Nagnath Mankeshwar was destined to be multi-faceted. He is an Artist, a Film/Animation director and a Sitarist. As a film team his productions won National and International awards. He has made Documentaries, Corporate, Animation and Short films. His biopic film on Sitar maestro Padma Vibhushan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan received wide acclaim. He was always drawing...
It was the year of 1980, when I recorded my first song as a playback singer for the Gujarati film ‘Tame Re Champo Ame Re Kel’. The music directors were famous duo Mahesh-Naresh, and it was my first interaction with both. Surprisingly, they had heard about me, but had never hear my voice, yet they...
‘Ai mere watan ke logon, zara aankh mein bhar lo paani’ - As this song plays anywhere! Anytime! our mind reels back to Lataji, Dharmendra and ‘Haqeekat’ and we name to the scores of the valiant men who laid down their lives during the 1962 Chinese aggression. But do we know that these men in...
Pt. RAJAN SAJAN MISHRA: The Brothers, Who Showed Advaita through Jugalbandi Indian classical music performance is generally thought of as a conversation with self, in a given Raga, through the language of notes. However, the tradition of Jugalbandi, which is more often marked by its inherent competitive nature, is also quite ancient. There have been great...
‘Swar Aalap’ congratulates ISRA for completing an amazing musical journey of eight years. Our best wishes for all the future endeavours In these years we have achieved the difficult task of Uniting the Singers of India and then Grown in strength. Competed the cycle of Membership, Enforcement, Administration, Collection, and Distribution.... we have till date distributed...
Bruno Mars and Anderson. Paak got their new collaboration Silk Sonic to the stage for the first time at the Grammys 2021. Playing their new single “Leave the Door Open” they infused some vintage style to the annual award show. Dressed suave and in matching burnt orange suits they delivered their debut live performance with an...
This year’s Rama Navami witnessed an extraordinarily grand celebration that saw over 100 artists coming together in 7 ensembles within an hour, to present 7 Bhajana Marga Kritis, composed by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran. This event by Mani Krishnaswamy Academy was interspersed with Ravikiran’s insights into the Bhajana Sampradaya tradition. As Ravikiran explained, Bhakti (devotional)...
Shankar Iyer | burmanfan@yahoo.com Manek Sabhagriha, Mumbai witnessed a rare musical event on 18th November - The coming together on stage of The three aces Legendary musical stalwarts, Manohari Singh, Kersi Lord and Ustad Rais Khan. The occasion endorsed organizing group Swar Aalap’s dedicated commitment to the cause of promoting and supporting musicians since 2002. The...
Beyoncé pays tribute to her beloved 13-year old fan who died battling cancer. Beyoncé shared a Capella medley of her songs in the glory of 13-year-old Lyric Chanel, who passed away on 5th March 2021. She paid homage to her little fan who died battling brain cancer for two years. All hearts for Beyoncé because she made...
