Sri. KV Gopalakrishnan, kanjira exponent, is probably one of the busiest percussionists in Carnatic music today. He explains how he has confined himself in Chicago as he is concerned about infecting older and younger members of his family in Chennai. This podcast is part of the Quarantunes series, featuring Indian…
In this episode, we hear from vocalist Trivandrum Dr. G Baby Sreeram and her family. Dr. Baby is a PhD in Music and a faculty member at The Madras Music Academy’s Advanced School of Carnatic Music. The entire family weighs in in this free-flowing chat interspersed with music and instruments.…
Vocalist Sri S Saketharaman talks about how, with his wife being a physician specializing in Emergency Medicine, he feels for those on the front lines. He discusses handling more responsibilities at home and with his children. Musically, he is tuning kriti-s, learning and recording more compositions, working on new pallavi-s…
Sri. N Guruprasad is a prolific percussionist, specialising in the ghatam. He is known for his unobtrusive but highly supportive playing that accents the overall music on stage. He had his initial training under his father Sri. K Nagaraja Rao, and later from Shri T.H. Vinayakram. He received subsequent training…
“We only hope that… art doesn’t suffer. We don’t want to lose good artistes or good art because of these concerns.” – Amritha Murali Kum. Amritha Murali‘s high technical competency in the art form is blanketed with life and soul. She says that though uncertainty is an indelible facet of…
In this episode, Sri. B Shree Sundarkumar, kanjira exponent, is forthright about his many emotions at the present time and juxtaposes his personal situation against the world at large. “When the whole world is suffering, I alone am not unique.” This podcast is part of the Quarantunes series, featuring Indian…
“Silly humans. Why don’t you pause? How ignorantly you let so much pass?” – from a poem written by Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi, in the voice of Mother Nature. Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi is the daughter and disciple of the renowned violinist and musician Lalgudi Sri. G Jayaraman. Smt. Vijayalakshmi expresses her…
“I imagine myself as a child who is near her mother – they have no fear – and that the Almighty or God or nature, will take care, like a mother.” – Anupama Bhagwat, on how she maintains hope amidst the pandemic. An acclaimed Hindustani sitar exponent, Smt. Anupama Bhagwat…
“Something that I have learned from this is to never take things for granted and to value every single relationship that we have….” – Rithvik Raja Vocalist Sri. Rithvik Raja articulately gives us a detailed glimpse into many aspects of his life, before and during Corona. He states that since…
“The question of getting bored cannot arise for a musician, in my opinion.” – K Arun Prakash Sri. K Arun Prakash, senior mridangist, tunesmith and composer, says that musicians can keep any available time completely occupied – there is a plethora of aspects that one can practice, in countless ways,…