Friends, Blogswara V3 the third in the series of online Music Albums from Audio Bloggers all across the world was released yesterday! The album features 9 songs of different varieties in three different languages. This time a spate of talented, exciting new artists have been featured along with some of the old faces. The album is a very exciting collaboration of singers, song writers, composers etc. from all across the world. Do have a look! http://www.blogswara.in
If the father was responsible for the advent of "Kishore Kumar" as the most saught after singer in Hindi replacing "Mohammad Rafi" from the slot in 1969 with "Aaradhana", then in 1977, the son was instrumental in bringing back "Mohammad Rafi" from oblivion with the song "Kaya Hua" in "Hum Kissese Kum Nahin"! in fact the song won Rafi Saab the National Award for the best singer and the Film Fare award too! Such was the genius of the father and son duo of "S.D Burman & R.D Burman"! I present two songs from the above films which were not [...]
It's been some time since I have posted anything new. After the Bhajan's I thought that I would take a totally different route...Enrique Iglesias was born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid, Spain to the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and the Filipino-mestizo, Filipina socialite and Hola! magazine journalist, Isabel Preysler. After the widely publicized kidnapping of his grandfather in Spain, Iglesias moved to Miami, Florida in 1983, at the age of 8. While in Miami, Iglesias enjoyed the luxury of being the son of a millionaire, but later he developed a taste for simpler things, a fact that would [...]
The D day has finally arrived! My first ART OF LIVING Bhajan Album for which I have composed 7 songs and have sung all the 10 songs will be formally released tomorrow at Trichur and will be available in all AOL Divine shops world wide! The album has 10 songs out of which one song "Darshanam" was penned and composed by the renowned music director and lyricist of Malayalam Films "Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri". Two of the songs were tuned by "Prof. Sreeranjini" a senior AOL teacher. I am indeed fortunate that I got the [...]
This song has been already released for Blogswara V2 as Hai Mera Dil. The song had awesome lyrics by Ajay and wonderful soulful singing by Swati Kanitkar . Whwn I asked Sreeja balaraj whether she could write malayalam lyrics for it she came up with beautiful lines in no time. That was on November 5th. But then I was busy and got the time to try it just the day before yesterday. Well the result is here for all to hear! I think she has done a [...]
Love is all about nostalgia, memories; sweet and sour....aspirations..courage.. .and what not. Love is in everything everywhere. The urge to love and to be loved is the basic instinct of every human being.This song brings nostalgia every time I hear it. The first time I heard it was was in the 1980's. It has such a powerful romantic feel to it that I wanted to sing it then. But the huge base voice of Dasettan whch touched the lower "panchamam" like as if from a deep well, prevented me from singing the song in my college days. But I kept the [...]
Kadalorakkavithaigal was another smash hit by the master of Romances Bharathiraja . This film had beautiful songs yet again tuned by Illaiyaraja. I am presenting a beautiful duet rendered by P. Jayachandran & S. Janaki from this movie. Meera Manohar gave me this song a long time back but it was only two days back that I got a chance to learn the song and sing it. I have tried to sing it in [...]
Some songs hit you in the heart! The song "Pularithoomanju Thulliyil" from "Utsavappittennu" a Mohanlal starrer directed by Bharat Gopi in the 90's is such a song. Almost all songs of G. Devarajan master were masterpieces and have influenced many music directors like Johnson and Raveendran. He composed almost every genre of music for malayalam films and dramas. He was the final authority on authentic music of the sublime kind. Some never die. They live on with what they did. He lives on with his music. This song will always remain very dear to my heart. I present this song [...]
Sunayana was made by Rajashree productions in 1979. It was based on Charlie Chaplin's City Lights . The film had some of the most unforgettable songs of Bollywood tuned by Ravindra Jain brought to life in the Golden voice of Yesudas . The Yesudas-Ravindra Jain magic is ample proof to the fact that language, accent etc. hold no place in the heart of millions of music lovers even in the hindi speaking region! It's only [...]
Rhythm, Vibe and Sound are what describe the Trio of Shanker Ehsaan and Loy in Bollywood. They have been regularly churning out hits one after another since a very long time.After the trio was formed there has been no looking back. They have the best production houses of Bollywood backing them. The latest in the bandwagon of hits is the music of Salame Ishq. All their songs are marked by melody. The "SEL touch" is evident in all their creations. Having the mercurial singer Shanker has been the main strenght of this trio. His vocal range and creative abilities have [...]
