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good morning, and welcome to Sangeet.

Good morning

good morning, Rob. I was just in Silver Spring last week

has the fog lifted by you yet?

Good morning Dave, Rob & all 🫖

Very foggy here on the banks of the Delaware. 😶‍🌫️

oh good morning, Christine. Missed you on Friday

Good morning, Christine

Dave, what were you doing in Silver Spring?

I was enjoying a Thanksgiving meal cooked by my son

And no, the fog hasn't lifted. The Dense Fog Advisory runs for another 1 hr 45 minutes

I was very sorry to miss your show. 😭 Work is very busy (that's what I'm finishing up now) and it's preventing me from listening to a lot of my favorite shows. The good news is that this craziness is seasonal and happens every year in the last three months.

Dave, how nice!

𝕺𝖍 𝖌𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌

now I feel complete

Good morning, Rob 🦀 sighted any cool birds lately?

Christine, bummer about all that work, but it's good that it's seasonal

Christine, I saw a continuing Eared Grebe on the other side of my county -- that species is less than annual around DC.

I am always happy when it's January and we move into steady-state. But in a weird way I'm happy I had to work this morning bc it means I can catch Sangeet! 🪷

But I missed the 2 Sandhill Cranes in northeast DC that were present one afternoon and the following morning. They are annual around DC though not always easy to locate

Christine, good things can happen when you don't expect them to

I hope you get lucky and spot a crane in a future birding excursions. Living near a river with a small island in it, I see bald eagles occasionally. I hear them more often that I can spit them, though.

Thanks! Those were DC's third sighting of Sandhill Cranes, and I think the first that wasn't a flyover. Someone took awesome photos

*can see them* 🦅 🙄

Christine, I knew what you meant! They do have a distinctive call.

I'm checking out of the chat, and should be leaving soon to go birding somewhere, since the fog is lifting. Dave, I enjoyed this show. Christine, don't work too hard. Bye!

Thanks for keeping us company, Rob. Have a good day

Take care, Rob and have fun birdwatching!

I love when music heard on one show sparks discoveries and inspires the playlist on another show. ✨️

that's the beautiful thing about WPRB. Were it not for Jerry Gordon, I may never have known about Josh Feinberg

Hi All

Good morning, MusicChallenged

Some WPRB magic. 🎩🪄✨️🔮

Morning, MusicChallenged 🏍

Morning Christine - so nice to hear about your work and work site :-) in bits and pieces

Good morning. I’m having some turmeric ginger tea right now :)

Morning Sangeet

Good morning, Ossy

@MusicChallenged, I have never tried turmeric in my ginger tea. How much are you adding?

It’s a pre made bag from Reishi teas

Rishi tea*

Oops, I didn't recognize you there, Guelo.

I'll experiment with turmeric in my chai this afternoon

Morning, Ossy and Guelo 🍵 Enjoy your tea

Morning Christine

Hi Christine

Thank you DJ Dave & all the Sangeet team 🪷 really enjoyable show this morning. Also I appreciated the in-depth playlist notes and photos.

