Tag Archives: Music

Personalities: Uppalapu Srinivas

April 1, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Elite, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Sometimes the life and music of a great talent is as brief and brilliant as the melodies they play. One such meteor in the music world, passed all too quickly and very recently.

Better known as Mandolin Srinivas, the feature …

The Indelible Impact of Thyagaraja on Carnatic Music

March 23, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Music, Traditionsadmin

The following post was composed by Ashok Madhav garu, vaggeyakara.

Readers may be familiar with our Personalities article on the mighty composer, Thyagaraja. This post supplements the biography, but focuses primarily on Thyagayya’s long term impact on the Carnatic tradition, …

Personalities: S.Janaki

February 19, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Kerala, Music, Personalities, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In an industry marked by unscrupulous careerists and no-holds barred competitors, S. Janaki gaaru is that rare voice of integrity.

Playback singer extraordinaire, she, along with P.Suseela garu, formed the twin pillars of female voice accompaniment from the 70s to …

Composers of Andhra – An Historical Perspective Part II

December 12, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, High Culture, Music, Talent, Teluguadmin

The following Post is part of a Series composed by Ashok Madhav garu, vaggeyakara.

Continuing our Series from last week, this week Part II features Carnatic Composers of Andhra since 1900.

Munuganti Venkata Rao Pantulu (1902-1964), from Kakinada, was …

Personalities: Nedunuri Krishnamurthy

December 7, 2015UncategorizedCarnatic, High Culture, Music, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

In line with our primarily music and mostly Carnatic focus these past few weeks, our next great Andhra Personality is one who is synonymous with Annamayya. Exactly a year since he passed away, this Post is dedicated to the Life …

Composers of Andhra – An Historical Perspective Part I

December 2, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, High Culture, Music, Talent, Teluguadmin

The following Post is part of a Series composed by Ashok Madhav garu, vaggeyakara.

The Telugus have a long tradition of musical heritage for several centuries. One can see the valuable contributions made by Tallapaka composers-the foremost being Annamacharya (1408-1503) …

Personalities: Narayana Teertha

November 28, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Dharma, High Culture, Music, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

From last week’s look at Telugu playback music, we come back this week to Classical Carnatic Music, and the great Andhra Personality and Telugu Saint: Sri Narayana Teertha.

A gem of a composer and spiritual figure, he is oft-forgotten …

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