Here is today's Classical section

Kala Ranjani :: Adi Ant ~ Creation Mondiale :: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Henry Tournier, Orchestra Trans Europ

Indian music in incredibly complicated. In addition to all the nuances of major and minor notes, the particular style of playing them and the gharanas, Ragas are also associated with the time of the day. Take a look at this article for more information on this topic.

The theme of today's show was this association between Raga and time of the day. We played a series of tracks composed in Ragas that are associated with early morning, early afternoon, evening and late night. Take a look at the set of songs we played earlier today. Hopefully you enjoyed it.

Classical Section
(Song :: Album :: Artists)
Raga Malaya Marutham :: Master of Indian Bansuri :: Ronu Majumdar
Passing of the Day (Raga Bhimpalashri), Medium theme :: Nature of Ragas - Ragas of Nature :: Ken Zuckerman
Passing of the Day (Raga Bhimpalashri), Fast theme :: Nature of Ragas - Ragas of Nature :: Ken Zuckerman
Raga Puriya Dhanashri :: The Best Of Sarod Vol.2 :: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Raga Kalavati (Gat in Teental - fast tempo) :: Native Signs :: Rahul Sharma
Jor & Jhala :: Kirwani - Message Of The Birds :: Hariprasad Chaurasia, George Brooks and Vijay Ghate


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Hello Listeners,
I dedicated the classical music section of today's show to Raga Hamsadhwani. Hamsa, in Sanskrit, means swan and Dhwani means voice. This raga is dedicated to the slow moving swan whose voice is supposed to attract one and all on this earth. Hamsadhwani is an extremely popular Raga in both the forms of Indian classical music i.e Hindustani and Carnatic classical. In today's show, I played various Hindustani and Carnatic classical compositions based on Raga Hamsadhwani. I hope you enjoyed the the nuances of performing this Raga on different instruments. Here is the entire playlist.

Classical Section
(Song :: Album :: Artists)
Heaven :: Vira :: Rakesh Chaurasia, Talvin Singh
Hamsadhwani :: Free Your Mind :: Dr L. Subramanium
Gat in Raga Hamsadhwani :: Raga Hamsadhwani :: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
Vatapi Ganapatim :: When Violin Sings :: Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj
Raag Hamsadhwani :: Live In Khajuraho, Vol 2:: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Nammama Sharade :: Wind Excellence :: Kadri Gopalnath
Gam Ganapathe :: Carnatic Melodies :: U. Srinivas

Bollywood Section
Dil Chahta Hai :: Dil Chahta Hai :: Shankar Mahadevan
Kabhi Neem Neem :: Yuva :: A.R. Rehman, MadhuShree
Paatshala(Be a Rebel) :: Rang De Basanti :: Aslam, Naresh Iyer
Najaney Kyon :: Duur :: Duur
O Sanam :: O Sanam :: Lucky Ali
Aadat:: Aadat :: Atif Aslam
Tere Bina Nahin Lagda :: Traffic Signal :: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Tere Bin :: Bas Ek Pal :: Atif Aslam
Dooba Dooba :: Silk Route :: Silk Route

Hello folks,
I hope all of you enjoyed today's show with the little tribute to Sukhwinder Singh. This is today's playlist. As I said during the show, if you have not looked at the movie clip of chaiyya chaiyya take a look at it the youtube video linked below. Have a great weekend ahead and tune back next saturday at half past noon.

Classical Section
Gat in Teental, Raag Kirwani :: Sangeet Sangam :: Dr L. Subramaniam, Ustad Vilayat Khan
Evening Prayer :: Mountain Trail :: Rahul Sharma
Adbhut :: Spark :: Ganesh-Kumaresh, Taufiq Qureshi
Sing with us :: Celebration :: Rahul Sharma, Louis Banks, Taufiq Qureshi, Shaafat Ahmed Khan

Bollywood Section
Ramta Jogi :: Taal :: Sukhwinder Singh,Alka Yagnik
Ruth Aa gayee Re :: 1947 Earth :: Sukhwinder Singh
Ghanan Ghanan :: Lagaan :: Sukhwinder Singh, Shankar Mahadevan
Chaiyya Chaiyya :: Dil Se :: Sukhwinder Singh, Swapna Awasti
Shyam Rang Do :: Water :: Raquib Alam, Richa Sharma, Surjo Battachariya
Omkara:: Omkara :: Sukhwinder Singh
Kash Laga :: No Smoking :: Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehndi
Unke Nashe Mein :: Shootout At Lokhandwala :: Sukhwinder Singh, Mika
Jab Dil Miley :: Yaadein :: Sukhwinder Singh

Guess what!!! I got three exciting calls during this week's show. It more than compensated for the extra hour I had to program :D. And guess who called me!!!!! Yeah it was DAVE!! and he seemed to really like the music.

And guess what!!! I got a call from a person (actually a community) who had tuned into the webcast in WOODSTOCK, NEWYORK.. wow!! that is on the other coast... That was way too flattering. Keep listening folks. We are here to bring you more FANTABULOUS Indian music...

Today we played songs from Bachchan movies. I.e., we started with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishekh Bachchan songs, followed by a entire set of Amitabh songs. Hope you enjoyed this one ..

Bekha Diya Hamein (Umrao Jaan)
Tere Bina (Guru)
Kajra Re (Bunty Aur Babli)
Dekha Na Hai Re (Bombay to Goa)
Khaike Paan Banaraswaala (Don)
Pag Ghungroo (Namak Halaal)
Mere Angane Mein (Lawaaris)
Jhumma Chumma (Hum)
Mein Tera Naam Loonga
Kabhi Kabhi (Remix)
Main Hoon Kaun (Don)
Eer Bir Phatte (Aby Baby)
B N B 3:41 Bunty Aur Babli
Banda Yeh Bindas Hai (Aks)
Jind Mahi by Malkit Singh (Bend it Like Beckham)
O Saathi Re (Mukaddar Ka Sikandar)

Gathi :: Shanti :: Abhijeet Pohankar
Initiation :: Bansuri Dreams :: John Wubbenhorst
Rebirth Feat :: Midival Times :: Anoushka Shankar
Season Of Life :: Call of the Desert :: Pandit Brijbhushan Kabra
Cosmic Dance :: Caravan :: Ragleela - Uwe Nuemann(Sitar), Jean-Marc Hebert(Guitar), Shankar Das(Tabla)
Love Beckons :: The Best of Swar Utsav 2003 :: Rahul Sharma
The Indian Concerto :: Carnatic Chills :: Ganesh Kumaresh *
Mera Sohna Sajan :: Euphoric Sufis :: Abida Parveen
Tumse Milke :: Main hoon na :: Sonu Nigam
Kaho Na Kaho :: Murder :: Amir Jamal
Ramta Jogi :: Taal :: Sukhwinder Singh,Alka Yagnik
Woh Ladki hai kahan :: Dil Chahta Hai :: Shaan, Kavitha Krishnamurthy
Rang De Basanti :: Rang de basanti :: Daler Mehndi,Chitra
Naina Thug lain ge :: Omkara :: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Yeh Honsla :: Dor :: Salim Merchant, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan
Dole Re :: Agnivarsha :: Chitra, Kay Kay
Yuh hi chala chal :: Swades :: Udit Narayan, Kailash Kher, Hariharan
Bin Tere sanam :: Yaara dil daara :: Udit Narayan
Gehra Gehra :: Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie :: Sunidhi Chauhan

* Ganesh Kumarsh are performing in UCSB on 11th May(Friday) 2007 starting 7pm at Lotte Lehman Hall on UCSB. Call 805 705 4886 for tickets and additional information.