Shuba Mudgal Serves A Mixed Treat By Sudha Jagannathan
She was there at the first edition of The Hindu Friday Review November Festival (in 2005) to regale the audience at Kamarajar Auditorium with some lovely classical numbers. Not surprisingly, there was quite an expectation, as eager fans thronged the Music Academy to listen to her `high voltage’ music. Read More >>

A celebration concert for Bombay Jayashri and T.M. Krishna By Sudha Jagannathan
It was a fabulous evening on November 20, 2008. All roads led to the Music Academy , as people of assorted sorts headed for the Mecca of Music to witness the coming together of two outstanding artistes of modern India for a celebration concert. Read More >>

Shujaat Khan serves a scintillating sitar fare By Sudha Jagannathan
Shujaat Khan gave an enchantingly delightful sitar concert on November 15 for the Hindu Friday Review November Festival. Disciple and son of maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, Shujaat Khan was at his demonstrative best while playing the Khayal in Raag Yamani. Read More >>

An ageless music from Girija Devi marks her tradition By Sudha Jagannathan
The Hindu Friday Review November Fest began at the Music Academy here on Friday (November 14) with an elegant vocal presentation of Girija Devi, hailing from Benaras Gharana. Vocalist Sunanda Sharma accompanied Girija Devi. Read More >>

A memorable concert by Sikkil Gurucharan at the Music Circle in Bengaluru By T.M.Anantharaman
Young musician Sikkil Gurucharan is the fastest rising star in the firmament of Carnatic Music. Last Saturday evening (October 25, 2008), he did not disappoint rasikas of the Music Circle in Bengaluru’s Chandra Layout. Read More >>

Sowmya excels in Chinnanchiru Killiye By Sudha Jagannathan
`Karunai Seyvai’ in Hamsadwani is the opening song for the Album titled “Chinnanchiru Killiye”. Vocalist S.Sowmya has chosen some lovely compositions for this album. The CD is produced by AVM Audio and is priced at Rs.125. Vittal Ramamurthy plays violin, Melakaveri K.Balaji the mridangam and S. Karthick the ghatam. Read More >>

Brahmanandam, an aesthetic work By Sudha Jagannathan
Brahmanandam is among the Anandam series of albums. It is a compilation of popular kritis and rendered by Bombay Jayashri. She begins the CD with an absorbing Koteeswara Iyer kriti “Edaya Gati” in raga Chalanatai. It is indeed an excellent beginning. This one is composed with expertise, expressing the raga mudra in the kriti. Read More >>

O.S.Thyagarajan: Delightful musical treat By T.M.Anantharaman
Listening to Vidwan O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) effortlessly display his well-cultured and melodious musical skills were in itself a rewarding experience. If that comes on top of sheer commitment to the art form portraying vignettes of tradition, happily combined with the ability to infuse modernism suiting the ambience, then it becomes a delightful evening to savour at leisure. Read More >>

Sanjay Subrahmanyan: There’s magic in his music! By T.M.Anantharaman
Sometimes you are lucky to encounter a mystical experience. You have to be the right man at the right place to experience it. You cherish the event long after it has passed into the mists of history. I have been lucky a few times. Read More >>

Abhishek Raghuraman weaves a spell in Bangalore concert
By T.M. Anantharaman
Watch out for young Abhishek Raghuraman! That he has enviable pedigree is well known. What is not is that he has evolved into a fine musician. This was revealed in the exhilarating performance he gave at the spacious new hall of the Sri Ganapati Satchidananada Swami Temple at Girinagar (phase two) in Bangalore on Saturday evening (September 13). Read More >>

Deepika Varadharajan’s concert at Lakshmi temple leaves rasikas in Ashland with a positive feeling
By Durga Krishnan
With the influence of movie songs and the western pop culture attracting many from the current generation in India, one often wonders what would be the future of Carnatic music and other traditional arts that are so unique to India. Read More >>

A face-to-face learning session with R.K. Srikantan for Boston kids
By Durga Krishnan
BOSTON, May 7: If one is either a lover or a student of music, Boston was the place to be this past week. Sangeetha Kalanidhi R.K. Srikantan spent the past week-end in Boston, teaching 15 children in the age group of 10 to 17 the Navarathri kritis composed by Swathi Thirunal Maharaja. He did this in a week-long teaching workshop, spending three hours each day with the children. Read More >>

Kalpakam Swaminathan Weaves Divine Spell On New Jersey Rasikas
By Ram Ramaprasad
When Dikshitar composed "Veena Pusthaka Dharini", he had in mind the celestial Saraswathi. Some times, Gods come down to earth taking a human form, so that mortals can feel the divine right he. Saraswathi is no exception, and listening to the octogenarian Kalpagam Swaminathan, la grande dame de Veena, one can't help but feel that we are being enthralled by a divine presence. Read More >>

T.V. Sankaranarayanan in great form by T.M. Anantharaman
Padmabushan and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri T.V.Sankaranarayanan (TVS) was in great form singing for the Thyagaraja-Purandaradasa Aaradhana festival of the Girinagara Sangeetha Sabha in Bangalore on Sunday evening (February 24, 2008). Read More >>

Nityashree casts a magical spell by Sudha Jagannathan
Nithyashree Mahadevan gave a dazzling concert on the evening of January 1, 2008 at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha. Nithyashree entertained the audience for close to 200 minutes with a splendid variety one could ever imagine. She was in top form on this evening. After her three-and-a-quarter-hour concert, Nithyashree still appeared fresh. Read More >>

Bombay Jayashri makes a mark with Dvi-raga pallavi by Sudha Jagannathan
It was a fine Christmas-eve evening at Mylapore Fine Arts Club. The Sabha was full, as Bombay Jayashri prepared to give yet one more concert for December 2007 season. Often, Jayashri tends to make some experiments at this venue. Rasikas, too, come here with higher expectations. Read More >>