Moondru naal aagume, with its free flowing verse and lovely sax phrases is delightfully rendered by Karthik. Ranjani’s Varum vazhi yengume and Madhu Balakrishnan’s Mozhi illaamale too borrow quite a...
Continue reading...Music review: Gnabagangal (Tamil – James Vick)
Despite the old school tune, the composer lends a nice touch with the dominant violin phrases in SPB’s soulful Gnabagam illayo, while an exotic mélange of a prelude leads to...
Continue reading...Save Nanda Talkies Road. Please!
This is one of the most beautiful roads in Bangalore. My favorite too, having stayed for over 4 years in Jayanagar. And, 323 trees are going to be cut in...
Continue reading...Music review: Vismaya – An Indo Celtic Musical Journey (Kanniks Kannikeswaran)
Vismaya is perhaps the earliest, documented Indo-Western musical collaboration – a fascinating combination of Sanskrit lyrics set to Celtic tunes, by one of India’s foremost composers, Muthuswami Dikshidhar (1775-1835). It’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Bhagyadevatha (Malayalam – Ilayaraja)
After lamenting forever about the lack of anything interesting from Ilayaraja, here he comes…with a 3-track soundtrack – in Malayalam! Thira Thallippoyalum by Karthik is delightful nostalgia – an unpolluted...
Continue reading...Music review: Inteha (Jagjit Singh)
There’s a tremendous irony in every new Jagjit Singh ghazal album – on one hand, the tunes are extremely stale and many times, pedestrian. But on the other, that familiarity...
Continue reading...Music review: Nammal Thammil (Malayalam – Jayachandran)
The filmy rain song, Junile nilamazhayil is a very pleasant listen, despite the predictable, Vidyasagar’ish tune, while after that classically-inclined prelude, Thottu thottu degenerates into a catchy, but mundane pseudo-Punjabi...
Continue reading...Music review: Grounded in space (Advaita)
Advaita’s music truly breaks new ground; at least as far as Indian non-film music goes. With 8 members in the band, there seems to be many more, in terms of...
Continue reading...Music review: Vaamanan (Tamil – Yuvan Shankar Raja)
The composer ropes in Roopkumar Rathod for the almost ghazal-like Oru devadhai, that, barring a single, repetitive and annoyingly tinny rhythm, is exquisite. Aedho seigiraai is a fairly appealing, but...
Continue reading...Music review: Alone, Loved & Lost (Malayalam Pop – Rashee)
Vineeth Srinivasan is at his usual best in Ekanaay and Rashee adds amazing support with a remarkable tune and inventive arrangements even as the composer gets behind the mike for...
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