Author: Taimur Khan

Dear Visitors, sarangi.info is back online. All the music has to be re-uploaded, which means, the audio links will not be functional at present. We cannot say how long it will take, but we will keep updating you as we make further progress. For now, the following sites have been fully restored: Alifbépé - Taimur … Continue reading Greetings →

Dear Visitors, Aftab tried twice to send me all this music online through sendspace, and each time I got around to downloading, it would no longer be available. This time he has gone a step further and done it again: bypassing my personal inertia, he has singlehandedly edited, converted, named, tagged and uploaded, not to … Continue reading Aftab Datta’s Summer Collection →

We are presently encountering a database error: the comments table has crashed... That is why no new comments are showing up on the site. We had collected quite a few recordings for this birthday, but both the updates and your comments will have to wait till the problem is rectified. Best wishes, Taimur

Music Room is the story of Namita and her teacher; of the charismatic Alladiya Khan; and of the foul-mouthed and bewitching Kesarbai. At its heart is Dhondutai, shy, diffident yet full of determination... Namita Devidayal is a journalist with The Times of India. She lives in Mumbai. This is her first book. Click here to … Continue reading The Music Room by Namita Devidayal →

Aftab Shahrukh Datta hereby responds ineptly to the state of emergency in Pakistan by sharing a dhrupad, a khayal and a whim: S. C. R. Bhatt & K. G. Ginde - Kedara Bade Ghulam Ali Khan & Munnawar Ali Khan - Kafi Kanada I love those old days... I really love the past. I am … Continue reading Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, S.C.R. Bhatt & K. G. Ginde →

Fateh Ali & Rustam Fateh - Megh Mubarik Ali - sarangi Ijaz (Jhajji) - tabla Aftab Datta has kindly shared the video above and the recordings below: Amanat Ali & Fateh Ali - Asavari (Radio Pakistan) Moinuddin & Aminuddin Dagar - Abhogi Kanada Anant Manohar Joshi - Shree Azizuddin Mirza - Shuddh Sarang Chote Ghulam … Continue reading From Aftab Datta’s Collection →

گردشِ ساغرِ صد جلوۂ رنگیں تجھ سے آئنہ داریِ یک دیدۂ حیراں مجھ سے the going-around of a colorful hundred-gloried flagon, from you the mirror-possessing of one stupefied eye, from me (Ghalib) This update is a peculiarly pleasant one to make. Shiladitya Banerjee and Abhik Majumdar have kindly shared with us two private/mehfil recordings of … Continue reading Amir Khan – Aiman Kalyan & Malkauns →

Abhik Majumdar has kindly shared a jugalbandi through MediaFire: Latafat Hussain Khan & Bismillah Khan - Kamod Tabla - Mohammad Ahmad ________________ Samson Zoom H2 - review & sound samples Download the H2 User Manual in PDF format ( 2,308.6K PDF file) ________________ Sony PCM-D50

Vocals: Salamat Ali & Sharafat Salamat Sarangi: Mubarik Ali Tabla: Ijaz (Jhajji) Raag Rang, Pakistan Television. from Nampreet Singh's collection.

These recordings have been shared by Aftab Datta: Munawar Ali & Sandhya Mukhapadhyay - Jhana Jhanan Sur Jhankar Raga Jaunpuri Film: Jay Jayanti (1971) Vasantrao Deshpande - Paraj, Jhinjhoti, Bhairavi ________________ This recording has been shared by Mr. J. S. Pande: Niaz Hussain Shami - Lalit (sadra) ________________ The three wma files above are encoded … Continue reading Munawar Ali & Sandhya Mukhapadhyay | Vasantrao Deshpande | Niaz Hussain Shami →