Prasant Radhakrishnan | Blog: July 2007

July 20, 2007

East Facing on the Radio Every Wednesday 90.1 KZSU!

Hello everyone,

I was just told a couple days ago that Stanford Radio 90.1 KZSU will be playing the new album "East Facing" from 6:30 to 7AM every Wednesday leading up to the release concert on August 5th. I know it is early, but morning people can benefit.

You can also check out the internet stream here. Make sure to choose kzsu 1.

There are plenty of ways to record internet streams or even wake up to one! One of my favorites is the free and elegant iTunes Alarm for mac users. You just set the time you want it to go off and choose the playlist and you're all set. Windows users can just google iTunes Alarm and get many options.

If you end up missing it, I believe the host of the show will eventually put it into his archives here.

If you really want to listen to East Facing *right now,* you can go to my webpage and launch the player or check out the featured mp3. You can also get copies online here

There are many exciting things happening in general right now, even aside from the new album release, which I will elaborate upon soon.

More soon...

Labels: concerts, mac

July 08, 2007

East Facing CD Release and LLS Benefit Concert August 5th!

I'm glad to announce the release of my third Carnatic saxophone CD: East Facing. I will definitely have another post where I will discuss the album in more detail, but for now I just want to announce this exciting release/benefit concert.

That's right, it is both a CD release, and a benefit concert for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). This is a very special event for so many people, me included, so if you will be in the Bay Area, or know anyone that will be, please spread the word and save the date! Buy advance tickets here.

Here are the details:

Organized by: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
At JCNC (Jain Temple Hall) 722 South Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
Sunday, August 5, 2007. 4:30 pm.

Ticket info: Go here for advance tickets/reservations.
VIP Ticket: $25 advance (includes signed copy of the new CD release, "East Facing"; $30 at the door
General Admission: $15 advance; $17 at the door;
Students (with ID)/Children: $10 advance, $12 at the door;
Children age 4 and under: Free

I will be playing with local favorites Karthik Lakshminarayanan on violin and Karthik Gopalratnam on mridungam.

Of course, copies of the new CD will be available at the concert!

Website: http://www.prasantmusic.com

Labels: concerts

July 06, 2007

Carnatic saxophone: Raga Keeravani

After a long absence from posting, I hope to start actually using this blog again! Here is a somewhat old video, but new to the website. It is the last few minutes from a ragam thanam pallavi composition in raga Keeravani I played in August 2005. It was a benefit concert for the Tempe chapter of AID.

It was a memorable concert for me as I haven't played in Phoenix since then (as of writing this). Also it was the first time I played together with these great artists B.U. Ganeshprasad (violin) and Poovalur Srinivasan (mridungam). I had a great time playing with them, and we ended up doing a small tour together of the East Coast in Fall 2006.

They are both sensitive, expressive and overall amazing musicians. Sriji (as Poovalur Srinivasan is nicknamed) played a great thani avartanam, which actually touched on influences coming from other percussive traditions like Brazil, Africa, Afro-Cuban etc. It was the first time I had heard that in Carnatic concert before, and I was pleasantly surprised, especially since it was executed so naturally.

I also recorded my most recent album (subject of another post) with Ganeshprasad on violin. He has a such a warm sound and expressive feel on the violin. It really adds to the mood of the music.

If all goes well, the three of us will be doing another tour this fall. Stay tuned for more details on that.

You can download the actual file of this video at http://www.prasantmusic.com/videos.html

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