Sunday, March 27, 2011

Rabindra Sangeet Festival in Vancouver

I will be participating in  Rabindra Sangeet Festival in Vancouver on April 30th. The songs are coming up well and  the group is sounding very good. 

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Raga Jog by various artists (song, gazal, classical vocal, sitar)

Raga Jog is a popular raga with very interesting ascend and descend. Here are a few different expressions in Raga Jog by different artists :

Ascent : n, S G m P n S'
Descent : S' n P m G m g S

Marathi song by Sudhir Phadake : Tuj Sagun Mhano ki Nirgun Re
http://www.dhingana.com/play/tuz-sagun-mhano-ki-nirgun-re/MzYzNjQ%3D/pop/1

Gazal by Pankaj Udhas : La Pila de Saakiya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWK61iHYc4Y

Raga Jog Tarana by Smt. Veena Sahastrabuddhe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjnBKmboeFY

Raga Jog by Pandit Ravi Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWhsAgC8UqM

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Rabindra Sangeet

I just started working on Rabindra Sangeet with a group of wonderful singers and musicians. Here is a link to a Rabindra song sung by Tagore himself (very old recording) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTim1Kg_F8

Here is my favorite Rabindra song, it is about firefly :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rCjXYJRIQ&feature=related