The tambura’s role in perfect alignment to pitch: “The most beautiful way to discover music” – T.M. Krishna

To sing just with the tanpura has been revealing: TM KrishnaM Suganth | Times of India | Nov 27, 2014 | To read the full article, click here >>They had collaborated earlier for Margazhi Raagam, which was a first-of-its-kind Carnatic concert film and now, singer TM Krishna and filmmaker Jayendra have come together for One, …

“My music is an extension of my tambura” – Bombay Jayashri

Can digital alternatives substitute the original symbol of sruti?by Aruna Chandaraju in The Hindu, 29 March 2018 >>Classical musicians have many concerns. A major one is having a perfectly tuned tambura — when practising and performing. Naturally. The tambura aka tanpura, is the keeper of the pitch. It is the guardian of the right note. …

Raga Hamsadhvani in: “India’s classical music may be the best antidote to chauvinism” by Ramachandra Guha

To read the full article by the internationally acclaimed author of India After Gandhi, click here >> After Partition, Bade Ghulam chose to move to Pakistan, but, finding the audience for classical music limited (in all senses of the word), wished to return to the Indian side of the border. In the 1950s, it was …

Flute TS Sankaran – Kalakshetra 1988

1. 0:0:00 kAmbhOdi aTa tALa varNam 2. 0:11:11 gajAnanayutam – chkravAkam 3. 0:20:16 sogasu jUDa – kannaDagowLam 4. 0:26:50 nenaruncarA nApaini – simha vAhini 5. 0:34:15 cinna nADE – kalAnidhi 6. 0:45:35 rAgam + manasu swAdhInamaina – shankarAbharaNam 7. 1:20:22 rAgam+ meevalla – kApi 8. 1:35:38 rAgam + parama pAvana rAma – pUrvikalyANi + thani …