http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info Commentary on contemporary and classical music from India Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en ©podcasts@underscorerecords.info http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/feed/ podcasts@underscorerecords.info (podcasts@underscorerecords.info) podcasts@underscorerecords.info(podcasts@underscorerecords.info) 1440 music, arts, classical, contemporary, india, underscore records, commentary, video, audio Underscore Records Podcasts: Commentary on contemporary and classical music from India Commentary on contemporary and classical music from India podcasts@underscorerecords.info podcasts@underscorerecords.info podcasts@underscorerecords.info No no http://underscorerecords.info/podcastfiles/usrlogo_s.jpg http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info 144 144 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2008/underscore-records-podcasts-episode-6/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2008/underscore-records-podcasts-episode-6/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:03:26 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/?p=9 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2008/underscore-records-podcasts-episode-6/feed/ 22:15 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 ... 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 ldquo;Mastana Rampuri urf, Chhappan Chhurirdquo; 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. Here are some video clips (in Hindi) from the play "Mastana Rampuri urf, Chhappan Chhurirdquo; ... Click To Play Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts,,Video podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-5-vidcast-1/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-5-vidcast-1/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:16:15 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/?p=8 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-5-vidcast-1/feed/ 8:54 Fareed Ayaz Qawwal Bros. at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, November 3, 2006. By Sudev Sheth and Ani Gupta. This is a 512kbps Quicktime Video file (iPod compatible) - ... Fareed Ayaz Qawwal Bros. at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, November 3, 2006. By Sudev Sheth and Ani Gupta. This is a 512kbps Quicktime Video file (iPod compatible) - ~31MB, so we recommend downloading it, instead of playing it online, unless you have a very high-speed internet connection. Right-click on the download link above and select "Save file/location as..." (or "Save link as..") on to your local hard drive. Hailing from a family of musicians now based in Karachi (Pakistan), Fareed Ayaz belongs to the group of hereditary performers of qawwali at Nizamuddin Auliyarsquo;s shrine in Delhi. Qawwali can be categorized as a song genre of Hindustani semi-classical music that is set to mystical Sufi poetry in Farsi, Hindi, Persian, Punjabi, and Urdu. Historically, this type of music was performed in smaller assemblies at the dargahs, or shrines, of the respected Sufi leaders. Since the early eighties, however, the likes of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Sabri Brothers have brought qawwali to the masses by performing outside of the dargah. It is important to note that as a genre, qawwali is marked by its vast internal variation in musical and lyrical understanding, performance, and repertoire. Different musicians performing the same song can and do sound very different. More importantly, a troupe will change their presentation of the same song depending on variable factors such as time, audience, place, and setting. This video, recorded at a public concert in New Delhi, presents a medley of different sounds that characterize qawwali as taught by the Late Munshi Raziuddin. Munshi Raziuddin was a respected musician and scholar who diligently taught his sons Fareed Ayaz (video right) and Abu-Muhammad (video left) until his death at the age of 93. In the first piece, Fareed Ayaz presents his interpretation of an encounter that he believes took place between two iconic figures in South Asian musical historyndash;-Gopal Nayak and Amir Khusrau. Legend has it that a music competition in a kingrsquo;s court had come down to the two aforementioned finalists. Gopal Nayak sang a song in Sanskrit hoping to baffle Khusrau. Khusrau replied by singing a similar melody with Persian vocalic syllables as Sanskrit substitutes. These Persian vocalic syllables came to be later known as tarana. Fareed Ayaz sings both versions commenting that Khusraursquo;s response was prized because it was limited in words and was able to be reproduced by the young musicians, or the qawwal bacche, of the time. Having trained in Hindustani classical music, Fareed Ayazrsquo;s music also includes features of khayal singing. This is especially true in the interludes between verses. For example, the second piece begins with a short aalaap and tarana in Raag Bihag before moving back into the main medley. The main song is a stanza from Khusraursquo;s famous poem Chhapa Tilak Sab Cheeni. This particular poem was written in reverence to Khusraursquo;s spiritual guide (peer) Nizamuddin Auliya. The verse sung here is: Bal Bal Jaaon Mein Toray Rang Rajwa Apnisee Rang Leeni Ray Mosay Naina Milaikay The last item of the video is the popular dhamaal. This ritual is characterized by ecstatic and uncontrolled swirling of the head and body accompanied by strong punctuations in the rhythm. This type of dance and rhythmic trance is characteristic of the music at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. In this segment of the clip, Fareed Ayazrsquo;s younger brother and son are on the tabla and dholak, respectively, and conclude the recital with variations in the qawwali thekha, or the metric pattern of eight beats (4 + 4). -Sudev Sheth email: sjsheth@berkeley.edu Video Produced by Sudev Sheth, Directed and Edited by Ani Gupta An UnderscoreRecords.com presentation. Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts,,Video podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-4/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-4/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:46:50 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/?p=6 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-4/feed/ 22:50 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 ... 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. We present an extract from Raag Deepavali rendered on the flute by Nityanand Haldipur whose albums Lineage Vol 1 and Vol 11, and Maihar Mystique are all available on the Underscore Records audio catalogue. Deepavali is a raag created by flute maestro Pannalal Ghosh whose playing style Nityanand follows closely. The introductory alaap in Raag Deepavali makes it evident that it seems to be primarily a blend of Raag Yaman and Raag Lalit, but Nityanand Haldipur explains that Pannalal Ghosh meant it to be a murchhana of Raag Puriya Kalyan. The alaap is followed by a gat in Raag Deepavali composed by Pannalal Ghosh, who is the creator of this beautiful evening raag. Sandeep Bhattacharya provides tabla accompaniment. The complete version of this track will be available shortly on www.UnderscoreRecords.com as a Burn-On-Demand CD. To find out more about the Burn-On-Demand solution, please write us through our feedback form here. Next, Shubha Mudgal presents a temple verse composed in Raag Devgandhar. Accompanying her on this track are: Aneesh Pradhan (tabla), Prakash Shejwal (pakhawaj), Ganesh Mohan (sitar), Sudhir Nayak (harmonium), and Pratap Rath (manjira). The text, in Brajbhasha describes Krishna and his brother Balaram preparing to celebrate Divali with a ritual purificatory bath scented with kesar (saffron) and kasturi (musk). This track and other similar texts on the theme of Divali are part of Shubha Mudgal's album "Shubh Deepavali" available online at www.UnderscoreRecords.com. An extract from one of the tracks on Aneesh Pradhan's new tabla solo album "Tabla Solo: A Continuing Tradition" concludes the Podcast. Accompanying Aneesh Pradhan are Sudhir Nayak on the harmonium and Murad Ali on the sarangi. We look forward to receiving comments and suggestions from you about this episode of the Underscore Records Podcast. Don't disappoint us and have a very happy Divali and Eid. Shubha Mudgal, Aneesh Pradhan and the team at Underscore Records. Pvt. Ltd. Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-3/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-3/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:36:11 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/?p=5 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/underscore-records-podcast-episode-3/feed/ 28:06 Episode 3 : The Music of Kausalya Manjeshwar. A Talk by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade - ldquo;They Also Servehellip;rdquo; Part 2. Namaskar, In our last episode we ... Episode 3 : The Music of Kausalya Manjeshwar. A Talk by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade - ldquo;They Also Servehellip;rdquo; Part 2. Namaskar, In our last episode we brought you excerpts from a listening session of Jaipur-Atrauli vocalist Kausalyarsquo;s Manjeshwarrsquo;s MP3 album, and Dr. Ashok Ranadersquo;s talk at the same event titled ldquo;They Also Serve.rdquo; 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 Ranadersquo;s observations. Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/the-music-of-kausalya-mangeshwar-a-talk-by-ashok-da-ranade-they-also-serve/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/the-music-of-kausalya-mangeshwar-a-talk-by-ashok-da-ranade-they-also-serve/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:32:28 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/?p=4 http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2006/the-music-of-kausalya-mangeshwar-a-talk-by-ashok-da-ranade-they-also-serve/feed/ 20:15 Episode 2 : The Music of Kausalya Manjeshwar. A Talk by Dr. Ashok Da. Ranade - "They Also Serve..." Listen to the music of Hindustani vocalist ... 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 ldquo;They Also Servehellip;rdquo; which includes comments on Kausalya Manjeshwarrsquo;s music with reference to her socio-cultural background. My Odeo Channel (odeo/f3de2bac991f6ccb) Namaskar. Welcome to the Underscore Records Podcast Episode 2. In this episode we would like to introduce you to the music of vocalist Kausalya Manjeshwar, senior disciple of the respected Jaipur-Atrauli gharana vocalist Mogubai Kurdikar. Kausalya Manjeshwar, now about 84 years old, lives in Mumbai with her husband Dinkar Manjeshwar, who has been a major source of support and encouragement to her. Born in 1922, Kausalya Manjeshwarrsquo;s earliest exposure to music came from her mother who had taken some lessons at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai, a music school established in the city in 1908 by the eminent vocalist and educationist Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Her formal lessons in khayal, however, began with D.R.Nimbargi, a vocalist following the Gwalior style. Later she went on to learn from the learned vocalist and violinist Gajananrao Joshi, who was widely respected for his collection of choice repertoire of the Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur-Atrauli schools of khayal. Much later she began studying under Mogubai Kurdikar whom she had met on a few occasions earlier, and had even admired her music, but she could not muster up enough courage to request Mogubai Kurdikar to accept her as a disciple. Her wish came true with the help of a friend and well-wisher, and Mogubai Kurdikar readily agreed to teach her without accepting any fee. Thus began a long relationship between the two that Kausalya Manjeshwar cherishes to this day. Kausalya Manjeshwar belongs to a section of amateur women performers who learnt music for the sheer love of the art, preserved it in their homes, and often passed it down to the next generation. Underscore Records is proud to have recently published an MP3 album of Kausalya Manjeshwarrsquo;s concert recordings. The album is available on our website www.UnderscoreRecords.com but in this Podcast, we welcome you to an excerpt from a talk by eminent scholar-musician Dr. Ashok D. Ranade entitled ldquo;They Also Serve.rdquo; Recorded live at a listening session of the Kausalya Manjeshwar album on the 3rd of September 2006 in Mumbai, the talk documents Dr. Ranadersquo;s comments on some of the tracks from the album as well as the contribution of amateur performers such as Kausalya Manjeshwar. This episode has an excerpt from Raag Marwa sung by Kausalya Manjeshwar, and Dr. Ranadersquo;s comments on this track. Future episodes of the Underscore Podcast will feature other tracks and more comments by Dr. Ashok Ranade. Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2005/underscore-records-podcast-episode-1/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2005/underscore-records-podcast-episode-1/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:28:56 +0000 Admin http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2005/12/29/underscore-records-podcast-episode-1/ http://podcasts.underscorerecords.info/2005/underscore-records-podcast-episode-1/feed/ 27:37 Episode 1 My Odeo Channel (odeo/f3de2bac991f6ccb) Episode 1 My Odeo Channel (odeo/f3de2bac991f6ccb) Arts,,Music,,Performing,Arts podcasts@underscorerecords.info no No