wasn't really getting much into my head. So I stepped outside with the ipod and some epiphany made me listen to Misra Kafi. It was the most heady combination of circumstances -- my heart was pounding, the sun was just coming up, it was kind of cold outside but I remember my face and hands being really hot, and this music started playing. It was the most surreal experience of my life. All you Pink Floyd chaps can relate to something like this happening to you, I am sure -- like during the intro to Echoes or something. Anyway, that's when the love affair started. I have tried to lay my hands one every scrap of music, every lecture demonstration, article, or sound-bite that Nikhil Bannerjee has produced. He died well before his time, was not nearly as prolific as the holy-trinity of string players -- Ravi Shankar or Ali Akbar Khan or Vilayat Khan. But he will always be regarded as the musician's musician. Whle Ravi Shankar relied on fantastic speed and technical virtuosity (surpassed by NONE -- only a young Vilayat Khan ever came close), Nikhilda had the mesmerizing ability to play one note and shatter your heart. I am writing this very long preamble to this video because someone very dear to me died recently, and the only way I could think of dealing with it was to listen to Nikhil. Because he just seems to know. He knows the fragility of our human condition underneath all the bravado. There is a melancholy in his music that contains all the pain of all the hearts in the world. And yet there is no despondency, there is definite hope and rebirth. All this in notes. It makes me very happy to know that someone gets it. There is a saying by Kabir that is quite appropriate for what I am trying to say: कबीर सोई पीर है जो जाने परिपीर जो परिपीर ना जाने सो काफिर बेपीर For the idlis in the audience, this translates roughly to: Kabir, only those that understand the pain of others see god, those who cannot are without god. Ok, with the rant done, here's the music: 9mZX8zXZzCs&fmt=18 I put up the entire rag here: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9f2e57dac8ffe7788c9e7c56ba37815ff84de0cb6a257754 If you like it, please buy the cd from raga.com
flamy Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 M. Srinivas And listen to this song: Karsh Kale - Some things are OK
vroomfondel Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 M. Srinivas And listen to this song: Karsh Kale - Some things are OK you mean U. Srinivas aka Mandolin Srinivas? Total genius. He does bendy gamakams that would put violinists to shame on a mandolin. I mean, come on...I had the privilege of watching him live with Remember Shakti, and he really is that good. That Remember Shakti concert in Bombay. Flamy watch 7:20-8:30, before motu starts singing: [googlevideo]766347916305347608&hl=en[/googlevideo]
nikred Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 you mean U. Srinivas aka Mandolin Srinivas? Total genius. He does bendy gamakams that would put violinists to shame on a mandolin. I mean, come on...I had the privilege of watching him live with Remember Shakti, and he really is that good. That Remember Shakti concert in Bombay. Flamy watch 7:20-8:30, before motu starts singing: [googlevideo]766347916305347608&hl=en[/googlevideo] wow man that was some amazing solo......never thought i would say that to an indian classical.:two_thumbs_up:
vroomfondel Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Hilarious video of an undeniable talent. Pandit Lacchu Maharaj of the Banaras gharana. He has one of the sweetest hands I have heard -- listen to the composition recited at 3:00 and then played out. Why does everything from Banaras sound so Banarasi? He makes a routine teental kaida sound unique And he's high as a kite the whole time, unbelievable:haha: C_70fUJJXfY&fmt=18 This is one of my favorite tabla videos of all time. Features father and son, Ustad Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain. There is such emotion in both their playing, especially Allah Rakha sahib's... ALZpNazAVts&fmt=18 Another amazing amazing zakir video, especially from 1:08 onwards...so measured and so perfect, even when he is playing fast he does not lose his musicality. There are so many who get fast and sound like they are just making noise. not this guy. xbDofgD04dc&fmt=18
graphic23 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 Wow, vroom, thanks a lot! Awesome stuff.
vroomfondel Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 ^ graphic, are you kannadiga? since half your article was on kumble and dravid, I will assume you are:winky: and say that you would especially enjoy bhimsen joshi here. wonderful thumriaskTJJMo18M&fmt=18 wow man that was some amazing solo......never thought i would say that to an indian classical.:two_thumbs_up: glad i wasn't talking to myself. If you enjoyed that, I will post some of ravi shankar's virtuosity in a bit -- you will love those solos. where are lurker and d_r? I'm sure they listen to classical stuff. maybe even dhonds, since the good hakim spent time in banaras?
graphic23 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 ^ graphic, are you kannadiga? since half your article was on kumble and dravid, I will assume you are:winky: and say that you would especially enjoy bhimsen joshi here. wonderful thumri I speak Kannada, yes. :P I don't have to be a Kannadiga to like Dravid and Kumble. But thanks for the video, nevertheless.
flamy Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Sahela Re (Raga Bhoop - Teental) by Kishori Amonkar
graphic23 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 Being the telugu guy I am, here's a Tyagaraja Krithi: HSN18uZaDiU This one is rendered by Dr. Balamurali Krishna. I think the MSS and MDR renditions are also quite good (I have the live version of 60! minutes for the MDR one). This is a standard one though - no swaras built in the middle.
Kohum Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 wow Vrrom - many nice videos. the U srinivas Mendolin piece was awesome !
Kohum Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Sahela Re (Raga Bhoop - Teental) by Kishori Amonkar Listen Here
graphic23 Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 For my live classical music, I usually visit http://sangeethapriya.org - its an amazing site with a great community (some very very well known names), and if you join their listserv, you can request them too - they're very helpful.
cochise Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 Brilliant music! Nikhil Banerjee is sublime...truly awesome music here.
cowboysfan Posted April 10, 2009 Posted April 10, 2009 For my live classical music' date=' I usually visit [url']http://sangeethapriya.org - its an amazing site with a great community (some very very well known names), and if you join their listserv, you can request them too - they're very helpful. thanks for the site .it looks very interesting.
triam Posted April 11, 2009 Posted April 11, 2009 graphic check out ranjani/gayathri both vocal and violin, they are pretty good.
eakoilst Posted April 11, 2009 Posted April 11, 2009 Ever tried Sampagodu S Vighnaraja? I liked this guy's singing. [ame= - varna in 5 speeds- Vighnaraja - Live in Malaysia[/ame] [ame= - Jagadoddharana - Vighnaraja - live in Malaysia[/ame] Search youtube. Also I liked the voice of T.Brinda. There dont seem to be too many of her recordings in public domain Youtube - Merusamana - Brinda Amma
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