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Latangi Alapanai

Composer and lyricist: Vijay S. Aiyar
Backing track: Vijay Narayanan
Vocals: Karthik Nagarajan and Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam

http://octaves.blogspot.com/2013/09/thooli-is-beautiful-lullaby-for-baby.html

Lyrics:

thooLi AdidudhO, kaNNA thookkam dhaan varudhO
lAli pAdidudhO, mannA thAyin thaen manadhO
neela vaNNA, bAla kaNNA, neeyum thoongida thAyum aengida
thooLi AdidudhO...

pArkkum pArvai pARkadal, mazhalai mozhi pullAnkuzhal
kannam rendum kanirasam unthan uthattil vadivadhu madhurasam
ulagin seyalgaL unakku theriyum
uRangum pozhudhilum nadaththa theriyum
mAyavA, manadhu mayangida

nyAniyE nee thoongida thAlAttu geetham pAdinEn
nALaiyE un geethaiyai indha ulagum vizhiththida pAdu nee
nyAniYE nee thoongida thAlAttu geetham pAdum thAi
nALaiyE un geethaiyai indha ulagum vizhiththida pAduvAi
uRangum vizhikkuL ulagam suzhala
yugangaL siladhundhan kanavil malara
thooyavA, thazhaikkum thavamena

thooLi...

Thooli Aadidudho

Songs: Hindu Devotional Bhajans
Artists: Dhanya Subramanian, Vismaya Gopalan
Genre: Indian | Carnatic
Label: dhanyasy.org
Artwork: Vismaya Gopalan

prema mudhitha | darbAri kAnada | Adi

Kanda sashti kavasam

Movie: Shanghai
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Lyrics: Kumaar
Singers: Shekhar Ravjiani, Nandini Srikar, Arijit Singh

♥LYRICS♥
Kise poochun, hai aisa kyun
Bezubaan sa, ye jahaan hai

To whom to ask, why is it so,
this world is, as if mute..

Khushi ke pal, kahan dhoondhooN
Benishan sa, waqt bhi yahan hai

Where to find moments of joy,
Even time is like without a sign..

Jaane kitne labon pe gile hain
Zindagi se kayi faasle hain
Paseejte hain sapne kyun aankhon mein
Lakeer jab chhoote in haathon se yoon bewajah

There are complaints on so many lips,
there are many distances from the life..
Why do the dreams dampen in eyes,
when the line leaves these hands, for no reason..

Jo bheji thi duaa, woh jaake aasmaan
se yoon takra gayi ke aa gayi
Hai laut ke sadaa

The wish I had sent,
that collided with the sky such that
a call has come back..

Saanson ne kahan rukh mod liya
Koi raah nazar mein na aaye
Dhadkan ne kahan dil chhod diya
Kahan chhode in jismoN ne saaye

where have the breaths turned their face,
I don't see any path..
where has the heartbeat left the heart,
and where have these bodies left (their) shadows..

Yehi baar-baar sochta hoon tanha main yahan
Mere saath-saath chal raha hai yaadon ka dhuaan

I, here, think this again and again..
a smoke of memories is walking with me..

Jo bheji thi duaa, woh jaake aasmaan
se yoon takra gayi ke aa gayi
Hai laut ke sadaa

Jo Bheji thi Dua♥

A Violin, Cello, Guitar, Keyboard and Drum machine remix of Massive Attack's Teardrop blended with Thyagaraja's Brova Bharama (video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGXIc3iwEM8&feature=youtu.be)

Key: A
BPM: 77
Raga: Bahudari (for most part)
Guitar tuning: Open-D (tuned to D major)
Song meaning and lyrics: http://www.karnatik.com/c1002.shtml

Poster credits: Original by Simon Stratford (http://www.simonstratford.com/portfolio/illustration/teardrop/)

Teardrop Bahudari

Kanda Naal Mudhalai..

Q1. Sama gana lolane - Natakuranji RTP

On the occasion of the independence days of both subcontinental countries, this is a violin and piano arrangement of the Gujarati bhajan, Vaishnava Janato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishnava_Jana_To)

Written in the 15th century by the poet Narsinh Mehta in the Gujarati language. The bhajan was included in Mahatma Gandhi’s daily prayer

Vaishnava Janato

Vidya Sankaranarayanan (https://www.facebook.com/vidya.sankaranarayanan) is an extraordinarily talented Bharatanatyam dancer who trained under the legendary Thanjavur Kittappa Pillai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._P._Kittappa_Pillai). She is, in the rich tradition of T Balasaraswathy, a gifted vocalist as well. 

