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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
Oct 31, 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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Duet performances in Indian Classical Music are nothing new. However, siblings often have a special rapport, having an intuitive relationship developed from years of living together and learning from the same gurus.
| 10:52 AM |
| U. Srinivas & U. Rajesh Chinna Nade Na - Kalanidhi Tyagaraja Mandolin Duets The brothers are from Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh. Uppalapu Srinivas (1969 – 2014) pioneered the mandolin in Carnatic classical music. Because he was a child prodigy, he was sometimes called the Mozart of classical Indian music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic playing style (sustained notes and musical ornamentation).Uppalapu Rajesh was born in 1977. He was taught by his father and brother, and started performing with Srinivas at age 10. |
| 10:46 AM |
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Honorable Mention
Cousins Radha (born 1932) and Jayalakshmi (1932 - 2014), popularly known as Radha Jayalakshmi, were early vocalists in the duo singing trend in Carnatic music which started in the 1950s and includes performers like Bombay Sisters and Soolamangalam Sisters. They were students of G. N. Balasubramaniam. | |
| 10:45 AM |
| Priya Sisters Maa Ramanan - Hindolam Papanasam Sivan Connoisseurs Delights Sangeetha Music 1997 Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya are from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. They were disciples of famous singing duo Radha Jayalakshmi. > with Usha Rajagopalan (violin), Neyveli Narayanan (mridangam), T.H. Subashchandran (ghatam). |
| 10:43 AM |
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CONCERT LISTINGS
Saturday Oct. 31st, 8:00 pm: Swarnendu Mandal (sarod) at Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St. Philadelphia $15/$20 Sunday Nov. 1st, 4:30 p.m.: vocal by Aditi Chakraborty, in NYC at Chhandayan Ctr. (269 W. 39th St. 5th floor) Sun. Nov. 1:, 7:00 p.m. Niladri Kumaar (sitar) will be at Penn Live Arts (3680 Walnut St. Philadelphia) Saturday, November 14th, 5:00 pm, Hindustani vocalist Sanhita Nandi, at DanceSport Studio in Evesham NJ at 4 Evesham Ave. # 114a. Contact hemlalit@gmail.com or www.sanhitanandi.com Sunday, 15th November at 5:00 PM; Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan featuring Manzar Bhopal and Ambareen Haseeb Amber at Marriot Saddle Brook NJ (138 New Pehle Ave.) (Urdu poem recitations / ghazals) | |
| 10:37 AM |
| L. Vaidyanathan, L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar Idi Samayamura - Chhaya Nata Tyagaraja The Violin Trio HMV 1975 "The Violin Trio" was a short-lived trio comprised of brothers L. Vaidyanathan (1942-2007), L. Subramaniam (b. 1947), L. Shankar (b. 1950). Active during the early years of their recording careers, they released two records in the mid 1970s. They are sons of V. Lakshminarayana (1911-1990), and nephews of Ramnad Krishnan and Ramnad Raghavan. Vaidynathan went on to make film music. Subramaniam and Shankar went on to have prolific and varied solo careers. > with Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer on mridangam. |
| 10:13 AM |
| Vilayat Khan & Imrat Khan Raga Miyan-ki-Malhar Music of India EMI 1962 Vilayat Khan (1928-2004) was born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Son of Enayat Khan, he represents the Imdadkhani gharana of instrumental music. Vilayat Khan is credited with developing the "gayaki ang", a style that emulates the melismatic style of Hindustani vocal music, and is considered one of the greatest sitarists of his generation.
