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Traka Doom – Franco Vaz

‘Papa Kahete hain bada naam karega’ song (Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak - Anand Milind) starts with Amir Khan, holding a cut-away Electric guitar.  His friends are playing Saxophone, Trumpet.  A couple of ladies are playing Kabash. Everyone, right from college Principal to students in the audience & we watching the movie song, are foot-tapping to...

EDITORIAL - Franco Vaz

It was such a stress-buster time

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Greetings for the day It was a wonderful experience being part of ‘94th Marathi Sahitya Sammelan’ recently held at Bhujbal knowledge city, Nasik. Apart from executing a farewell Musical evening with some renowned Marathi traditional artistes like Mrunmayi Deshpande, Purvi Bhave, Adarsh Shinde, Nandesh Umap, Avdhut Gupte, etc for me, it...

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Drums with Leslie Godinho

Leslie Godinho was a man with exceptional knowledge and skill in music. He was a drummer beyond the extraordinary. Not only was he popular in India but he made a name for himself worldwide. But did you know that it was Leslie Godinho who introduced drums to Indian music lovers? Isn’t that quite something. Let us...