She also happens to be my cousin so this is a family production of S Chidambaram's classic "Kanda naal mudhalaai" in Raga Madhuvanti. 

It's a trip hop version featuring violin, cello, keyboard and programming by me. The chords used are primarily variations of Gm, D and A 

Lyrics Translation

My love overflows my dear since seeing you, holding a spear (vEl) in your hand (kai), oh compassionate son of Shiva.

The people will come and sing (paaDum) songs (paNNisai) for you, Kandan (a name for Murugan) my child (baalan), to bring you happiness (sugam).

My heart has not forgotten (marakavillai) your blue (neela) peacock (mayil). I have not forgotten this love (nEsam) mixed with affection (paasam). Oh this sharp-eyed festive (kOla) prince (kumar) has been in the temple (kOvil) of my mind (mana). Showing a small smile (kurunagai), he placed (sooti) a fragrant flower (narumalar) of love within us. 

(source: http://www.karnatik.com/c1437.shtml)


Kanda Naal Mudhalaai

Yochana Kamala - Abhishek Raghuram

"Qad Kafani `Ilmu Rabbi" (My Lord's Knowledge Suffices Me) is a powerful statement of reliance and trust on Allah, authored by Imam Abdullah b. Alawi al-Haddad (1634 CE [1044 Hijri] - 1720 CE [1132 Hijri]), the great Islamic scholar and spiritual guide from Hadhramawt, Yemen. Imam al-Haddad was a distinguished poet, and this particular qasida (devotional song) is one of his most-recited poems. A brief bio of the Imam may be found here: http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=382.

(Accompanying picture of the Imam's mosque in Yemen is taken from http://thedowra.com.)

This particular rendition of the qasida is something I'd first heard performed at the Seekers Retreat in Melbourne (April 2011), by "The Singaporean Haqqani Ensemble" - Sidi Abdul Shakor Hadi leading the vocals, along with drumming and choral support from Sidi Muhammad Nassir, and the rest of the ensemble.

I was fortunate enough to recite this rendition of the qasida to Habib Umar bin Hafidh, at a private gathering in Melbourne Australia, in May 2011, before returning to Canada.  Many thanks to Sidi Usama Canon for facilitating this auditioning.


TECHNICAL NOTES:
I've recorded it here in Apple's GarageBand, using a Blue Yeti USB microphone (reviewed here at wired.com: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2009/11/pr_yeti/), a recent gift from a good friend that I'm putting to good use.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
(the lyrics in Arabic, along with the translation, may be downloaded from: http://www.halaqa.org/Media/Docs/Qad%20kafani%20english.pdf)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
 from asking or choosing
For my du’a and my agonising supplication
 is a witness to my poverty.
For this secret (reason) I make supplication 
in times of ease and times of difficulty
I am a slave whose pride 
is in his poverty and obligation
----------
O my Lord and my King
 You know my state
And what has settled in my heart 
of agonies and preoccupations
Save me with a gentleness 
from You, O Lord of Lords
Oh save me, Most Generous 
before I run out of patience (with myself)
----------
O One who is swift in sending aid
 I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly
It will defeat all difficulty 
and it will bring all that I hope for
O Near One Who answers 
and All-Knowing and All-Hearing
I have attained realisation through my incapacity, 
my submission and my brokenness
----------
I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord
 have mercy on my standing
And in the valley of generosity, I am in i’tikaf (solitary retreat)  
So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent
And I’m abiding by good opinion (of You) 
 For it is my friend and ally
And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company  
All day and night
----------
There is a need in my soul, O Allah 
so please fulfill it, O Best of Fulfillers
And comfort my secret and my heart
 from its burning and its shrapnel
In pleasure and in happiness  and 
as long as You are pleased with me
For joy and expansion is my state  
and my motto and my cover
----------

Qad Kafani - My Lord is Sufficient - by Imam Haddad, sung by Nader Khan

An acoustic rendition of Sikkil Gurucharan's Naan Oru Vilayattu Bommaiya by Raghu Mohan

Naan Oru Vilayattu Bommaiya

December 31st, 2015 - Nada Inbam, Ragasudha Hall - Amritha Murali (vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (violin), K. Arunprakash (mrdangam) & Anirudh Athreya (khanjira)

Shri Visvanatham - Chaturdasha Ragamalika - Adi - Muthuswamy Dikshitar

Concert at The Music Academy in 1969. Not too sure about the accompaniments.

