On November 10, 2012 S. Sowmya performed for Sruti a thematic performance showcasing Classical Carnatic melodies with folk influences.  She was accompanied by Bharat Sundar on vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad and Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan on the violin, Neyveli Narayanan and Trivandrum Balaji on the mridangam and K.V. Gopalakrishnan on the kanjira. 

Folk song describing the fortune-teller woman getting into a trance as she is saying the fortune.  Sowmya highlights in this rendition the folk treatment to a ragam that is also used in classical music.  From the 1:40 mark, note the rhythmic vocalizations by Neyveli Narayanan and the playful interaction with the song.  

Sowmya Carnatic Folk

Shashank Subramanyam on the Bamboo Flute, Purbayan Chatterjee on the Sitar, Anwar Khan Manganiyar on Vocal, Patri Satish Kumar on Mridangam and Feroz Khan Manganiyar on the Dholak.

Excerpt from the concert presented by Sruti on September 29th, 2012

Spirit-Shashank-2012

This is a folk song composed by Annamalai Reddiar on god Muruga - Lord Shiva's son.This follows a specific template of compositions called Kavadi Chindu which has no musical divisions like pallavi, anu pallavi and charanam that exist in classical compositions such as Sangita Shastra that is part of this set of uploads.  These song are brilliantly lyrical and their beat is lively and and thus suited for a type of dance - called Kavadi attam (attam means dance in Tamil). 
 

kavadi chindu

John Schaefer of WNYC speaks to Priyadarsini Govind and TM Krishna, who are world famous practitioners of the south Indian classical art forms of Bharatnatyam (dance) and Carnatic music respectively. They discuss their upcoming Saayujya performance in Philadelphia, featuring a world premiere of a new piece centered around the themes of freedom and equality.
Check http://saayujya.sruti.org/ for full details of the performance on April 30th, 2016.

Sruti Saayujya Podcast

'Spirit' Sindhu Bhairavi - Shashank and the Manganiyars.mp3 (12 mins)

'Spirit' Ahir Bhairav - Shashank and the Manganiyars.mp3 (3 mins plus)

Sanjay Subrahmanyan rendering from SRUTI concert on May 30, 1998 with Sri Ananthakrishnan on the violin and Sri Palghat Raghu on mridangam

SRUTI - May 30, 1998

06-Chittam irangaadadenayya - Sahana

Here's another one from Sruti's archives.  A Thyagaraja kriti in Anandabhairavi from Sanjay Subrahmanyan's concert on May 30, 1998.  He was accompanied on the violin by Shri Ananthakrishnan and on the mridangam by Shri Palghat Raghu.

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