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Nov 1, 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).
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| T. N. Seshagopalan Varnam: Ninnu Koriyunnanura - Mohanam Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar All Time Best Classics, Vol. 1 Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan was born in 1948. Although T. N. Seshagopalan uses 'Madurai' in front of his name, he was actually born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.
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| 9:11 AM |
| Ustad Sabri Khan & Sons Raga Shyam Kalyan The Family Tradition Audiorec Classics 1991 Sarangi virtuoso Sabri Khan (1927-2015) was born in Moradabad, U.P. Both sides of his family had distinguished musicians. He belonged to the Sainia gharana . accompanied by sons Kamal Sabri (also sarangi) and Sarvar Sabri (tabla) |
| 9:24 AM |
| Gayathri Venkataraghavan Makelara (Ravichandrika) Tyagaraja Swara Pushpam s/r 2018 Gayathri Venkataraghavan received advanced training from A. Sundareshan, Ramnad Krishnan, and Shivasubramanya Iyer, and later with P. S. Narayanaswamy.
With Mysore Srikanth (violin), and B. Sivaraman (mridangam) |
| 9:40 AM |
| Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan & Salamat Ali Khan Mori Ali-Gorakh Kalyan The Ali Brothers - Ustad Nazakat Ali and Ustad Salamat Ali Saregama India Ltd 2005 Singing in the Sham Chaurasia gharana, Nazakat Ali Khan (1928-1984) and Salamat Ali Khan (1934-2001) had their debut performance on All India Radio, Delhi in 1942, when Salamat was only 8. Their father is vocalist Vilayat Ali Khan. They were from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and migrated to Lahore after the partition of India.
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| 9:49 AM |
| Pulluvans Ganapati-stuti (Praise to Ganapati) Kerala, Inde du Sud: Le chant des Pulluvan (Kerala, South India: Pulluvan Songs) V/A VDE-GALLO 2003 The Pulluvan are a community of traveling bards in Kerala.
performed by Takshagan & Jannardhanan On this date in 1956, the States of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh were formed in India |
| 9:55 AM |
| T. N. Krishnan Anupama Gunambudhi - Atana Tyagaraja Melodious Strings of the Indian Violin Oriental Records 1985 Trippunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (1928 – 2 November 2020) was born in Tripunithura, Kerala. He learnt music from his father A. Narayana. Accompanied here by T. V. Gopalakrishnan on mridangam.
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| 10:01 AM |
| Shantala Subramanyam Govardhana Girisham (Hindolam) M. Dikshitar Bamboo in Harmony India Music Makers 2015 Born in Bangalore, raised in Chennai, she is the sister of flute maestro Shashank.
with Akkarai Subhalakshmi on violin, Patri Satish Kumar on mridangam, and S. Karthick on ghatam. |
| 10:33 AM |
| Pt. Yeshwantrai Purohit Mai Kahun Kaise ( Sohini Thumri) Late Pandit Yeshwantrai Purohit Saregama India Ltd 1965 Yeshwantrai Purohit was born in Bhavnagar Gujarat in 1916. He leant from Shankarrao Vyas, Narayan Moreshwar Khare, Omkarnath Thakur and Balkrishnaboa Kapileshwari of the Kirana gharana. He passed away in 1964 at age 47 before cutting a gramophone disc. The recordings on this record were made by his admirers during his performances.
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| 10:43 AM |
| Prabha & Swamy Gujjari Gujjari Mamindla Kinda single On this date in 1956, the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh was formally created. This is a folk song in Telugu from Andhra Pradesh (Telangana).
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| 10:48 AM |
| Emani Shankara Sastry Netiki Thelisi (Javali) - Chenjuruti Emani Shankara Sastry Carnatic Veena The Gramophone Company of India 1971 Emani Sankara Sastry (1922 – 1987), was a renowned veena player. Born in Draksharama, Andhra Pradesh, he came from a family of celebrated classical musicians. His father was Vainika Emani Achyutarama Sastri.
with Trichi Sankaran (mridangam), and TH Vinayakram (ghatam) |
| 11:01 AM |
| Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Thillana Moment! Records 1995 Dr. M Balamuralikrishna (1930 – 2016) was born in Mangalampalli, Andhra Pradesh. He was a Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He leant from Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, who gave him the prefix "Bala" (lit. child) to the young Balamuralikrishna. Prior to this, his name was Muralikrishna.
violin: Mysore Nagarajan, tabla: Zakir Hussain, ghatam: T.H. Vinayakram |
| 11:15 AM |
| Allauddin Khan Raag Paraj Basant Baba in Moods SCI 1996 Allauddin Khan, was born circa 1862 (some speculate 1882) in what is now Bangladesh, and died on 6 September 1972. He was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. He became court musician for the Maharaja of Maihar, where he founded the Maihar gharana. His famous legacy: son Ali Akbar Khan, daughter Annapurna Devi, students Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Vasant Rai, Sharan Rani, Pannalal Ghosh, and many others.  Originally broadcast on All India Radio on 6 March 1959. |
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| Pt. Ajay Pohankar Kin Bairan Kaan Bhare Ras Rang: The Evolution Of Thumri, Vol. 1 Navras Records 1996 Born in 1947 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Ajay Pohankar represents the Kirana gharana.
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| 11:47 AM |
| Arati Ankalikar Bhairavi Thumri A Prodigy In Indian Classical Music, Vol. 2 Universal Music India Pvt Ltd. 1986 Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar was born in 1963 in Bijapur, Karnataka. She was trained in the Agra, Gwalior and Jaipur-Atrauli gharana styles of Hindustani music. She also does playback singing for Marathi, Konkani and Hindi films. Teachers included Vasantrao Kulkarni, Kishori Amonkar, and Dinkar Kaikini.
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