KVN - Krishna Nee Begane - Yaman

I don't think this requires a description.

KVN - Varugalamo - Manji

Its a jam with Subiksha Rangarajan. This is a Bossanova arrangement i did, to play for a live band. This is a recorded version of it. Hope you'd like it

Aasai Mugam - Subiksha

Kanda Naal Mudhalai- a beautiful composition in Ragam Madhuvanthi by Shri N S Chidambaram

Composed by myself (from many years ago) with thamizh lyrics by my mother Vijayalakshmi Bhakthavatsalam.

Originally published here: http://octaves.blogspot.com/2007/10/lalitha.html

Lalitha Varnam

EDIT: (11/11/2017) The reception towards this piece had motivated me to start the Beauty of Ragas series.  I have re-recorded and remastered the original track as I was never happy with the quality of the flute recording. I hope you all like it as well now.. :)

A sequel to my previous composition for my blog posting on the raga Nalinakanthi : http://aboutindianmusic.com/2012/03/raga-nalinakanthi-part-2/ 

I hope unlike the usual way in which sequels suck, this is better than the previous. 

Do use headphones please :-)

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Beauty Of Nalinakanthi - REDONE - (REMASTERED)

A composition of Bharatiyar in the raga Chandrakauns

Ninnaye Rathi Yendru Ninaikkirenadi Kannama

Kanda Naal Mudhalai

A rendition of Edayya Gati - Calanata at Nayaki Sabha, Kotturpuram on 28th January. Accompanied by S. Varadarajan, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan and KV Gopalakrishnan.

Edayya Gati - Calanata

Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathi (Tamil: சின்னசுவாமி சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி)

It is said that Subramaniya Bharathi had written the song Aasai Mugam Marandhu Poche, when he had lost his mother's photograph (the only photograph and memory he had of her)



Aasai Mugam Marandhu Poche - TamilG

Vijayanaagari - Live

Aasai Mugam Marandhu Poche - 1

Aasai Mugam Marandhu Poche - 2

Varnam in tamil, a composition by "Tiger" Varadachari.

Accompanists:
Violin: Shri. S.V. Guruvayoorappan
Mridangam: Shri. Raghunath

Anname- Arabhi- Varnam

Ganesh Kumaresh play the magical thillana in Raga Madhuvanti - composed by carnatic music's great patriarch, Dr. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman.

Source: www.sangeethapriya.org

Thillana - Madhuvanti (Ganesh Kumaresh)

Green Day 21 Guns

(-: !! An Indian Independence Day Special!! :-)

The flute version of the famous bhajan that Mahatma Gandhi liked, Vaishnav Janato...I had played this for my senior(kamalesh sir)  whose parents love this song. Like my http://soundcloud.com/indian_music_fan/vande-mataram track I did some cello, harp, pizzicato strings accompaniment to this. Do listen to it, share it with your friends and  leave your comments!! 

Do put your headphones on!! :-)

Happy Indian Independence Day; 15th August 2012

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Vaishanav Janato : Indian Flute; Bansuri

I have played different styles of music from traditional carnatic to film-pop. However something that I've always leaned towards is to explore the idea of propping up our beautiful classical music against various genres like pop, rock, jazz etc. So here is a song from my outfit Karthick Iyer Live. We have played Thyagaraja's krithi Manavyala in the raga Nalinakanthi.

Do share! :) 

Covers music got a lively twist with the entrance of Karthick Iyer Live. Karthick Iyer who has played with bands and in festivals spanning almost all the continents in the world, has contemporized the existing format to suit the ever changing needs of the audiences. His concerts are known to touch every single person in the crowd, from old to new and from the laymen to the learned. He spices up his concerts with medleys of English, Tamil and Carnatic songs rolled into one. Dressed in a dazzling Moghul costume, holding a blue electric violin and armed with a compelling selection of Tamil, Hindi, English and Carnatic songs, Karthick is ready to cast a spell!