Dr. Rajkumar who was referred to as Annavru (big brother) by millions of his fans, acted in more than 200 movies over 50 years in Kannada. Most of his movies became great epic films in Kannada film industry. He was also a well-known playback singer. He also has won the National Award for the song "Naadamaya" from the movie Jeevana Chaitra. Rajkumar however, did not become a full fledged singer until his hugely popular song Yare Koogadali from the movie Sampathige Sawal. Prior to his singing in Sampathige Sawal, Rajkumar's songs were sung by Dr. P B [...]
John Denver born on December 31, 1943 as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the biggest selling artists of the 1970s. In his lifetime, he recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had written, and served as the Poet Laureate of Colorado. The son of a U.S Air Force officer, John's artistic journey began after the family moved to Tucson, where at age eleven, he was given his grandmother's guitar. John eventually took up guitar lessons and joined a boy's choir, which led him at [...]
It's Christmas again. It's the time to forgive, forget, reaffirm our faith in the almighty, redeem our selves, to resurrect, rethink and move ahead to the new year that follows! I would like to wish all the music lovers who frequent my blog a very merry Christmas and a very happy new year. Lets move ahead and greet the new year with more faith in ourselves and this beautiful world. Let's share and spread love and not hatred and jealousy. I present two super hits from the Christian devotional music world on this occasion. Daivasneham [...]
Today malayalam Music is moving to insanity and mediocrity! In these times music from films such as "Photographer" are a big relief! It was also so good to see Johnson make a comeback. Even though the film did very badly at the box office, the songs yet again proved what we have lost today. Melody and talent! When you hear Dasettan's voice in this film we realise that even though he is 64 all the other singers just fade away in front of his Gandharva Naadam! When you hear his voice you do not feel like listening to any of [...]
It's very rarely that we come across any real musical programs in India. Now do not be amazed by what I mean to say as real. Almost all music programs are "shows" other than classical music concerts. Many of them cater to the general mass with all the general masala ingredients like cinematic dances, long boring bhashans, and substandard mimicry. Very rarely do you see standard programs. Sandeep Chowta's "Bunny Brunel and the jazz all stars" was like having a three hour ayurvedic massage which left me fresh and wanting more unlike all the allopathic medicines which leave you with [...]
Mehdi Hassan, born in 1927 in a village called Luna in Rajasthan, India to a family of traditional musicians belongs to the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant clan of musicians. He had his initial musical grooming from his father Ustad Azeem Khan and uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were traditional Dhrupad singers. Mehdi Hassan's gayaki incorporates the subtle elements of both Dhrupad and Khayal. He carefully embellishes ghazals by using behlawas, murkhis, taans and zamzamas. Further grace is given by touches of Rajasthani folk singing. The importance of correct pronunciation, delivery of words are of utmost [...]
Chitchor (1976) was a trendsetter in Hindi Film Music. It paved the entry of K.J Yesudas and another gifted composer Ravindra Jain . The music of Chitchor is immortal and will live and haunt us forever till music lives! It broke the belief and barriers of accent and pronunciation by winning Yesudas the National Award for the Best Singer in 1976 for the song "Gori Tera". The blind Ravindra Jain was so fascinated by Yesudas that he wished to see the face of Yesudas if he [...]
On 9.11.06 (Last Thursday) I got one of the biggest appreciation for the concept of Blogswara and the song “Hai Mera Dil†from one of the living legends of Hindustani classical Music, Ustad Fiyaz Khan , the Tabla maestro! I had been to Kerala Kala Mandalam that day for attending the function in which the Ustad was honoured by Prof. O.N.V Kurup . In fact I was playing the songs on my ipod for one of my friends [...]
On 9.11.06 (Last Thursday) I got one of the biggest appreciation for the concept of Blogswara and the song “Hai Mera Dil†from one of the living legends of Hindustani classical Music, Ustad Fayaz Khan , the Tabla maestro! I had been to Kerala Kala Mandalam that day for attending the function in which the Ustad was honoured by Prof. O.N.V Kurup . In fact I was playing the songs on my ipod for one of my [...]
Finally Blogswara 2 is up and kicking! When I got the lyrics of Hai Mera Dil from Ajay some months back, the tune for the song came automatically without any work on my part and within 10 minutes, I had the tune hummed back to Ajay. Sometimes the lyrics inspire you instantly and the correct tune comes as a distant unheard voice from the ultimate creator of all tunes in this world! In this [...]
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