Rajan Parrikar – Rajan Parrikar Music Archive https://www.parrikar.org Musical Traditions of India Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 An Old Recording of Mansur https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2021/08/17/an-old-recording-of-mansur/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:02:34 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5847 Raga Kabiri Bhairav. Tabla support by Ganpat Parvatkar. A 1972 recording from a time when Rajshekhar* wasn’t around to soil the sheets.

 

* Mansur’s son and Professor of English Spelling.

]]> Dhrupad Porn https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/09/12/dhrupad-porn/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:05:33 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5700 The more self-righteous the pricks, the hornier they are. – Fifth Veda, Ch 11, Verse 6

A lot of sancari and abhog going on here. See this and this.

]]> Site Matters https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/08/15/site-matters/ Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:24:08 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5686 This morning the latest WordPress update disabled the plugin for ‘accordions’ used to navigate and access content here and in the Vijaya Parrikar Library. I have now restored the accordion tabs with another plugin but some of the styling (fonts, etc) needs to be reconciled with the rest of the site. Hopefully I’ll get to it in the coming days.

]]> Lost Voices https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/07/01/lost-voices/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:46:37 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5623 These cylinder recordings were found some years ago by A.N. Sharma and Anukriti Sharma. See The Age before Vinyl for details. (In the event the link evaporates, it is archived here.)

Has anyone else confirmed these? It is curious that the only claimed recording of Vishnu Digambar has him singing baalam re and not a bhakti rasa composition, suggesting it was recorded before he turned his life entirely towards spiritual pursuits.

All the photographs below are taken from Mazha Sangeet Vyasang by Govindrao Tembe.

My thanks to Dr. Vishwesh Kulkarni for sending me the recordings.

Alladiya Khan

Alladiya Khan, Atrauli-Jaipur

Alladiya Khan, Atrauli-Jaipur

 
 

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

 
 

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale

 
 

Bhaurao Kolhatkar

Bhaurao Kolhatkar

Bhaurao Kolhatkar

 

A modern version of panchatunda nararundamaladhara by Vasantrao Deshpande is here.

 
 
]]> Amir Khan Meets Goa’s Monsoon https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/06/15/amir-khan-meets-goas-monsoon/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:14:06 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5613 Video short from my photo blog post.

 
 
]]> Some Videos…With Music https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/03/10/some-videos-with-music/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:42:59 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5587 Click on the link for the respective blog post.

Living Traditions: Concert of Hindustani Classical Music at Kala Academy in Panjim, Goa, held on December 17, 2016, as part of the Serendipity Arts Festival. Curated by Shubha Mudgal.


 

Light and Mist: Morning in Goa.


 

Lone Walker: Life in the Sub-Arctic.

 
 
]]> New Recording in VP Library – Hafiz Ahmed Khan https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/03/05/new-recording-in-vp-library-hafiz-ahmed-khan/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 07:54:07 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5583 Hindustani adaptation of the Carnatic Raga Nagaswaravali by Hafiz Ahmed Khan, c. 1975.

]]> Resource of Archival Recordings https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/01/13/resource-of-archival-recordings/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:38:46 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5567 My friend Romesh Aeri has recently stepped up efforts to populate his YouTube channel here.

]]> Prasad Sawkar https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2020/01/09/prasad-sawkar/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:42:39 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5561 A life in music and drama.

The eminent vocalist and actor Prasad Sawkar is one of Goa‘s many sterling contributions to Art and Culture. I called on the doyen of the Marathi stage, now in his nineties, a week ago in Panjim. Check out the short video below.

Prasad Sawkar
© Rajan P. Parrikar

 

For the popular recording of the natyageeta by Ramdas Kamat, go here.

]]> Banditji Lands Celestial Booty https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2019/09/30/banditji-lands-celestial-booty/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:36:02 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5546 International living legend and Ghatkopar Lions Club award winner Banditji is in the news once again.

“A minor planet, till now bearing the alphanumeric name 2006VP32, has been christened ‘Panditjasraj’ after him. Jasraj already has a constellation and a piece of the moon named after him.” All the details here.

Thanks to “SK” for bringing this to my attention.

]]> ‘Responsive’ https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2019/06/05/responsive/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:56:11 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5503 A housekeeping note: this site has now been upgraded to a responsive design. There may be a cosmetic glitch here and there.

]]> Leave Harry Alone https://www.parrikar.org/nibbles/2018/10/18/leave-harry-alone/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:07:56 +0000 https://www.parrikar.org/?p=5311 I hear that a photo circulating showing Harry Chaurasia (of SILSILA fame) paying his respects to Annapurna Devi has the custodians of “Hindu culture” up in arms. Harry’s great violation, claim the apostles of purity of all things Hindu, was to have his footwear on while bowing to Ms Devi.

Photo by: ?

Yes, the choice of hideous white Bata sandals does grate, but so far as I can tell, Harry means no disrespect. Quite the contrary, in fact. His facial expression suggests reverence.

Lay off Harry, you douchebag-marinated bums.

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