Including that vehicle horn interlude and lyrics made of Shivrajkumar film titles, Bossu nam bossu is massy and catchy, in Arjun’s usual funky vocals! But Jai bajarangi and Re re...
Continue reading...Malini 22 Palayamkottai (Music review), Tamil – Aravind-Shankar
Vinmeengal‘s reggae sound is fresh, but Shaktisree sounds oddly out of sorts! Kanneer thuliye has an engaging guitar base, but something in the tune or Vijay Yesudas’ singing doesn’t gel,...
Continue reading...Angaraka (Music review), Kannada – Arjun Janya
Arjun’s Rahman roots are pretty evident in Kannu kannalli, with ambient sounds picked from dozen older Rahman songs, into a neat package, sung by Deepak and Anuradha Bhat. The composer...
Continue reading...Philips And The Monkey Pen (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Subramanian
Neha Venugopal and Sachin Warrier carry En kanimalare confidently in their respective versions, with the pleasant, tuneful song working easily! Kanavukalil has good vocals by Najeem Arshad, even as the...
Continue reading...Thira (Music review), Malayalam – Shaan Rahman
Theerathe neelunne seems perfect for Vineeth’s range – he makes superb use of the simple, evocative tune, punctuated by that repetitive hum that stars the song. Hesham and Neha Nair...
Continue reading...Sindhu Bhairavi – Ilayaraja and K.Balachander for the first time together
(Note: I had posted something about Tamil composer Deva only on Milliblog’s Facebook page, last week. I got quite a few mails from people asking me why I had not...
Continue reading...R… Rajkumar (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Gandi baat would put to shame any Tamil/Telugu composer – perfect in its energetic kuthu appeal, brilliantly sung by Mika and Kalpana Patowary. Saree ka fall is no different –...
Continue reading...Vizha (Music review), Tamil – James Vasanthan
Madura ennum sounds as spontaneous as a urumi melam troupe, with a lovely tune. Latha Krishna rules over the pensive and serene Ennacho edhacho, with orchestration kept to a haunting...
Continue reading...Ivan Veramaathiri (Music review), Tamil – C.Sathya
Malaya porattala is a disjoint, occasionally absorbing hero introduction. Enna marandhaen goes through the motion in a pleasant, but familiar template common to such melodies. Ranga ranga is where Sathya...
Continue reading...Matters of the Heart (Sandeep Chowta)
Matters of the Heart and Angels in the Desert are pleasantly lounge’ish and ride on Naveen and Dave Valentin’s fascinating flute, respectively, besides Tom Schuman’s piano in the latter. The...
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