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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

May 9, 2026 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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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
9:02 AM
Acchar Singh Parmar, Jwala Prasad Sharma - Bhiagrha = Early Morning Song
Acchar Singh Parmar, Jwala Prasad Sharma Bhiagrha = Early Morning Song
Festivals of the Himalayas, Volume II V/A Nonesuch 1978

Recorded in Chamba, Kulu & Simla, Himachal Pradesh in the 1970s. Released as part of an extensive collection of international music by Nonesuch Explorer Series.

This is an old folk song sung in the Mandi dialect, telling the story of a young Gujjar wife talking with her lover identified as Krishna.

9:08 AM
Dr. N. Ramani - Varnam : Sarasijanabha (Kambodhi)
Dr. N. Ramani Varnam : Sarasijanabha (Kambodhi) Tanjavur Vadivalu
Vaadya Vol. 8

Dr. Natesan Ramani (1934 – 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. Ramani was born into a family of flautists, learning first from his grandfather, Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. He later became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, T. R. Mahalingam.


9:17 AM
Ghulam Mustafa Khan - Kajri in Mishra Pilu
Ghulam Mustafa Khan Kajri in Mishra Pilu
Maestro's Choice Music Today 2002
Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1931 - 2021) represents the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. His mother was the daughter of Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan. He was trained by initially his father, then by Fida Hussain Khan, and Nissar Hussain Khan.
9:27 AM
R. K. Suryanarayan - Nannu Palimpa - Mohana
R. K. Suryanarayan Nannu Palimpa - Mohana Thyagaraja
Gayathri Veena T-Series 1992

Rudrapatna Keshavamurthy Suryanarayana (1937-2003) played the "Gayathri veena", which apparently has 17 sympathetic strings like a sitar. Accompanied by K. Sivaraman (mridangam), Dayanand Mohite (ghatam), S. V. Giridhar (morsing).

9:46 AM
Carnatica Brothers - Shankaracharyam (ShankarAbharaNam)
Carnatica Brothers Shankaracharyam (ShankarAbharaNam) Subbarama Dikshitar
SSVT 2007 2007

Carnatica Brothers are cousins K N Shashikiran and P Ganesh. They were taught by taught by the same guru, Chitraveena Narasimhan, who is Shashi’s father. Shashi's elder brother is N. Ravikiran.

with Nagai Sriram (violin), Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy (mridangam)

10:00 AM
Veena Sahasrabuddhe - Raga Nat Bhairav
Veena Sahasrabuddhe Raga Nat Bhairav
Tribute to Pt. Omkarnath Thakur EMI 1990

Veena Sahasrabuddhe (1948 – 2016) was from Kanpur. She was trained in the Gwalior gharana, but like many modern classical singers borrowed from others - in her case, the Jaipur and Kirana gharanas.

10:28 AM
Prasanna Venkataraman - Brovasamayamide - Gowrimanohari
Prasanna Venkataraman Brovasamayamide - Gowrimanohari Garbhapurivasar
December Season 2009 2009
Prasanna Venkataraman is originally from Mumbai. His initial training came from Seethalakshmi, the mother of Bombay Jayashri. Later he learnt from T. R. Balamani. Major instruction came from T. K. Govinda Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyan. He also studied electrical engineering at IIT Madras.
10:44 AM
M. S. Sheela - Vandeham Jagat (Hamsadhwani)
M. S. Sheela Vandeham Jagat (Hamsadhwani) Annamacharya
SSVT 2001 2001

M. S. Sheela, born in 1952 in Bangalore, is a Carnatic classical, light music and devotional singer. Her initial training was from her mother M. N. Rathna, and later from R. K. Srikanthan.

with Radhika Mani (violin), Anoor Dattatreya Sharma (mridangam), A. V. Kashinath (kanjira)

10:57 AM
Mohammad Omar - Rubab Solo
Mohammad Omar Rubab Solo
Music of Afghanistan V/A Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records 1961

Music issued on this record was recorded by Kabul Radio. Mohammed Omar lived from 1905 to 1980.

The Rubab is of central Asian origin. The body is carved out of a single piece of wood, with a head covering a hollow bowl covered by skin which provides the sound-chamber. The bridge sits on the skin and is held in position by the tension of the gut strings. The Rubab is considered the ancestor of the Sarod.

11:05 AM
Shivkumar Sharma - Raga Chandrakauns
Shivkumar Sharma Raga Chandrakauns
Purple & Gold EMI 1981
Shivkumar Sharma (1938 – 2022) was from Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir). He is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. The santoor is a hammered dulcimer, which was a folk instrument that traces its origins to ancient Persia.

On this recording, he is accompanied by Shafaat Ahmed Khan on tabla.

