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U. Srinivas (28 February 1969 - 19 September 2014) was a child prodigy. He was the first musician to use the electric mandolin in Carnatic music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic pitch, raga system, and especially "gamakas", or nuanced oscillations. He developing a phenomenal style of playing entirely his own, and astonishingly, on an instrument that had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before.

U. Rajesh on 2nd mandolin; K. Murugaboopathi on mridangam; E.M. Subramaniam on ghatam.

Yunus Husain Khan (1927-1991) is the son and disciple of Vilayat Husain Khan, vocalist representing the Agra gharana. When the old "dhrupad" style of Hindustani music gave rise to the "khayal" style, this led to individualized styles and eventually the different "gharanas" (schools or houses of musical styles). The Agra gharana retains more of the dhrupad origins that most other gharanas.

This is from a concert recorded in 1973. Hidayat Khan on tabla.

Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 – 11 October 2019) pioneered the saxophone in Indian Classical Music.

M. Chandrasekaran on violin; T.V. Gopalakrishnan on mridangam

Shahid Parvez Khan was born in Mumbai on 14 October 1954. He was trained by his father Aziz Khan, the son of sitar and surbahar player Wahid Khan, who in turn is the son of Imdad Khan. The style is known as the Imdadkhani gharana or Etawah gharana. (He is related to Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan.)

Vijay Ghate on tabla

Prabha Atre (born in Pune on 13 September 1932 – died a week ago, on 13 January 2024, age 91) She represents the Kirana Gharana, and studied music under Sureshbabu Mane and his sister Hirabai Barodekar, but she also credited Amir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with having a great influence on her singing.

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.

Violin: Peri Sri Ramamurthy, mridangam: Tiruvarur Bakthavatsalam, ghatam: T.H. Subash Chandran

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt was born in Jaipur in 1950. He plays the "Mohan Veena", a heavily modified acoustic guitar. Simon Shaheen is a Palestinian musician, born in Israel in 1955. He plays oud and violin. (Ronu Majumdar joins on bansuri on this track.)

Since the 1993 Grammy award winning CD "A Meeting By The River" with V. M. Bhatt and Ry Cooder, the Water Lily Acoustics label has been attempting to get lighting to strike again by bringing together all kinds of disparate musicians. (It does not always result in great music.)

While studying music, Prabha Atre also earned a Bachelor of Science from Fergusson College in Pune, and completed a Bachelor of Law degree from University of Pune Law School. AND she earned a PhD in music.

Hindustani Sarod player Amjad Ali Khan (born 1945 in Gwalior) and Carnatic violinist Lalgudi G. Jayaraman made a groundbreaking recording "South Meets North" in 1983, an early and rare duet between Carnatic and Hindustani musicians. Upon the success of that LP, they made several television performances, the audio from which was released on this CD.

Broadcast date and accompanying artist were not identified on this CD. Presumed to be mid 1980's.

Shashank Subramanyam was born on 14 October 1978 in Rudrapatna, Karnataka. He is widely acknowledged as a legend of the bamboo flute. His training has been mostly in vocal music, initially under his father, and then by Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, and Hindustani music under Pandit Jasraj. He is largely self taught on the flute.

violin: Sriram Parasuram; mridangam: Mannargudi A. Easwaran; khanjira: P. Satish Kumar; morsing: B.V.S. Prasad.

Dr. M. Lalitha and M. Nandini play electric violins. They are nieces of L. Shankar and L. Subramaniam.

Chinmoy Chattopadhyay (1930-1987) was one of the foremost exponents of Rabindrasangeet.