By far, the best debut by album by any music director. The legendary combination of Vairamuthu and ARR is indescribably phenomenal,as always :).. here's my version of it... :D .. I know it's a favorite for many of us.. ekchoos me :D .. 

Pudhu Vellai Mazhai - yet another attempt :)

An unplugged version of the song- Anjali Anjali from the movie Anjali. Song composed by AR Rahman and has been one of my personal favourites for long and I'd like to play it for all you guys :)

Anjali Anjali RRP

Naan nee cover- Madras

Ennavale - Violin Cover

#Ennulle #valli #ilayaraja #superstar #melody

Ennulle

An adaptation of the 12th century English folk song "Scarborough Fair" (made famous by Simon & Garfunkel) in a Carnatic Ragam Thaanam Pallavi format. The raga is Kharaharapirya (or the Dorian mode in the original song) 

Piano: Anil Srinivasan (https://soundcloud.com/anil-srinivasan-1) (except some background bits when the violin is playing)
Violin: Krish Ashok

There's a personal history to this particular song. In 1989, Anil and me were invited by Doordarshan in Chennai as part of a kids program named "Wonder Balloons" to play some "fusion music". He walked up to me about a day before the recording and asked me if I knew the song Scarborough Fair. I said I had no idea. He asked me if I could play Karaharapriya. I said yes. So he said - just play anything in Karaharapriya and when I play the song, just follow along. And that's what we did in 1989. 

Fast forward to 2016, I met Anil again after many years and we briefly jammed and relived that 1989 experience. But our crazy work schedules never really synced to the point where we actually sat together to do a proper recording. He did one rough version on his end and I did one take on the violin several months ago. 

And I decided to simply put both these rough takes together, add some extra piano where I felt it was needed (you can clearly tell the difference!) splice and edit a bit and just burden y'all with it. 

Photo credits: Kate Ter Haar (https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/6041871036/)

Ragam Thaanam Scarborough

Oru dheivam thandha poove | A.R.Rahman | Cover Teaser | Malvika | Varun

A  very happy new year 2017 to all of you there!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syghyxEhyG8

I present this video as a dedication to A R Rahman, whose birthday falls on January 6th :D (Once I had completed the video, I couldn't wait to share it, so uploading it almost a week in advance ;-) )

I grew up in the '90s when A R Rahman had broken into the music scene with a blast through Roja. The music of A R Rahman from the '90s is very close to me and I would believe to many of us who grew up with A R Rahman during that period. So as a tribute to AR who turns 50 (can't believe that!!), I have put together a medley of eight songs, choosing one song for each year from 1992 to 1999. 

The most difficult part was not in choosing a song for a particular year but rather in not choosing the amazing songs that kept coming from him year after year then. I hope I have done justice. Thank you A R Rahman for your wonderful music, which never fails to remind us of our childhood!

Do check the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syghyxEhyG8 as it will make more sense with the song changes and details being marked in the video. :)

Lots of Love,
Vijay Kannan

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Credits:

All songs originally composed by A R Rahman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman)

Concept, Flute, Arranged and performed by Vijay Kannan
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A R Rahman - 90s Medley - Vijay Kannan (Do check video link below)

Thendral Vandhu - Flute Cover of masterpiece of Ilaiyaraaja from the movie Avatharam. 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMpogR-zPs

Many had been requesting for this cover. In particular, one Mr. Govardhan Prakash had requested it for his mother who is fighting cancer. I wish her the very best. Personally this is one of my very favorite songs of Raja sir. I hope you all like it as well. 

Credits:
Song: Thendral vandhu 
Movie: Avatharam (1995) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avathar...))
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaiyar...)
Lyrics: Vaali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaali_(...))
Originally sung by: Ilaiyaraaja and S Janaki

Cover credits:
Flute, video and arrangement: Vijay Kannan
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love,
vijay kannan

Thendral Vandhu - Ilaiyaraaja - Flute (VIDEO) - Vijay Kannan

Unplugged version of this lovely song O butterfly. A beautiful composition by Mr. Illayaraja, originally sung by SPB and S.Janaki.  Hope you guys like it.

O BUTTERFLY BY POOJA VAIDYANATH

Experimentation Continues! ;) Here is the my demo version of 'Kanda Naal Mudhalai' which is originally composed by Sri .N.S. Chidambaram in Raga Madhuvanthi.
Genre: Drum n Bass Vocals: Jyotsna K Nanu﻿ Flute: Vijay Venkatesh Kannan﻿ All sounds produced and arranged by Roshin Shabu﻿ ;) Special thanks to Manoj Narayanan﻿ sir for suggesting the song.
P.S. The track is not mastered.


Pudhu Vellai Mazhai - yet another attempt :)

Visweshwaran