Sreya’s exuberant voice and the generally bouncy tune props Tapp tapp; a simple and catchy song with an earworm’ish hook! Kavalam painkili is an interesting mix – Jayachandran adds Eastern...
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Crossroad (Music review), Malayalam – Amrutha Suresh, Abhirami Suresh, Anitha Shaiq and M Jayachandran
Amrutam Gamaya sisters’ Veerangana has a conventional Kerala folk fusion sound and it is their spirited vocals that keeps the song charming. Anitha Shaiq’s Mappila pattu sound in Melakey is...
Continue reading...Nawal Enna Jewel (Music review), Malayalam – M.Jayachandran, Eddie Torres, Ashley Garland
Jayachandran’s melody in Neelambal nilavodu is beautifully ghazal-like—with a lovely smattering of santoor—and makes a sweeping use of Karaharapriya Darbari Kanada raga that gives Shreya Ghoshal incredible scope to excel....
Continue reading...Rockstar (Music review), Malayalam – Prashant Pillai, M.Jayachandran & Ranjith Meleppat
Veteran Jayachandran sounds oddly patchy in Arikil ninnarikil, though Prashant’s possibly Nilambari raaga-based tune, and the serene orchestration is gorgeous. Paalnila is decidedly Malayali-dandiya and is catchy enough, thanks to...
Continue reading...Ennu Ninte Moideen (Music review), Malayalam – M.Jayachandran & Ramesh Narayan
Jayachandran delivers a spritely Kannondu chollanu that owes a lot to Shreya Ghoshal’s enchanting vocals. Shreya aces Kaathirunnu too, a blissful melody that Jayachandran orchestrates oh-so-beautifully. He sings Iruvanji puzhapenne...
Continue reading...Pattam Pole (Music review), Malayalam – M.Jayachandran
Antha naalil is a pleasant surprise, given that it is completely in Tamil! That it is also constructed as sparsely and beautifully as Indira’s Nila kaaigiradhu works strongly in its...
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