thanks, Christine

thanks for listening, folks

9:01 AM		T. N. Krishnan Vaathaapi Ganapathim - Hamsadhwani M. Dikshitar Violin INRECO 1978 Trippunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (6 October 1928 – 2 November 2020) was born in Tripunithura, Kerala. He learnt music from his father A. Narayana. Accompanied here by his daughter Viji Krishnan) (also violin) T.V. Gopalakrishnan (mridangam) and T.H. Vinayakram (ghatam).
9:15 AM		Begum Akhtar Mitwa Mane Na He (Thumri : Kafi) Thumris Sawan Ghazals Fontana International 1983 Akhtari Bai Faizabadi (7 October 1914 – 30 October 1974), also known as Begum Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress. Dubbed "Mallika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazals), she is regarded as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, Dadra and thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She was born in Faizabad, U.P. and her recordings were issued as far back as 1938. She learned music from Ustad Imdad Khan (sarangi player from Patna), Ata Mohammad Khan of Patiala, and Abdul Waheed Khan of Lahore.
9:30 AM		S. Balachander "Vinaraadhaa Naa Raadhe" in Devagaandhaari Thyagaraja Man from Madras World Pacific Records 1968 S. Balachander (18 January 1927 - 13 April 1990) was a veena player, actor and filmmaker. Accompanied by T.K. Upendran (mridangam) and R. Gurumoorty (ghatam).
9:48 AM		Vikku Vinayakram Holy Chants Swara Laya Mela - EP Sangeetha 1994 T. H. "Vikku" Vinayakram & the Sri Mahaperiyava Group (comprising 17 musicians) perform this Carnatic fusion that is, as you might have guessed, percussion dominated.
10:01 AM		Dhananjay Daithankar & Rupak Kulkarni Madhuvanti Distinctive Duet Neelam Dhananjay Daithankar is a doctor of Ayurvedic medicine from Pune. He had an early fascination with the Santoor. But since the instrument was not easily available, he initially constructed his own. He learnt from Ratanlal Tikoo, and since 1981 from Shivkumar Sharma. Rupak Kulkarni learned bansuri from his father, Malhar Rao Kulkarni, and Hariprasad Chaurasia.
10:25 AM		G. N. Balasubramaniam Paripalaya - Panthuvarali - Adi Swati Tirunal The Glorious Music of G. N. Balasubramaniam Oriental Gudalur Narayanaswamy Balasubramaniam (6 January 1910 – 1 May 1965), popularly known as GNB, was a Carnatic vocalist. He composed over 250 krithis, most in Telugu with a few in Sanskrit and Tamil. GNB also invented new ragas. He taught a number of students during his active years. Most famous among them are M. L. Vasanthakumari, Radha-Jayalakshmi duo, Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman, Trichur V. Ramachandran, T. R. Balu, T. S. Balasubramanian, and Ragini. GNB died rather young, at age 56.
10:43 AM		Josh Feinberg Puriya Kalyan (Jhaptal & Tintal) Homage Saath Sangat Records 2013 John Feinberg studied for years at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael California. He also studiously listened to the archival recordings of Nikhil Banerjee. Swapan Chaudhuri accompanies on tabla.
11:02 AM		Leela Omchery & Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla Nanmayerunnoru Pennine Thiruvathira Songs 2004 Leela Omchery (31 May 1929 – 1 November 2023) was an Indian classical singer, musicologist and writer. She was born on 31 May 1929 in the Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu. She studied at Thiruvanantapuram, Punjab University, Meerut University, and attained a PhD in music at Delhi University.
11:11 AM		Niaz Ahmed Khan & Fayyaz Ahmed Khan Yaman Raga Yaman / Raga Bairagi-Bhairav Odeon 1963 Brothers Niaz Ahmed and Fayyaz Ahmed Khan hail from Jaipur and were trained in the Kirana gharana by their father Bashir Khan. Tabla is by Mohammad Ahmed.
11:33 AM		M. L. Vasanthakumari Aanandhamrudhakarshini - Amrithavashini M. Dikshitar Thriveni EMI 1977 Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990), was a contemporary of D.K. Pattammal and M.S. Subbulakshmi, and was a prime disciple of G.N. Balasubramaniam. Accompanied by R. Charumati (vocal support), A. Kanyakumari (violin), Tanjore S. Krishnamurthy Rao (mridangam) and Palghat Sundaram (ghatam).
11:43 AM		Srikanto Acharya & Dr. Rajeev Chakraborty Amaro Parano Jaha Chay - Raga Piloo Rabindranath Tagore Pather Sathi Sagarika 2011
11:51 AM		Shantala Subramanyam Vishweshwara - Sindhu Bhairavi Swati Tirunal Singing Bamboo India Music Makers 2015 Born in Bangalore, raised in Chennai, she is the sister of Shashank. violin: B.U. Ganesh Prasad; mridangam: Patri Satish Kumar; kanjira: K.V. Gopalakrishnan

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