For wedding, corporate and other gig bookings please email karthickiyer.music@gmail.com

Musician Credits
Electric Violin - Karthick Iyer
Guitars - Akshay Chakrapani
Mridangam - Sumesh Narayanan
Percussion - Varun
Live Sound - Ramprasad

Karthick Iyer Live’s 1st album "IndoSoul - Looking Within To Look Beyond" is now available on
OK Listen: https://www.oklisten.com/album/indosoul
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/IndoSoul
Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/IndosoulAmazon

For Concert Bookings:
Email:  karthickiyer.music@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +91 77009 08966

Carnatic fusion music- Manavyalakim by Karthick Iyer Live

Kehte hain khuda ne iss jahan mein sabhi ke liye
http://ow.ly/f2Jz307Bz3P

Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye
Tera milna hai uss rab ka ishaara maanu
Mujhko banaya tere jaise hi kisi ke liye
Kehte hain khuda ne iss jahan mein sabhi ke liye
Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye
Tera milna hai uss rab ka ishaara maanu
Mujhko banaya tere jaise hi kisi ke liye
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Kaise hum jaane hume kya pata
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Tu humsafar hai, phir kya fikar hai
Jeene ki wajah hi yahi marna issi ke liye
Kehte hain khuda ne iss jahan mein sabhi ke liye
Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye

Sa ni pa di na sa...

Meharbaani jaate jaate mujh pe kar gaya
Guzarta sa lamha ek daaman bhar gaya
Tere nazara mila, roshan sitaara mila
Takdeer ki kashtiyon ko, kinara mila

Sadiyon se tarse hai jaisi zindagi ke liye
Teri sauhbat mein duaayein hain ussi ke liye
Tere milna hai uss rab ka ishaara
Maanu mujhko banaya tere hi jaise kisi ke liye
Kehte hain khuda ne iss jahan mein sabhi ke liye
Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye
Tere milna hai uss rab ka ishaara
Maanu mujhko banaya tere hi jaise kisi ke liye
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Kaise hum jaane hume kya pata
Kuch toh hai tujhse raabta
Tu humsafar hai, phir kya fikar hai
Jeene ki wajah hi yahi hai marna issi ke liye
Kehte hain khuda ne iss jahan mein sabhi ke liye
Kisi na kisi ko hai banaya har kisi ke liye

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maname kanam sung by M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI
Language- Tamil
Vocal- Female


M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI-maname kanam

A hymn in Hamir Kalyani, rendered live by Bombay Jayashree

Jagadisha Sudisha Bhavesha Vibho - Bombay Jayashree

www.tove-lo.com

"I eat my dinner in my bathtub
Then I go to sex clubs
Watching freaky people getting it on
It doesn't make me nervous
If anything I'm restless
Yeah I've been around and I've seen it all 

I get home, I got the munchies
Binge on all my Twinkies
Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep
And I drank up all my money
Dazed and kinda lonely 

You're gone and I gotta stay high
All the time to keep you off my mind
Ohoh ohoh
High all the time to keep you off my mind Spend my days locked in a haze Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down I gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you 

Pick up daddy's at the playground
How I spend my day time
Loosen up their frown, make them feel alive Oh make it fast and greasy I'm numb and way too easy

You're gone and i gotta stay high
All the time to keep you off my mind
Ohoh Ohoh
High all the time to keep you off my mind Spend my days locked in a haze, tryin to forget you babe, I fall back down I gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you

Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
Can't go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain
Staying in my play pretend
Where the fun ain't got no end
Can't go home alone again
Need someone to numb the pain

You're gone and I gotta stay high
All the time to keep you off my mind
Ohoh ohoh
High all the time to keep you off my mind Spend my days locked in a haze Trying to forget you babe, I fall back down I gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you"

Truth Serum

Habits (Stay High)

Kanda naal muthalai

Back here after a long hiatus!

Lawyer, singer and an accomplished HorsingArounder. 

Kanda Naal Mudhalai

Varsha Ramann