Imrat Khan (1935-2018) was born in Kolkata, British India. The family moved to Mumbai in 1944 and received intensive training from their uncle Wahid Khan. Imrat Khan played sitar as well, but specialized in the surbahar (sort of a cello version of the sitar, ideal for dhrupad style.) The brothers stopped playing together around the time of this recording (1961). > with Shanta Prasad (tabla) |
| 10:03 AM |
| Ranjani Gayathri Abhang (Bairagi) Tukaram Vaibhavam Nadham 2014 Ranjani and Gayatri are sisters who were born into a musical family in 1973 and 1976 respectively. They started their training on violin, but have been singing together since 1997. They have been students of P.S. Narayanswamy. Recorded live in Chennai in December 2013, with Charumathi Raghuram (violin), Delhi Sairam (mridangam), and K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira). "Abhang" (unbroken, uninterrupted) is a sung devotional poetry from Maharashtra. |
| 9:52 AM |
| Malladi Brothers Paramapurusha - Behag Narayana Theerthar Malladi Brothers Amutham 2001 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 Pinakapani, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Voleti Venkatesvarulu. > with Embar Kannan (violin), K.V. Prasad (mridangam), S. Karthick (ghatam) |
| 9:42 AM |
| Dagar Brothers Adana: Dhrupad in Sultala Shiva Mahadeva: Dhrupad, Classical Vocal Music of North India RMP 1996 The 'senior' Dagar brothers are Nasir Moinuddin (1921-1966) & Nasir Aminuddin (1923-2000). Together they revived the dhrupad tradition in Dagar Gharana that had fallen off after the death of their father Ustad Nasiruddin Khan Dagar. (This was originally issued on LP in 1965.) > mridang accompaniment by S.V. Patwardhan. |
| 9:36 AM |
| Danakoti & Sister Nadanamakriya / Eka Indian Talking Machine V/A Sublime Frequencies 2015 Vocalists are Dhanakoti Ammal & her sister Kamakshi Ammal, from Conjeeveram, present day Kanchipuram. We are fortunate that the recording industry in India was active very early on. This was recorded for 78 rpm disc in 1908. The music was digitized as part of a 2-CD accompaniment to the book "Indian Talking Machine" published by Sublime Frequencies in 2015. |
| 9:31 AM |
| Sikkil Sisters Ramabhakthi Samrajya Tyagaraja Manasuloni MRT Music 2004 Sikkil Kunjumani, (1927 - 2010) and Sikkil Neela, (1938 - 2023). Kunjumani learnt flute from her maternal uncle Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer, and Neela learnt from her sister. > with T. Rukmini (violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao (mridangam), T.H. Vinayakram (ghatam) Raga: Suddha Bangala |
| 9:22 AM |
| Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan & Salamat Ali Khan Thumri - Naheen Pare Maiko Chaina The Best of Jugalbandies Ever 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. (The thumri is in Raga Kafi) |
| 9:17 AM |
| Messrs. Vyas Bros. Bhupali Indian Talking Machine V/A Sublime Frequencies 2015 Narayanrao Vyas (1902-1984) played the jalatarang (an array of ceramic bowls filled with water and played with sticks), but became a famous classical vocalist. Shankarrao Vyas (1898-1956) played the mandolin here, and left music to become a film director. The Vyas Brothers recorded this for 78 rpm disc in 1929. The music was digitized as part of a 2-CD accompaniment to the book "Indian Talking Machine" published by Sublime Frequencies in 2015. |
| 9:09 AM |
| Bombay Sisters Nindati chandana Ashtapadi (Raga Darbari) Jayadeva (Geetagovindam) Karnatik Classical Vocal Sangeetha 1981 The Bombay Sisters, C. Saroja (b. 1936) and C. Lalitha (1938 - 2023), were a Carnatic music singing duo. from Trichur, Kerala. They had their musical training with H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao. Since they were groomed in Carnatic Music in Mumbai, they were referred to as the "Bombay Sisters". > with A. Kanyakumari on violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao on mridangam, Govindarajan on ghatam |
| 9:02 AM |
| Soolamangalam Sisters Kundrinil Oru Seval Skanda Sasti Kabacham and Other Devotional Hits - EP Saregama India Ltd 1990 Soolamangalam Jayalakshmi (1937-2017) and Rajalakshmi (1940-1992) were Carnatic music sister-pair vocalists and musicians known for their devotional songs in Tamil.
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