No. I am not referring to the renowned Milanese Nightingale, the preening, melodramatic diva with her trademark ear-splitting rendition of the Jewel Song!
When G.N.Balasubramaniam (GNB) captured the throne as the Prince Charming of carnatic music, he eclipsed almost all the established vocalists of that time. Such was the magic of his rare,…
I wish to share with you two songs by the Greatest of the Great singer of yesteryears, the inimitable GNB (G.N.Balasubramaniyam)! This kriti is in the Raga “Abhogi” – “Manasu…
The Legendary musical “My Fair Lady” (1964) which was based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, never fails to fascinate me, whatever the number of times I have viewed it and savoured…
Listen to the song that Rex Harrison (as Professor Henry Higgins) sings in the classical film, My Fair Lady: Revealing, ain’t it! Should you not mull over the perils of…
There is an interesting artilcle in Blog Critics on the role of BitTorrents in perpetuating P2P music sharing despite hectic maneuvering and arm-twisting by the music business houses. Very informative.
Listen to this number – the one with the title “Headlock” – of the album “Speak For Yourself” of Imogen Heap from the podcast found here: Doesn’t it sound very…