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Dec 30, 2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Music
With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)
Presenting Indian Classical Music from the Indian sub-continent and anywhere else in the world too. We are five different DJs that present from our personal collections with our own introduction to the songs. We broadcast every Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 on 103.3 FM (NJ,NY and PA).
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| Lalgudi G. Jayaraman Varnam: Nalinakanthi Lalgudi G. Jayaraman Violin Waves felmay 2007 Lalgudi Gopala Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was a Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic Music.
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| 9:09 AM |
| Jayateerth Mevundi Natya Sangeet Sunset in Dharwad Sangeeth Sagar 2011 Jayateerth Mevundi was born in Hubli, Karnataka and represents the Kirana Gharana singing style. Teachers include his mother Sudhabai Mevundi, Arjunsa Nakod and Shripad Padegar.
This composition "Sur Sukha Khani" is 'Natya Sangeet' from the Marathi stage play "Vidyaharan". |
| 9:22 AM |
| N. Ramani, T.S. Veeraraghavan, Srimushnam Rajarao & E.M Subramaniam Jayajaya: Des Raga N. Ramani Classical Karnatic Flute Nimbus Records 1990 Dr. Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist.Ramani was born into a family of flautists. Ramani first learnt music from his grandfather, Sri Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. He later became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, T. R. Mahalingam.
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| 9:34 AM |
| Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Bhajan: "Madhave Kya Kahiye Prabhu Aisa" - Ravidas Bhajan Ravidas Sandhya Sense World Music 2007 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.
Bhide-Deshpande holds a Master's degree in Microbiology and earned a doctorate in Biochemistry from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. |
| 9:46 AM |
| R. K. Suryanarayan Varnam "Sri Raghavendra Naama Smaranam" Gayathri Veena T-Series 1992 Rudrapatna Keshavamurthy Suryanarayana (1937-2003) played the "Gayathri veena", which apparently has 17 sympathetic strings like a sitar, but I could find no good photographs of the instrument from the proper angle.
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| 9:59 AM |
| Reshma Hai-O-Rabba Gulistan Volume 5 Living Media India, Ltd 1993 Reshma was born to a nomadic Banjara family in Rajasthan in 1947. The family relocated to Karachi during Partition. A local music producer discover her singing at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh when she was 12 years old, and she went on to have an illustrious career singing folk and Sufi songs. She died in 2013.
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| 10:13 AM |
| Karaikal R. Jaisankar Nekela Daya Raadu Ramachandra - Kadanakutuhala Mysore Vasudevachar Rare Compositions of Mysore Shri Vasudevachar s/r 2017 Vocalist Karaikal R. Jaisankar is an alumnus of Kalakshethra, an arts and cultural academy dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, especially in the field of Bharatanatyam dance and Gandharvaveda music. Based in Chennai, India.
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| 10:19 AM |
| Ronu Majumdar & Tarun Bhattacharya Raga Charukeshi Essence of Jugalbandi Magnasound 1993 Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor) was born in Howrah (next to Kolkata) on 23 December 1957. He was a student of Ravi Shankar. Ronu Majumdar (bansuri) was born in Varanasi in 1965, and is also associated with Ravi Shankar.
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| 10:30 AM |
| Hyderabad Brothers Tillana - Pahadi Lalgudi G. Jayaraman Rhythmic Delights - Tillanas Music Today 1995
The Hyderabad Brothers are D. Raghavachari and D. Seshachari. They got their initial formal training from their father Daroor Ratnamacharyulu. Their mother Daroor Sulochana Devi was also a carnatic classical musician. |
| 10:38 AM |
| Vidya Dengle Dhun Violin (Solo) Neelam Audio & Video 2011 Born in 1952, Vidya Dengle was brought up in an environment surrounded by the arts. Growing up, she trained in art, music, and dance simultaneously. Dengle graduated from Mumbai's Sir J.J School of Art with a degree in fine arts in 1973. She studied violin under Zahoor Ahmed Khan and vocalist Ashok Ranade.
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| 10:48 AM |
| Priya Sisters Aakati Velala Annamacharya Connoisseurs Delights Sangeetha Music 1997
The Priya Sisters (V. Shanmukhapriya & V. Haripriya) hail originally from Amalapuram in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. They were disciples of Radha and Jayalakshmi. |
| 10:54 AM |
| Vaikom Vijayalakshmi unknown Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (born 7 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. This song is played on kazoo.
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| 11:02 AM |
| Barun Kumar Pal Kirtan (Bengali Traditional Devotional Tune) "Raga From Within" on Slide Guitar (Hansa Veena) T_Series Barun Kumar Pal (1946-2022) was an exponent of Indian slide guitar "Hansa Veena", and one of the senior-most disciples of Ravi Shankar.
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| 11:13 AM |
| Aruna Sairam Om Sakti Om Divine Inspiration world village 2008 Aruna Sairam was born on 30 October 1952, in Mumbai. She received vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a student of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer. Her father Shri Sethuraman was a music connoisseur who hosted musicians and dancers in the family home. At one of these gatherings, Aruna met Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. T. Brinda, who trained her in the style of Veena Dhanammal.
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| 11:21 AM |
| Badar-uz-Zaman Raga Bihag Badar-uz-Zaman (21 April 1940-1 December 2023) was a Pakistani classical singer, representing the Kasur gharana. He came from a wealthy family in Lahore, and often performed with his brother Qamar-uz-Zaman.
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| 11:39 AM |
| N. Ravikiran Ninnu Jeppa Karanamemi - Mandari Patnam Subramania Iyer Young Masters Music Today 1992 Narasimhan Ravikiran was born on 12 February 1967 in Mysore. A child prodigy, he was able to identify about 325 ragas (melodic scales) and 175 talas (rhythmic cycles) of Carnatic music at the age of 2.
This was only issued on cassette
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| 11:50 AM |
| Bombay Sisters Kadagola Tharenna Chinnave Daasa Sudhe Sangeetha 1999 The Bombay Sisters are, C. Saroja (b. 7 December 1936) and C. Lalitha (b. 26 August 1938 - 31 January 2023), are from Trichur, Kerala.
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| 11:56 AM |
| Hemanta Mukherjee Purano Sei Diner Katha Rabindranath Tagore Rupantaree, Vol. 1 & 2 Saregama 2017 The melody for Rabindranath Tagore's "Purano shei diner kotha" ("Memories of the Good Old Days") was inspired to a large degree by the Scottish folk tune now associated with the Robert Burns poem "Auld Lang Syne". It is sung here by Hemanta Mukherjee.
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