mandolin u srinivas

Nenarunchara - U Srinivas 1992

Carnatic Guitar Concert, Sri Ganesha Temple, Nashville, 07 December 2013

Ranjan Vasudevan is a pioneering Carnatic guitarist who has been working on adapting Carnatic music to the electric guitar for 10 years. He incorporates not only the sliding techniques of Mandolin Srinivas and Prasanna but also Veena bending techniques. This is a recording of Thyagaraja's composition "Mokshamu Galada" in the raga Saramathi, set to Aadi Taala from a live concert at Nashville Sri Ganesha Temple on 7th December 2013.

Carnatic guitar - Ranjan Vasudevan (Gibson SG)
Volin - Prasad Mantraratnam
Mridangam - Rajappa Ekambaram

"Mokshamu Galada" - Saramathi

Carnatic Guitar Concert, Sri Ganesha Temple, Nashville, 07 December 2013

Ranjan Vasudevan is a pioneering Carnatic guitarist who has been working on adapting Carnatic music to the electric guitar for 10 years. He incorporates not only the sliding techniques of Mandolin Srinivas and Prasanna but also Veena bending techniques. This is a recording of Oothukkaadu Venkatasubbaiyer's composition "Alai paayudhe" in the raga Kaanada, set to Aadi Taala from a live concert at Nashville Sri Ganesha Temple on 7th December 2013.

Carnatic guitar - Ranjan Vasudevan (Gibson SG)
Volin - Prasad Mantraratnam
Mridangam - Rajappa Ekambaram

"Alai Paayudhe" - Kaanada

A union between India's premier mandolin player and a renowned Canadian guitarist/producer, U Srinivas and Michael Brook's album 'Dream' (Real World Records) was constructed from recorded performances at Real World Studios.

U. Srinivas - Dream (Edit)

A part of U Srinivas' rendition of the song Enthamuddo from the album Sangeet Sartaj. Towards the end, he deviates from Bindumalini raga in which St. Thygaraja composed Enthamuddo and beautifully transitions to and blends in ragas like Nalinakanthi, Kalyanavasantham, Nagaswaraali, Abheri, and so on, and then returns to the beautiful Bindumalini.

mandolin u srinivas

Usha Subramanian