Month: February 2007

This version of Kala Doria, a wedding song, was frequently played on Radio Pakistan in the early 80s. I was a child then, and did not understand much of whatever was being said, but I liked it; and now, I appreciate it as a busy, cheery and energetic account of domestic affairs (kameezan silk diyan … Continue reading Kala Doria →

Aftab Datta has sent us Lakshan Geet compositions sung by Nazar Hussain in the following ragas: Bhairov Bilaskhani Todi Des Deshkar Lalit Marubihag Miyan Malhar Multani Puriya Dhanasri Todi Arnab Kumar has sent us Kamal Sabri's performance of Raga Basant which can be downloaded from Sabri Khan's page.

NEIL SORRELL and RAM NARAYAN with a cassette recording by RAM NARAYAN Foreword by YEHUDI MENUHIN MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS 1980 Our friend Roland Viviers has scanned this entire volume and kindly sent us the images which have been reassembled in PDF format. This book is currently out of print and is being reproduced here for … Continue reading Indian music in performance: a practical introduction →