where the literal & metaphorical voices intersect
Here’s the second track from my pandemic quarantine riyaaz series - a favorite of mine composed by the melody king, Vidyasagar. 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.
Yesterday, Feb 26, 2022, was a big day for the 288 singers of the College of Engineering Trivandrum Alumni Association (CETAA), India. They created a world record for the most number of people singing in an online video relay. I was one of the singers too. Months of coordinating practice sessions and singing culminated into a reality that is one-of-a-kind. We are all now looking forward to our personalized certificates from the GWR. Here’s the recorded video stream of the event - my part is at the timestamp, 2:19:38 - 2:19:43.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.