Somewhat random #Music appreciation toot for the prodigy and genius that was U. Srinivas.
Sadly he passed too young
I was fortunate to have seen and hear him play a few times
Stumbled across this short from when he was a kid, the energy, exuberance and joy in this is palpable
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Gokul Salvadi - Beyond Rituals
"Instrumental tracks they derive their soul from south Indian music, Carnatic, and meet exotic elements."
Tonight's album: Manasa Sancharare, Sudha Ragunathan, 1995.
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Gokul Salvadi - Beyond Rituals
"Instrumental tracks they derive their soul from south Indian music, Carnatic, and meet exotic elements."
Superbe exemple de la tradition Carnatique. Pour celleux qui s'y intéresserait, les gestes des mains accompagnant leur chant sont des moyens mnémo-techniques pour marquer les changements de temps, se souvenir des stophes des poèmes qui sont chantés, et des indications aux musicien.nes. Merci Nathan Daems pour le partage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beJXJVwD3v4
Toby Wren - The Carnatic Jazz Experiment. A brilliant album that deserves a whole lot more attention than it seemingly got:
https://tobywren1.bandcamp.com/album/the-carnatic-jazz-experiment
I'm a big fan of #Carnatic music - once you've trained your ear to appreciate the micro-tones it is sublime.
I'm also a midwest raised kid and prog rock and heavy metal is my jam. So when you mix it - you get Agam -https://youtu.be/oESni03J8h8?feature=shared
Notes of M.S. Subhalakshmi and Opeth - damn bro! The vocals are extremely impressive as well as the arrangement. You're not disrespecting carnatic music and still keeping to a faithful vocalization but with some extra oomph.
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When a sequence has gaps in it, it is a lot harder to feel the pulse
https://strudel.cc/?vwFGEQZqzf9p
#livecoding #carnatic #konnakol #konnakkol
Veteran #Carnatic musician KG Jayan no more
He was honoured with the #Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1991 and the #PadmaShri in 2019.
https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/veteran-carnatic-musician-kg-jayan-no-more/
Muthuswami Dikshitar: Celebrating the legendary #Carnatic composer
The Dikshitar Aradhana at Ettaiyapuram is held in a small hall that is as unostentatious as the samadhi it houses.
🔊 #NowPlaying Jagadhodharana | O.S. Arun | Purandara Dasa
#GenreOfTheWeek A lovely electric #mandolin ensemble in the #carnatic tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7aZDtF6aE
#GenreOfTheWeek There's a wonderful tradition of #carnatic music played on fretted electric guitar. One of my favorites is Prasanna. Apart from traditional music he's also delved into western music, for example, with his Electric Ganesha Land. Here's a clip of him in a traditional context but it's well worth digging into his entire catalog.
#GenreOfTheWeek is #carnatic music of India! Carnatic music is of the Southern India tradition. Although similar to the Hindustani style of the north, it is a distinct path in its own right, older, and arguably more complex.
And one more sample. Even though it is short, just watch the performer's hands.
We had a great time - and even encountered a few people we met last year.
Note: this thread is a cleaned-up repost of a thread that was made a bit poorly on a phone.
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A sample of the performance with the gorgeous dome above!
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Ragamala! An all-night festival of Hindustani and Carnatic Indian classical music held at the Chicago Cultural Center. We only stayed for one session but we got to see Gaurav Mazumdar on sitar and Amit Kavthekar on tabla. They were students of the great Ravi Shankar and Zakir Husain respectively.
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2. "gajawadana beduwe" by K.J. Yesudas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRzJwhnpKAM
"gajawadana" conjugates the words gaja (गज elephant) and wadana (वदन face) to simply mean "elephant face".
"beduwe" (ಬೇಡುವೆ) is a Kannada word to mean "I plead."
Together, "gajawadana beduwe" means "I plead/appeal to the one with elephant face".
#ganesha #ganeshaChaturthi #hindu #myth #India #culture #tradition #music #carnatic #classical
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