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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

Jun 6, 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

9:01 AM		Go: Organic Orchestra, Brooklyn Raga Massive & Adam Rudolph Sunset Lake Ragmala Meta Records 2019 Adam Rudoplh's GO: Organic Orchestra teams with Brooklyn Raga Massive for this cross cultural fusion. On the piece, the featured performers are; Jay Gandhi (flute), Samarth Nagarkar (vocal), Abhik Mukherjee (sitar), Arun Ramamurthy (violin). https://goorganicorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/ragmala-a-garland-of-ragas
9:15 AM		Bombay S. Jayashri Sri Venkata - Suruti M. Dikshitar Classical Melodies Vani "Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath was born in Kolkata in 1964 or 1965. She is a Carnatic vocalist, singer and musician, trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T. R. Balamani. She has also received training in Hindustani music from K. Mahavir Jaipurwale and Ajay Pohankar. Plus she studied bharatanatyam dance and learned to play the veena. > with Vittal Ramamurthy (violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (mridangam), and S. Karthick (ghatam).
9:26 AM		Gayathri Mamava Meenakshi - Varali M. Dikshitar Saptharaaga Sangeetha 1986 Echampati Gayathri (née Gayathri Vasantha Shoba), popularly known as "Veena Gayathri" was born in 1959 in Andhra Pradesh. A child prodigy, she performed first at age 9, and was known as "Baby Gayathri". After instruction from her parents, she learnt from T. M. Thyagarajan. > with Madurai Srinivasan (mridangam) and Govindarajan (ghatam)
9:35 AM		Ronu Majumdar The Charmer of Braj Hollow Bamboo Water Lily Acoustics 2000 Ranendranath Majumdar was born 28 July 1965, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. "Ronu" Majumdar's father played flute as a hobby, and had learnt from Pannalal Ghosh. After receiving initial instruction from his father, Ronu Majumdar learnt from Vijay Raghav Rao. > with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla)
9:42 AM		Malladi Brothers Birana Varalichi - Kalyani Syama Sastry Naada Sudha Sukanya Music The Malladi Brothers, Malladi Sreeramprasad (born 1971) and Malladi Ravikumar (born 1973), obtained their music education initially from their father Malladi Suri Babu and grandfather Malladi Sriramamurthy.. Subsequently, they studied under Sripada Pinakpani, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Voleti Venkatesvarulu. > with M. A. Sundaresan (violin), Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam), Puddukkotai N. Ramachandran (ghatam)
10:00 AM		Set Break: Concerts Mitali Bhawmik is offering a vocal workshop, June 25-28, 1-5 pm. (732) 241-7063. bhawmikm@gmail.com Sat. June 13th, vocalist Sambuddha Chatterjee in Kendall Park at Bharat Sevashram Sangha. Sun. June 14th, vocal by Brajeshwar Mukherjee in Princeton at Stone Hill Church parna.sarkar22@gmail.com Sun. June 28th vocal by Meenal Mategaonkar in Edison 732-407-5788
10:02 AM		Dr. Prabha Atre, Mukundraj Dev & Anant Rane Raga Madhuvanti Dr. Prabha Atre Ishtar Music Pvt. Ltd. 1995 Prabha Atre (born in Pune in 1932 – died in 2024) represents the Kirana Gharana. She studied music under Sureshbabu Mane and his sister Hirabai Barodekar, but she also credited Amir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with having a great influence on her singing. > with Mukundraj Dev (tabla & Anant Rane (harmonium) Composition lyrics: Ae Man Mohan Shyam, Shyam More Mandir, & Odare Dare Tan Dim.
10:33 AM		Sheik Chinna Moulana Amba Neelayadhakshi - Neelambari M. Dikshitar Nadhaswara Samrat T-Series 1992 Sheik Chinna Moulana (1924 – 1999), hailed from a family of legendary nadhaswaram players. > with thavil accompaniment by S. Subramaniyam and M. Rajendran
10:44 AM		Dr. M. Lalitha Sri Chakara Raja - Ragamalika Saint Agastiyar Amrutham SaReGaMa 2011 Her grandfather was violinist V. Lakshminaranayana, so Dr. M. Lalitha would be the niece of L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, and L. Vaidyanathan. Accompanied by: Kalakaddu R. Srinivasan (mridangam), Venkatramani (kanjira & konakkol
10:51 AM		Ranjani - Gayatri Viruttam & “ManadirkugAndadu” - Bilahari & Sindhu Bhairavi Arunagirinathar & Thanjavur Sankara Iyer Thendral Rajalakshmi Audio 2004 Ranjani (born 1973) and Gayatri (born 1976) were born to N. Balasubramanian and Meenakshi (a Carnatic vocalist as well). Born into a family deeply involved in classical music, Ranjani and Gayatri's musical talents were discovered at a very early age. They started as violinists, but excel as vocalists. > with Mysore Srikanth (violin), K. Arunprakash (mridangam), Gurprasad (ghatam)
11:04 AM		Bismillah Khan Raga Todi (1969) Shaadi Ki Shehnaiyan (vol. 7) Saregama 2002 Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan was born in 1916. His father was a court musician employed in the court of Maharaja Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon Estate in Bihar. His two grandfathers Ustad Salar Hussain Khan and Rasool Bux Khan were also musicians in the Dumraon palace.At the age of 3, he moved to Varanasi to be apprenticed to his maternal uncle Ali Bux "Vilayatu" Khan, a shehnai player attached to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. His first big break was a performance at the All India Music Conference in Kolkata in 1937.
11:09 AM		LANGAS Mehandi Malir-ri THE WORLD ROOTS MUSIC LIBRARY: MUSIC OF RAJASTHAN～LANGAS & MANGANIYARS V/A KING RECORDS 2008 Folk tune from Rajasthan, performed by members of the Langa community.Related to weddings, Recorded in 1988
11:16 AM		Shashank Orajupu - Kannada Gowla Tyagaraja Melodies from the Bamboo Flute Family of Master Shashank 1993 Shashank Subramanyam was born on 14 October 1978 in Rudrapatna, Karnataka. He is widely acknowledged as a legend of the bamboo flute. His training has been mostly in vocal music, initially under his father, and then by Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, and Hindustani music under Pandit Jasraj. He is largely self taught on the flute. > with M.A. Sundaresan (violin): .Trichur C. Narendran (mridangam) and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (ghatam)
11:27 AM		P. Unnikrishnan Nallathor Veenai - Brindavani Kanam Subramania Bharathiar Mellifiuous Melodies - Unnikrishnan Vani 2006 Unnikrishnan started learning Carnatic music at age 12 from V.L. Seshadri. He also received training from Dr. S. Ramanathan, Savithri Sathyamurthy and Calcutta K.S. Krishnamurthy. Besides classical music, he is also popular as a playback singer for Tamil films.
11:35 AM		Sangeeta Shankar Dadra (6 Beats) Aasha Sense World Music 2005 Born in 1965, Sangeeta Shankar is the daughter and protege of violinist Dr.N. Rajam. > with Ramkumar Misra (tabla), based on Raga Khamaj
11:42 AM		Budhaditya Mukherjee Sindhu Bhairavi Inner Voice Audiorec Classics 1991 Budhaditya Mukherjee is a sitar and surbahar player of the Imdadkhani gharana. He was born in 1955 in Bhilai, (Chhattisgarh State), and was taught by his father Bimalendu Muherjee, a multi-instrumentalist. Budhadiya also earned a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur. > with Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)

