Category Archives: Carnatic music
Manasija kOti kOti lAvanyA
It is always difficult to answer questions like what your favorite book or song is. The answer is never the same and I think it is cruel to even try to find one. But I have a compulsory urge to categorize, … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Music
Ninnukori – the eternal longing
It was a gloomy and crappy long weekend to say the least. Thunderstorms and sheets of rain. A sky in mourning. A spiritual loss but a brave front of unwavering faith and my sun clouded by grief and melancholy; my … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Music, Nostalgia, personal
Committed
I didn’t think it would last this long. I didn’t expect that I could to commit to just one, that I could prefer one over all my loves. But nobody else makes me weak in my knees EVERY single time … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Music, personal, Tamil cinema, TFM
நந்தி வளர்ந்தது!
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Kalki weaves one hell of a story. The plot is the mother of all mega-serials, it has every element to make a blockbuster masala film sweeping several genres – a chase … Continue reading
Filed under books, Carnatic music, Reading in Tamil
Art attack
As a first/experiment child, I got sent to a ton of classes by my parents in the effort to find any talent whatsoever in me. And some I joined just because Kindu did it. There were some that I was … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, personal, Ravi Varma in me
Confession
I have something to tell you. It has stayed bottled in for too long, and the pressure it puts on me, especially everytime someone talks about it or I hit the skip button on my ipod, is getting beyond what … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Music, Opinion
Aazhi Mazhai Kanna – Day 4
Day 2 was busier than I thought it would be and so the only full concert I listened to was Nityashri’s Jaya TV one. It was a very blah concert but the highlight was her “Gum Ganapathe” which is one … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Concerts, Margazhi 2010, Music
Margazhi Thingal – Day 1
The concert for today was Semmangudi’s 1956 Academy concert (randomly selected). The accompanists were TN Krishnan and Vellore Ramabhadran. It was really a fulfilling concert for me covering a few favorite ragas, favored compositions and overall the song-list had a … Continue reading
Filed under books, Carnatic music, Margazhi 2010, Music
mAsAnAm mArgashoham
The month of months is here. I look back at my Margazhi blogposts from the past several years and there is such a flip-flop of emotions! The first year it was a nostalgic self-pity trip set off by a song, … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Margazhi 2010, Music, PhD
Katrile Varum Geetham
Finally, after teasing us for two weeks with promos and behind the scenes action, the Keys and Conversation concert was finally telecasted/uploaded onto Youtube this week. Some of my favorite musicians have come together and presented some of my favorite … Continue reading
Filed under Carnatic music, Links, Music
