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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.

This was recorded early in his career, when he was about 15 years old.

harmonium: Vasanti Mhapsekar; tabla: Nizamuddin Khan

Karim Khan is playing the double flute, and Firoz Khan Manganiar is playing the dholak.

M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a Carnatic violinist.

T.V. Gopalakrishnan on mridangam

Born in 1951, Charumathi Ramachandran was a disciple of M. L. Vasanthakumari. Her husband, Trichur V. Ramachandran, was born in 1940 and studied under G. N. Balasubramaniam and M. L. Vasanthakumari.

Gurudas Ghosh: pakhawaj

The Bombay Sisters, C. Saroja (b. 7 December 1936) and C. Lalitha (26 August 1938 - 31 January 2023), were a Carnatic music singing duo. from Trichur, Kerala. They had their musical training with H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao. Since they were groomed in Carnatic Music in Mumbai, they were referred to as the "Bombay Sisters".

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.

Aruna Narayan Kalle, born in Mumbai circa 1954-1955, is the daughter of sarangi virtuoso Ram Narayan.

tabla: Sanjay Jhalla

Dr. Suma Sudhindra is a veena student of Chittibabu. Raman Kalyan, also known as V. K. Raman and as Flute Raman, studied under Dr. N. Ramani.

Alla Rakha Qureshi (1919-2000) was from Jammu, and is one of the most famous tabla virtuosos. Bernard "Buddy" Rich (1917-1987) was from Brooklyn, and was one of the most influential jazz drummers.

Ravi Shankar arranged this "Rangeela" based on a Bengali folk tune in an 8 beat rhythm cycle.

with Paul Horn on flute and Shamim Ahmed on sitar.

Hans Raj Hans was born in 1962 in the village of Shaifpur near Jalandhar, Punjab. He generally sings Punjabi folk and Sufi songs, and received training from Puran Shah Koti.