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Rajeswari Padmanabhan (1939-2008) was a ninth generation descendent from the Karaikudi Veena tradition. She was the granddaughter of Subbarama Iyer, the elder of the Karaikudi Brothers. She also studied singing with Mysore Vasudevachar.

Also on veena: her brother Karaikudi Sambasivayer Subramaniam, and mridangam by Tanjore Upendran.

Geeta Javadekar is another singer from the Dharwad area, representing the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was trained by R. P. Hugar, Panchakshari Mattigatti, Ratnakar Pai and Padmavati Shaligram. She also received guidance from Mallikarjun Mansoor.

harmonium: Prabhakar Pednekar

tabla: Deepak Nerurkar

M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (1931 – 2013) was born in Mylapore, a neighborhood in central Chennai. He was taught violin by his father, Parur Sundaram Iyer (from Kerala), who was well versed in both Carnatic and Hindustani systems of Indian classical music.

mridangam: Kuttalam R. Viswanatha Iyer

Ramnad Krishnan (1918 - 1973) was a Carnatic vocalist. He learned music from Ramnad C. S. Sankarasivam and Smt. T. Brinda. His brother is mridangam player Ramnad Raghavan.

He has few recordings since he died relatively young, at age 54. He is accompanied by V. Thyagarajan (violin), T. Ranganathan (mridangam), and V. Nagarajan (kanjira)

A percussion academy led by T. A. S. Mani. The veena player is K. Raghavendra.

The Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP) was founded around 1964 by R. A. Ramamani's husband, mridangam player T.A.S. Mani (1936-2020). The KCP organized lessons in a school format instead of a one-to-one basis in a guru system.

The Karnataka College of Percussion founded in 1975 by R. A. Ramamani's husband, mridangam player T.A.S. Mani (1936-2020). At their core, they are a Carnatic music ensemble. But KCP did plenty of cross-cultural jazz collaboration, exposing Indian music to a wider western audience.

R.A. Ramamani (vocal), T.A.S. Mani (mridangam), R.A. Rajagopal (ghatam, morsing, konakkol), T.H. Shashikumar (kanjira, konakkol), Charlie Mariano (saxophone, flute).

Tarun Bhattacharya (born 23 December 1957) in Howrah, plays the santoor. He started learning music from his father, Rabi Bhattacharya. He later learned from Dulal Roy and finally under Ravi Shankar.

alap, jor, jhala - no tabla here. The raga is not identified.

"Thari Lok Geet" is a wedding song sung by Husna Naz. The theme involves a "pardesi raja", a foreign prince, essentially a town some distance from the girl's village.

Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928-1992) followed in his father's footsteps. Besides studying with his father, he was also a disciple of Melattur Sama Dikshitar. He and several other family members died in an automobile collision in Kooteripattu in 1992. His sons and his primary disciple Dr. R. Ganesh are now carrying on his musical tradition.

violin: Subramaniam

mridangam: Vellore Ramabhadran

ghatam: Vinayak Ram

Born in 1895 in Agra, died in 1962, ranks among the most prominent musicians of 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 than most other gharanas. Vilayat Hussain Khan also explored uncommon ragas.

Originally broadcast by AIR on 26 March 1960. His son Yunus Hussain Khan provides vocal support.

Thodur Madabusi Krishna (born 22 January 1976) is a Carnatic vocalist, writer, and activist. Krishna's parents ensured that he received exposure to the classical arts from a young age.

Recorded 16 May 2003. "Madhava Mamava" is in Raga Neelambari. A "Mangalam" is a short lively pice typically presented at the end of Carnatic concerts.

Violin: Ramakrishna Srinivasan. Mridangam: Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam.