where the literal & metaphorical voices intersect
The next few blog posts will be some of the tracks that I sang unplugged during the initial pandemic quarantine days in 2020. Here is the first one, an all time favorite ghazal by Asha Bhonsle.
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Here’s a cover version of the popular Malayalam film song, Cheraathukal by my husband and I. The original music is composed by Sushin Shyam, my brother’s good friend. Hope you enjoy this version.
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This is one of my favorite krithis of Saint Thyagaraja that is an ode to the ultimate power, the Universe/Nature/God/Creator/Life. We can call it many times but there’s one super power that rules us all and this song is a tribute to that power.
My husband and I did a version of this krithi a few years ago and we named the track, Brahmatvam.
Hope you enjoy both these versions.
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When Deepa and Gayathri akkas taught this krithi to me, I was struggling to reach the higher notes in the anupallavi, I vaguely remember. I had to reduce the shruthi back then to not strain my throat. Even now, the higher notes in the charanams give me trouble however, I believe I have done my best to do justice to the composition.
P.S: I am beginning to accept students for beginner and intermediate levels of one-on-one online Carnatic vocal music lessons. If you or anyone you know might be interested, do contact me here.
Presenting a popular invocation krithi performed in Bharatanatyam concerts, Ananda Narthana Ganapathim by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi/Subbaiyer. Hope you enjoy it.
P.S: I am beginning to accept students for beginner and intermediate levels of one-on-one online Carnatic vocal music lessons. If you or anyone you know might be interested, do contact me here.