My very good old friend GMD (name withheld) who lives in America sent me the following messages on WhatsApp this morning: QUOTE [02/10/2021, 7:14:19 AM] Talking about music, here is a backstory about a brilliant young man whose name is Emani (name withheld) . An MIT graduate. I dont remember how, but he got inContinue reading “Carnatic Music as American “hip-hop””
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MANI KRISHNASWAMI ACADEMY — “Gurubhyo Namaha” series of talks on Clubhouse social media forum —- 30 September 2021
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A LESS-KNOWN QUARTET THAT WAS MORE GLORIOUS THAN THE FAMOUS TRINITY
In the Carnatic music world it is more common to hail the female Trinity of female musicians of yesteryear as “MS , MLV and DKP”. Just as in the cricketing world they hail India’s legendary spinning trio of Bedi , Prasanna and Chandrasekhar. However, both in the fields of Carnatic music and Cricket often peopleContinue reading “A LESS-KNOWN QUARTET THAT WAS MORE GLORIOUS THAN THE FAMOUS TRINITY”
Four “rasikas” clash with their respective views on the Carnatic music concert-performer, T.M.Krishna
The singer TM Krishna is well known in the cultural world of South Indian traditional Carnatic Music as an “enfant terrible”. He made his name in his early years as a wonderful highly gifted young singer. After many years of being counted amongst the top-tier rankers of the Carnatic music “kutcheri circuit”, TMK suddenly plungedContinue reading “Four “rasikas” clash with their respective views on the Carnatic music concert-performer, T.M.Krishna”
MANI KRISHNASWAMI ACADEMY, MANGALORE
“GurubhyO namah!” Program Launch on Webpage———————————————————————— Asmath gurubhyo namah! I wish to thank the Mani Krishnaswami Academy, Mangalore, https://www.facebook.com/ManiKrishnaswamiAcademy/ and the entire team led by Sri NIthyananda Rao and Sri Vibhu Rao for first conceiving this very creative concept of “gurubhyo namaha” and then converting it into an excellent series of online interactive program onContinue reading “MANI KRISHNASWAMI ACADEMY, MANGALORE”
The Village Blacksmith and the Village Music-tutor
This video-clip held me in absolute thrall this morning! Astounding talent! If you watch the video fully, you too will feel that this little boy is indeed blessed with precocious musical talent … The boy probably takes music lessons from a poor, freelancing village music-tutor during after-school hours … notice the school satchel he clingsContinue reading “The Village Blacksmith and the Village Music-tutor”