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March 18, 2010

Kamalambike - bliss.

02 Kamalambike - Thodi by D. K. Jayaraman  
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Sorry I haven't posted in a long time. Here is Muthuswamy Dikshitar's magical "Kamalambike" in Todi ragam. If you are interested in the meaning, there are many websites that have it. 

D.K. Jayaraman with disciples brings this to life for us everyday folks. Don't be surprised if you are swept up in akhandaika rasa. Will hopefully post more regularly soon. Hope you are all well.

Lyrics:
pallavi

kamalAmbikE AshritakalpalatikE caNDikE
kamanIyAruNAMshukE karavidhRta shukE mAmava

anupallavi

kamalAsanAdi pUjita kamalapatE bahuvaradE
kamalAlaya tIrthavaibhavE shivE karuNArNavE

caraNaM

sakala lOkanAyikE saHNgItarasikE
sukavitva pradAyikE sundari gatamAyikE
vikaLEbaramuktidAnanipuNE aghaharaNE
viyadAdi bhUtakiraNE vinOdacaraNE aruNE
sakaLEguruguhakaraNE sadAshivAntahkaraNE
akacaTatapAdivarNE akhaNDaikarasa pUrNE

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January 22, 2010

Voleti and MSS Renditions of Viriboni. Timeless!

For the Carnatic listeners out there. One of the most commonly sung compositions rendered with rare depth. I am a fan of both of these musical giants. Enjoy!


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July 16, 2009

D.K. Pattamal has passed away

Friends,


I'm very sad to recognize that one of the greatest Carnatic music figures of our history, D.K. Pattammal has passed away. There has been so much written about her so I will not attempt to bring that to the fore here. Needless to say, she was one of the most influential musicians in Carnatic music and also an instrumental force for bringing women to hold an equal space on the concert platform. The great pair of D.K. Pattammal and her younger brother D.K. Jayaraman make up two of my favorite musicians in Carnatic music.

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I remember meeting her backstage at Naradha Ghana Sabha briefly some years back. She was in her wheelchair but she was so full of life and had an enormous aura of joy. She made sure to smile and meet everyone in the room even though she was to be on the stage any moment to receive an award. There are just too many good things to mention and it is yet another deeply saddening loss in the Carnatic music field. 

Please read through an interview with D.K. Pattammal here. More info on Wikipedia. There are also many videos on youtube as you will find after a quick search.

With the loss of many of the great trailblazers in the field of recent years, K.V. Narayanaswamy, Semmangudi Srinivas Iyer, M.S. Subbhalakshmi, Palghat Raghu, and now D.K. Pattammal, sometimes I wonder what we have left. I know jazz community went through a period like that when John Coltrane died. It just felt like our guiding lights disappeared. But ultimately, we have to push forward and keep playing creative music that inspires people and ourselves. I believe that is what these great artists did. Yes, they upheld tradition with great humility. But it is where they took that tradition and the passion they had for creative music that lifted people up. 

I think we, as young musicians, need to see that fire and intensity of purpose that the greats had and still have in their music, and use it as our guiding light today. 

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