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 Underscore Records Podcast Episode 6 [22:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (177)

Theatre Director Sunil Shanbag in conversation with Aneesh Pradhan
Mumbai, India. January 2008.

The theme for Prithvi Theatre Festival 2007 was Mumbai Musicals and the festival opened with “Mastana Rampuri urf, Chhappan Chhuri” directed by Sunil Shanbag and performed by Arpana, a repertory company founded by Shanbag in 1985. Adapted and written by Chetan Datar, the music for the play is by Milind Joshi. In this episode of the Underscore Podcast, Sunil Shanbag speaks to Aneesh Pradhan about musicals, music for theatre and the challenges posed by musicals.
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 Underscore Records Podcast Episode 5 - Vidcast [8:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (113)

Fareed Ayaz Qawwal & Bros.
at Dilli Haat, New Delhi,
November 3, 2006.

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 Underscore Records Podcast Episode 4 [22:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (91)

Episode 4 : Special Divali Repertoire by Nityanand Haldipur, Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan

Namaskar and Happy Divali,

Episode 4 of the Underscore Records Podcasts brings you very special repertoire related to Divali, the Indian Festival of Lights that celebrates the victory of Good over Evil. While there is plenty of Indian music related to Varsha or the monsoon, and Vasant, which roughly coincides with Spring in the western world, music associated with Deepavali is relatively more difficult to come by. We have therefore selected some repertoire from our catalogue that is specifically related to Divali.

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 Underscore Records Podcast Episode 3 [28:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (58)

Episode 3 : The Music of Kausalya Manjeshwar. A Talk by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade - “They Also Serve…” Part 2.

Namaskar,

In our last episode we brought you excerpts from a listening session of Jaipur-Atrauli vocalist Kausalya’s Manjeshwar’s MP3 album, and Dr. Ashok Ranade’s talk at the same event titled “They Also Serve.” In Episode 2, you heard an extract from a concert recording of Raag Marwa performed by Kausalya Manjeshwar, accompanied by Gurudas Borkar on the tabla and Vasant Gurav on the harmonium. We now bring you more extracts from Raag Lalita Gauri and Bageshri Bahar sung by Kausalya Manjeshwar, accompanied by Devdutt Prabhu on the tabla and Ullal Raghuveer Rao on the harmonium. These tracks are interspersed with Dr. Ashok Ranade’s observations.

 

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Episode 2 : The Music of Kausalya Manjeshwar. A Talk by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade - “They Also Serve…”

Listen to the music of Hindustani vocalist Kausalya Manjeshwar, a senior disciple of the eminent Jaipur Atrauli singer and guru Mogubai Kurdikar. This episode also includes an extract from a talk by musicologist Dr. Ashok D. Ranade entitled “They Also Serve…” which includes comments on Kausalya Manjeshwar’s music with reference to her socio-cultural background.

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 Underscore Records Podcast Episode 1 [27:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (72)

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