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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

Aug 23, 2025 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 four 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).

☕️🫖 Tea time with Dave 🎙️ 📻 🏖️

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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
9:02 AM
Madurai Mani Iyer - Varnam: “Vatapi Ganapathim Bajeham” - Hamsadhwani
Madurai Mani Iyer Varnam: “Vatapi Ganapathim Bajeham” - Hamsadhwani M. Dikshitar
Live Concert Series - Madurai Mani Iyer (Live) Gitaa Cassettes 1987
Madurai Mani Iyer (1912 – 1968) was a disciple at the Shri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidyalayam, a music school at Madurai founded by Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar.

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9:18 AM
Sultan Khan - Thumri
Sultan Khan Thumri
Maestro's Choice: Sultan Khan Music Today 1997

Sultan Khan (1940-2011) was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He
was a sarangi player belonging to Sikar Gharana. He was a sought-after accompanist as well as solo artist, and one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science.

Maestro's Choice - Sarangi, Primary, 1 of 1

with Fazal Qureshi on tabla

9:31 AM
Kadri Gopalnath - Pranamamyaham - Gowla - Aadi
Kadri Gopalnath Pranamamyaham - Gowla - Aadi Mysore Vasudevachar
Popular Krithis on Saxophone Pyramid 1996
Kadri Gopalnath (1949 – 2019) pioneered the saxophone in Carnatic music. One of his teachers was vocalist and mridangam player T. V. Gopalakrishnan. Kadri Gopalnath made some adaptations to the saxophone to permit playing Carnatic music.

Originally issued by Keerthana in 1993

Popular Krithis On Saxophone, Primary, 1 of 5

with Bangalore M.S. Govindaswamy (violin), Denkanikota V. Mani (thavil), V. Suresh (ghatam), Bangalore B. Rajasekar (morsing)

9:40 AM
Musafir - Rangi Rang
Musafir Rangi Rang
Dhola Maru Sounds True 1999

Musafir was conceived in France 1995 by Hameed Khan, a tabla player. Musafir is a gathering of Rajasthani musicians, combining elaborate rhythms, Muslim qawwali chant, North Indian raga and the passionate songs and devotional dances from gypsy culture.

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While Rajasthani folk troupes are typically either "Langha" or "Manganiar", Musafir brings the two together.
9:56 AM
M. S. Subbulakshmi - Kaladinte
M. S. Subbulakshmi Kaladinte Annamacharya
Sri Annamacharya Samkirtanas Saregama India Ltd 1997

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (1916 – 2004) was an Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Exacting purists acknowledge M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the Carnatic tradition of South India.

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with Radha Viswanathan (vocal support), Kandadevi Alagiriswamy (violin), K.V. Prasad (mridangam)

10:04 AM
Mausumi Kundu - Thumri
Mausumi Kundu Thumri
Saawariya Neelam Audio & Video 2015

Mausumi Kundu is a semiclassical vocal teacher at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi.

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with Paromita Mukherjee (harmonium), Durjay Bhaumik (tabla), Bharat Bhushan Goswami (sarangi)

10:15 AM
Ganesh Kumaresh - Raagam Taanam Pallavi - Raga Vasantha
Ganesh Kumaresh Raagam Taanam Pallavi - Raga Vasantha
Sundaram Sense World Music 2006
Brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh are duo violin players, born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1964 and 1967 respectively.Sundaram (Beauty), Primary, 1 of 1

with Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam), Tripoonitura Radhakrishnan (ghatam)

10:53 AM
Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik - Kajri: Sajani Chhai Ghata Ghana Ghor
Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik Kajri: Sajani Chhai Ghata Ghana Ghor
Rasiya Biswas 2009

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik was born in Nagaon, Assam. She was introduced to Hindustani classical music by her mother. Gurus include Ajit Dutta, Biren Phukan (in Guwahati, Assam), Mira Banerjee (in Kolkata), Dahlia Rahut, and violinist V.G. Jog. Her singing style is a blend of different gharanas.

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with Ramesh Mishra (sarangi), Samir Chatterjee (tabla)

11:04 AM
Sowmya - Balaveena - Yadukulakamboji
Sowmya Balaveena - Yadukulakamboji ?
CMANA Live Concert 2002 CMANA 2002

S. Sowmya (born 16 April 1969) is a Carnatic music singer. She learnt music initially from her father Dr. Srinivasan, and later from Dr. S. Ramanathan and T. Muktha. Sowmya made her concert debut at the age of 11.

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with R.K. Sriramkumar (violin), Neyveli Narayanan (mridangam)

11:17 AM
Simon Shaheen & Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Ghazal - Rag Vasant Mukhari/Maqam Hijaz
Simon Shaheen & Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Ghazal - Rag Vasant Mukhari/Maqam Hijaz
Saltanah - EP Water Lily Acoustics 1997

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 and Sangeeta Shankar provides violin this track.)

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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.)

11:36 AM
Imrat Hussain Khan - Meera bhajan
Imrat Hussain Khan Meera bhajan Meera
Devotional Melodies DOM 1996

Imrat Hussain Khan (no relation to the sitar and surbahar player), is a vocalist and youngest son of sarangi maestro Munir Khan. The family hails from Rajasthan.

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with Munir Khan (sarangi), Naleem Hussain (harmonium), Zamir Ahmad Khan (tabla)

11:44 AM
Irshad Khan - Rag Mishra Bhairavi - Farsi Dhun
Irshad Khan Rag Mishra Bhairavi - Farsi Dhun
Malhar Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. 2004

Irshad Khan (born in 1963) is the second son of Imrat Khan. Like his father, he plays both sitar and surbahar. He is now based near Toronto Canada.

Malhar, Primary, 1 of 2

with Mukundraj Deo (tabla)

11:59 AM
Jnan Prakash Ghosh - Sree Khole
Jnan Prakash Ghosh Sree Khole
Drums of India, Vol. 2 SaReGaMa 1979

Jnan Prakash Ghosh (1909-1997) was an Indian harmonium and tabla player from Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music and musicologist.

Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Primary, 1 of 2

actual players: Bejoy Sen Gupta and Swapan Sen Gupta

Presents Drums Of India Volume 2, Primary, 1 of 4
Chat is archived.
Sangeet Team (host) 9:01:07 AM
Good morning, Dave here hosting Sangeet on this pleasant Saturday morning. 🌞
Padma 9:07:09 AM
Good morning Dave!
Padma 9:07:49 AM
Vatapi in praise of Lord Ganesh just in time for Ganesh Chaturti
Sangeet Team (host) 9:09:15 AM
Yes. I know you played U. Srinivas' rendition of Vatapi Ganapatim on the 3rd. But the composition is too good not to play it again so soon
Padma 9:09:18 AM
And to think that this song in praise of war loot!:-)
Sangeet Team (host) 9:09:48 AM
allegedly
addie 🐍🐍🐍 plum 9:45:07 AM
Mornin Dave! Happy Sangeet Saturday!
Sangeet Team (host) 9:47:51 AM
good morning, addie!
addie 🐍🐍🐍 plum 10:52:53 AM
Really good vibes this morning, thank you!
Sangeet Team (host) 10:59:23 AM
thanks, addie! it's good to get positive feedback
Sangeet Team (host) 11:53:50 AM
thanks for listening this morning, folks