Adi Shankaracharya’s Kaala Bhairava Ashtakam gets a snazzy power-version in Sunny’s capable imagination. Roland Fernandes’s electric guitar adds a racy layer to the fabulous 6-singers chorus. Mikey McCleary’s recreation—while sounding...
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Waiting (Music review), Hindi/English – Mikey McCleary
Tu hai toh main hoon‘s whispery melody comes out in all its glory through Anushka Manchanda’s accomplished vocals, with Nikhil D’Souza barely whispering above her! Mikey handles Got My Eyes...
Continue reading...Bombay Velvet (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi & Mikey McCleary
After 3 minutes of lively ‘circus music’ in Aam Hindustani, Shefali Alvares arrives in smouldering style, mouthing Amitabh Bhattacharya’s amusing Mumbaiya filmy verses, with the brass band offering solid backdrop....
Continue reading...Margarita With A Straw (Music review), Hindi – Mikey McCleary & Joi Barua
Foreign balamwa is an un-Mikey’ish item song, worsened by Sonu Kakkar’s exaggerated vocals. Prasoon’s lyrics and Rachel Varghese’s diva-style vocals hold the Clapton-style Choone chali together. In Meri aadat, Mikey’s...
Continue reading...Sonali Cable (Music review), Hindi – Amjad-Nadeem, Mikey McCleary, Daniel B. George & Raghav Sachar
Jubin Nautiyal and Altamash Faridi carry the Mohit Suri’ish melody in Ek mulaqat rather well; good work by composers Amjad-Nadeem too. Daniel B George’s Cheenti cheenti and Sapney are both...
Continue reading...TV Dinners (Music review) – Mikey McCleary
Anushka Manchanda rocks her two songs, The Little Things You Do and Chase Every Dream. The former’s lazy guitar’y goodness is coupled with delightful harmonica that gets more prominent than...
Continue reading...Pizza 3D (Music review), Hindi – Mikey McCleary, Saurabh Kalsi, Shamir Tandon, Gaurav Godkhindi & Ramon Ibrahim
Mikey mcCleary adds interesting layers to Gimme Pizza, mixing rap, reggae and sitar to a funky, frenetic coherence! The acoustic version of Saurabh Kalsi’s Tum chal diye is gorgeous –...
Continue reading...Kuku Mathur Ki Jhand Ho Gayi (Music review), Hindi – Palash Sen, Parichay, Mikey McCleary & Anand Bajpai
Anu Malik’s ululating yell in Tarzan is the most annoying thing one could hear all year; it seriously comes in the way of Parichay’s otherwise functional dance track. Palash Sen’s...
Continue reading...The Bartender – Classic Bollywood With A Twist (Music review), Indipop/Remix – Mikey McCleary
Shalmali breezes through the already popular (Coke TVC!) Aaj ki raat – it’s consistently and tantalisingly groovy! Among her other renditions, Ja ja bewafa, with a lovely reggae base easily...
Continue reading...B Seventy (Music review), Indipop/Remix – The Bartender
Mauli Dave sounds atrocious in the reimagining of Khaike paan banaras wala; the droning music doesn’t help her either. But Shalmali Kholgade gets ample help from Mikey in Kabhi kabhi‘s...
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