11:28 AM
Sudha Raghunathan - Gnana Sabayil Thillai
Sudha Raghunathan Gnana Sabayil Thillai Papanasam Sivan
The Dance of Shiva Amutham Music 1995

Sudha Raghunathan was born in 1956 in Chennai. Her main guru was M. L. Vasanthakumari.

This is in the raga Saranga

11:34 AM
Tarun Kalita - Jhinjhoti
Tarun Kalita Jhinjhoti
raagALAP Bihaan Music 2008
Tarun Kalita was born in 1961 at Duramari village in Chaygaon, Assam. Initially he did not pursue music at all. Starting in 1987, while working at the State Bank of India, he would travel to Kolkata for sarod lessons with Buddhadev DasGupta.

With Debashish Sarkar on tabla.

11:49 AM
Sawai Gandharva - Asavari - Preet Na Kije
Sawai Gandharva Asavari - Preet Na Kije
Great Maestros His Master's Voice 2002

Ramchandra Kundgolkar Saunshi, popularly known as Sawai Gandharva, was born in 1886 in Kundgol, not far from Dharwad, Karnataka. He was one of the foremost disciples of Abdul Karim Khan of the Kirana gharana. Sawai Gandharva taught famous vocalists including Gangubai Hangal, Bhimsen Joshi and Firoz Dastur. He died in 1952, age 66.

This recording was digitized from an old 78 rpm disc.

11:55 AM
Sindhi Music Ensemble - Way of Shah Abdul Latif (Rag Sindhi Behrwee)
Sindhi Music Ensemble Way of Shah Abdul Latif (Rag Sindhi Behrwee)
Sufi Music from Sindh V/A wergo 1994

Sindh is a province in Pakistan, in the southeast, bordering Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, and the Arabian Sea.

Vocalist: Husna Naz

Chat is archived.
Sangeet Team (host) 9:00:01 AM
Good morning - welcome to Sangeet on WPRB. Dave here hosting the show until 12:00
jimbooooo 9:13:26 AM
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Sangeet Team (host) 9:14:01 AM
good morning, Jimbooooo 🌹
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 9:15:07 AM
Good morning DTO 😶‍🌫️ and jimbooooo 🌺🌸🪷
Sangeet Team (host) 9:15:37 AM
oh good morning, Christine
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 9:15:45 AM
The water is heating for tea... 🫖
Sangeet Team (host) 9:18:20 AM
great weather for sitting at home sipping tea
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 9:25:19 AM
Ideal conditions for Sangeet & chai.
Sangeet Team (host) 9:28:54 AM
rain moving in this afternoon, heavier in north Jersey
Sangeet Team (host) 9:39:51 AM
right now you can hear the sympathetic strings
Shriya S 9:59:02 AM
love hearing a composition in shankabharanam this morning! was trying to guess the raga on my drive over and i was close haha
Sangeet Team (host) 10:02:02 AM
Welcome, Shriya S. Glad to hear you are enjoying the program!
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 10:27:39 AM
This last piece had a beautiful conclusion.
Sangeet Team (host) 10:30:15 AM
that part was composed by Balwantrai Bhatt, another singer influenced by Omkarnath Thakur
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 11:05:18 AM
Laurie Anderson & Tenzin Choegyal 💜 another lovely Smithsonian Folkways recording
Sangeet Team (host) 11:07:07 AM
Yes! I took samples from that to make that Station ID
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 11:13:49 AM
A fine addition to the collection of WPRB station IDs.
Sangeet Team (host) 11:14:51 AM
It is there for others to use, except it hides in my DJ folder, and none of the other DJs knows it exists.
Zach 11:24:36 AM
I was coincidentally listening to Laurie’s new live album and I come to the chat to see some Laurie discussion. Also love that station ID!
Sangeet Team (host) 11:25:55 AM
Thanks Zach! How do you like the new live album?
Zach 11:27:48 AM
I mean I love everything she does but it’s always nice to hear an artist play old songs later in their career to see how they’re reinterpreting their own work. And she’s with a band on this one so it’s a more collaborative sound than her usual one-woman chaos machine.
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 11:32:41 AM
Hi Zach 👋 that's a fun coincidence, which happens in WPRB chats, to my delight. What do you think of Laurie's new album with Sexmob? I haven't heard the entire thing.
Zach 11:46:07 AM
Love it so far, worth listening to it for her little anecdotes alone
Sangeet Team (host) 11:56:55 AM
thanks for listening and keeping me company in the chat this morning, folks
Christine 𓅓𓅥 𓅊 11:57:42 AM
I'll check it out. 🎶 Top-notch Sangeet this morning, cheers @Dave the Obscure 🛺 💭
Sangeet Team (host) 11:57:53 AM
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