Originally published in The Hindu. Given that this is for the January 1 edition of The Hindu, I wanted to avoid the conventional bit of listing 5 songs (which I...
Continue reading...The Story Now (Music review), Indipop – Papon
There is enough flamboyance in the way Papon delivers the reggae’ish Loving A Dream; and then there is Kalyan Baruah’s superb guitar too. Tapas Roy’s mandolin and Sameer Chiplunkar’s accordion...
Continue reading...His Last Christmas! You have been loved, George Michael.
George Michael was the first international music artist that I consciously followed, idolized and loved. The kind of love that led me to collect every single song of his, including...
Continue reading...Kaabil (Music review), Hindi – Rajesh Roshan
The title song is a pretty neat combination of Rajesh’s old-world charm of a melody and a spiffy new orchestration. Gourov-Roshin’s recreation of Rajesh’s Saara zamaana is surprisingly punchy, with...
Continue reading...Shatamanam Bhavati (Music review), Telugu – Mickey J Meyer
Mellaga tellarindoi is so typically Mickey! The build-up is lovely, the chorus even more so! Anurag Kulkarni leads the vocals very well. The title song gains tremendously from Chitra and...
Continue reading...Bairavaa (Music review), Tamil – Santhosh Narayanan
Varlaam varlaam vaa is Vijay’s own Neruppu daa! The swagger is intact, and the lyrics aptly eulogises the star. Nillayo layers the breezy hook onto the very-Santhosh strings, though Vairamuthu’s...
Continue reading...Ezra (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj and Sushin Shyam
Haricharan literally powers Lailakame with his vocals. Rahul’s tune is pleasant enough, and predictable enough, hitting the high notes impressively, and it is in Haricharan’s singing that the song gets...
Continue reading...Hitman – December 17, 2016
Originally published in The Hindu. Maatrangal ondre thaan – Kootathil Oruthan (Tamil – Nivas K Prasanna) Given how iconic, familiar and well-known Bobby McFerrin’s 1988 song Don’t Worry, Be Happy...
Continue reading...Milliblog Annual Music round-up 2016
The 9th annual, multi-lingual round-up on Milliblog. Related read: Milliblog’s An edited version of this list appears in . That version also includes a pan-Indian 25-song list. The Saavn playlist...
Continue reading...Dangal (Music review), Hindi – Pritam
Haanikarak bapu is Sarwar Khan and Sartaj Khan Barna’s—the Manganiyar singers who happen to be young kids—triumph. The kids bring a fabulously playful tone to the already ebullient tune. But...
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