Rajan Parrikar Music Archive

Banditji Porn

Rajan P. Parrikar — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:41:00 +0000

Sweet.

In a glaring case of mistaken identities, the Delhi Police arrested Pandit Jasraj instead of Sudheendra Kulkarni in connection with the ‘cash for votes sting entrapment’ case. Both Kulkarni and Panditji had been travelling on the same flight to Delhi and the classical vocalist was mistaken for the former Advani aide and picked up as soon as he entered the tarmac after alighting from the plane.

All the salacious details here.

Laxmibai Jadhav – Raga Basanti Kedar

Rajan P. Parrikar — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:18:41 +0000

New material in the Vijaya Parrikar Library: Raga Basanti Kedar by Laxmibhai Jadhav.

Maestro Anthony Gonsalves Passes Away

Rajan P. Parrikar — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:35:20 +0000

Anthony Gonsalves passed away on January 18, 2012, in Goa at the age of 84. Go here for my photo essay on him.

Ramashreya Jha “Ramrang” – Three Years On

Rajan P. Parrikar — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:16:23 +0000

On this third anniversary of Ramrang‘s passing, I present video excerpts from a recital given on June 27, 2007, at the Nehru Centre in Bombay. Aneesh Pradhan is on the tabla, Sudhir Nayak accompanies on the harmonium, Ram Shankar offers tanpura and vocal support.

Raga Ramdasi Malhar

Raga Tilak Malhar

Videos courtesy of: Aneesh Pradhan and Shubha Mudgal.

Additional videos of Ramrang are archived at my YouTube channel.

Vijaya Parrikar Library: New Location and Layout

Rajan P. Parrikar — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:08:22 +0000

The Vijaya Parrikar Library has been integrated into this Music Archive and is located here. Set your new bookmarks.

A migration such as this is usually accompanied by its share of miscues – if you come across any broken links or typos, please report.

MP3 Conversion Completed

Rajan P. Parrikar — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:14:56 +0000

The entire site has now gone mp3. The conversion of all the audio clips from RealAudio to mp3 is complete and the articles have been updated to point to the new sound files. I have done a random verification of the links. Please report back if you come across any broken links or if there are still holdouts that point to the earlier RealAudio files.

The task of porting the Vijaya Parrikar Library on SAWF to this site still remains to be done. Hopefully it’ll get done by the end of this year. We’ll see.

MP3 Conversion Initiated

Rajan P. Parrikar — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:47:37 +0000

The process of transitioning all the audio clips on this site from the RealAudio format to mp3 has begun. I expect to complete the conversion and the uploads within the next few days. If you notice any dead links, please let me know.

Raga Dhanakoni Kalyan

Rajan P. Parrikar — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:02:21 +0000

Recently a friend of mine inquired if the ghazal Rang pairahan ka by Mehdi Hassan is based on any Hindustani raga.

The melodic contours here ally with Raga Dhanakoni Kalyan, a recent raga conceived by the late C.R. Vyas. The swaras are drawn from the melakarta Vachaspati. The raga is developed by eliminating the dhaivat entirely and deploying elements of the Kalyan raganga. The rishab is either omitted or rendered alpa in arohi movements.

Click here for an excerpt of a classical rendition of Dhanakoni Kalyan by Jitendra Abhisheki.

Noodling around on YouTube I found another ghazal Ek khalish ko by Mehdi Hassan that co-opts the same theme. I am curious to know if Mehdi-sahab hit upon the melodic idea independently or if he absorbed it from someone else.

Also – Raga Krishna Kalyan composed by Ramashreya Jha “Ramrang” treads along similar lines (see Volume 4 of his Abhinav Geetanjali series), except that the rishab is freely deployed there in both arohi and avarohi directions.

Mallikarjun Mansur Recordings

Rajan P. Parrikar — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:05:42 +0000

New material has been added to the Mallikarjun Mansur folder in the Vijaya Parrikar Library: Ragas Ahir Bhairav and Sukhiya Bilawal.

Master Krishnarao Recordings

Rajan P. Parrikar — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:33:37 +0000

Two new recordings – Ragas Hindol Bahar and Kaunshi Kanada – have been placed in the Krishnarao Phulambrikar folder at the Vijaya Parrikar Library.