Thodi
SS
Different ways of singing G.
He starts off letting us know it is Gajavadana song.
S
Balaji Sankar
Song is good for dance until niraval starts.
Mridangam is not good near the m p d swaram.
Mohrsing can be identified.
Last kalpanaswaram was good.

Ramnad Krishnan
Violinist's alapana reminds me of another song.

SSI
SSI says Besh Besh when the other singer holds his breath.

Spring Workshop week 1

Pakkala nilabadi:
ARI’s voice (and probly the recording quality) is soothing. Somewhere in the alapanai, I am reminded of ‘Navasiddhi petralum.’ He does neraval and then goes into swarams at ‘Tanuvuche vandanamu.’ Violin is mild, mridangam blends with the singing.
Srinivasa Tava:
MLV’s long alapana is unappealing – I guess her voice is ‘loud’. I wonder who has offered the vocal support. The accompanists are good – the violinist plays the sangathis with ease.
Chakkani Raja:
In the alapanai, I am able to find it is Kharaharapriya ragam.

CMI

Listening to Carnatic Music Idol on YouTube. Thanks Sekar.

Carnatica concert

Boring. The songs were okay. But I did not feel that the artists were giving a team performance.

Pancharathna krithis

Avaneesh was playing on his wiggleworm gym while I listened to Jagaddanandakaraka today. I was able to recollect it is in Nattai ragam.

Ranjani and Gayatri concert on 2 Oct

This was a well-planned and crisp concert that was enjoyed by many. Smt.Ranjani sang some inspiring alapanais. The duo's various sangathis and ease with Hindustani ragams was wonderful.

Ragam Jaganmohini

I have been listening to "Sivakama Sundari" sung by Bombay Sisters (Sri. Gopalakrishna Bharathi composition) and "Sri Vidya Rajagopalam" sung by Smt. R.Vedavalli (Dikshitar composition).
Malladi Brothers concert last Saturday (www.simala.us) woke me from my sleepy attitude towards music.
I was happy to identify ragams Khamas, Kathanakuthuhalam etc during Divya Asuri's houseconcert (Sri Arun Ramamurthy on the violin and Sri Sudhakar on the mridangam). Kalyani renditions by the vocalist and violinist reminded me of Shankarabharanam - I have to understand these ragams better. During one song, she showed that she was in control of the concert. However, I had to leave during the Mohanam song.