Chat is archived.

Welcome. Dave here hosting Sangeet this morning

Good morning Dave. That bass is a cool juxtaposition of stuff this morning.

glad you are enjoying , Roffle. Good morning

Yes indeed, very good thank you.

Good morning Dave and Roffle!!

I need to update my call sign, I got two more snakes last night 😝

Hi addie adder!

No adders, just 2 ball pythons, 1 Amazon tree boa, and 2 new Kenyan sand boas.

These poor little boas were in dire need. They are very undersized and have not been well taken care of.

good morning, addie.

what will you feed them?

So that why Kenyans are such good runners. The snakes!

Is there Purina Boa Chow?

They just eat frozen/thawed small mice. We don’t feed any of the snakes live prey. It can be dangerous for the snakes if they get scratched or bitten.

that makes sense

How are you staying cool for the rest of the weekend Dave? I’m planning to move as little as possible 😂

Oh, I excel at moving as little as possible. I'll stretch out on the chaise lounge and prepare for Friday's show in the air conditioning

Good morning Dave 🫖, Roffle, and Addie 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 (wow, 5 snakes! Congratulations!)

That sounds fantastic. We are trying to hold off on AC as much as possible because electric in Philly is SO HIGH.

I try to limit as well, but the kiddos gripe about the heat

oh good morning, Christine

Hi Christine!!

I love this station ID 🪷 Incidentally, it's Laurie Anderson's birthday today.

No one needs griping kiddos in this kinda weather, Dave. I hear ya. We do keep one on in the bedroom at night and our teen sleeps on our chaise.

Christine, we seem to just attract snakes in need. 4 of the five were adoptions!

@ Christine: "Yeah, I knew that", says the unconvincing DJ

I concur with the use of fans and the keeping of one air conditioner in the bedroom for when it gets too hot and you need to sleep.

Yes, our ceiling fans help a lot

When I was a kid all four of us slept on the floor in our parents’ room.

@DTO, 🙂 I didn't know until a few minutes ago. I saw a post on The Social Media.

@Addie, you're wonderful to adopt snakes in need of a good home. They're lucky to get adopted by you. 💚

We used to use a box fan in one bedroom window to pull some cool night air through the bedrooms

sometimes, though, it was just muggy summer air

Those box fans can work pretty well at night.

If there is cooler night air to be had. 🌃

It's on my trips to India when I am reminded how comparatively mild we have it here. One time it was 112 degrees , with an overnight low of 90. 😓

And the AC won't help when there are rolling blackouts

If they even have AC

That certainly puts everything into perspective.

😰

Delhi hit 122 degrees in May 2024

Good grief!! That’s unbearable.

that's when folks start dropping from heat stroke

That's scary. Those are the conditions for deadly "wet bulb" temperatures that kill people (and animals).

especially the poor that need to keep working to get paid to buy food

good morning! Ever see Latcho Drom? This is probably the group that starts off the film... in fact it sounds like the song they sing! it's one of our favorite films.

good morning, Karen. No, 😞 I still have not seen that film

I really enjoyed that last piece. The flute was so expressive and moving.

Yes, Shashank is amazing

I'll have to dig more into Shashank Subramanyam.

I was lucky to see him perform in Princeton many years ago

That's wonderful!

Cheers for Sangeet this morning, @DtO. Stay cool, everybody 🥤

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