Sunday, January 4, 2004
The night I fell in love with the Veena and Ghatam
A few weeks ago in Bangalore, Jim Fulton and I went to an evening of Hindustani and Carnatic music in the Bangalore Habba.
The second performance of the evening was a veena recital by Chitra Lingam and group, featuring the veena, ghatam and mrudangam. I’ve heard enough mrudangam music in marriage halls to last a lifetime, but with the veena and ghatam, that evening was my first. I fell in love instantly. Jim said the experience was like listening to rock ’n roll in his time.
A request: do you know where I can get the Chitra Lingam experience on CD? Or if that is unlikely, any veena artistes you can recommend?
The second performance of the evening was a veena recital by Chitra Lingam and group, featuring the veena, ghatam and mrudangam. I’ve heard enough mrudangam music in marriage halls to last a lifetime, but with the veena and ghatam, that evening was my first. I fell in love instantly. Jim said the experience was like listening to rock ’n roll in his time.
A request: do you know where I can get the Chitra Lingam experience on CD? Or if that is unlikely, any veena artistes you can recommend?
harish_an — Jan 4, 2004 11:41:37 PM — # ↩
talking about the ghatam...reminds me of a concert i went to long back...
u should hear vikku vinayakam on the ghatam
i heard him play with vishwa mohan bhatt and zakir hussain and selvaganesh (vikku vinayakarams son)on the kanjira...it was amazing...
u wonder how they manage to creae magic out of a clay pot
fus — Jan 5, 2004 12:07:24 AM — # ↩
birdonthewire — Jan 5, 2004 2:21:20 AM — # ↩
As an aside, I wish I could get an mp3 of Mile Sur though! As also baje sargam. Have look everywhere, but just can't get it.
Anonymous — Nov 16, 2004 3:29:06 PM — # ↩
You can get Mile sur mera tumhara MP3 from www.coolgoose.com. If you cannot get even after this site, Please mail me. victorsingh652@yahoo.co.in
chetan — Jan 5, 2004 7:44:03 AM — # ↩