In honour of her completing 80 wonderful years last week, our next great Andhra Personality this week is none other than the Nightingale of the South, Smt. P.Susheela.
A singer and philanthropist who dominated playback singing in the …
While high culture is the bedrock of a society and its values, it is also necessary for the upper and middle classes to maintain their links with the masses. A truly troubled society is one with an elite that finds …
Popularly known all over undivided Andhra as “Annamayya”, Annamacharya is undoubtedly one of our leading lights not only in the realm of music, for which he is best known, but in the realm of Dharma. Considered the Andhra Pada …
Modern day Cinema is all about love, hate, factions and politics. A scene in a park and a song in Bangkok is all we see. Rarely we find a song that conveys a social message. In good olden days,
This is a post on the structure of a Carnatic music Kutcheri (a traditional musical performance gathering) accompanied by a virtual kutcheri that I have put together.
The kutcheri formatas we know it today is said to have started …
“Greatest Classical Composer”, “Indefatigable Interpreter of the Past”, “Incarnation of Valmiki”. These are just some of the many praises and titles attached to Sri Thyagaraja.
Thyagaraja or Thyagayya (as he is known to us Telugus), is one of the …
The most famous playback singer in Andhra history, S.P. Balasubramanyam is a state and national treasure.
Famous throughout India and among Indians around the world, the Nellore native is a peerlessly prolific song-artist and a prodigious talent. Indeed, the sweetness …
