New Age Vibe

5 days passed since Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia’s 70th birthday. Living in Pondicherry in South India, it was not possible for me to attend the grand function in Mumbai (24hrs travel by train from my place) for Hariji’s bday. I hoped for some fans of Harji who have been to the function to upload the perforamance on youtube. At last here is a video from the function — Sonu Nigam, “India’s best playback singer or as the Golden Voice of Indipop”, performing live at Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia’s 70th birthday celebration. I wish Harji’s fans upload more video music …read more

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Pandit Hariprasad is known by his name in India (and in some other countries) for almost everyone. But for those who haven’t listened to his music or not heard of him, the music lengend of India, here is an interview with him from youtube. In this interview, he speaks about his perception of music, his inspiration and other interesting things. Followed by the interview are some snippets of wonderful live fulte concerts he performed. PS: sorry about some Hindi inbetween, but should be understandable even without that

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1. Celebration, Pt. 1 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
2. Celebration, Pt. 2 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
3. Creation, Pt. 1 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram
4. Creation, Pt. 2 – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram,
5. Passion – George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Larry Coryell, Vikku Vinayakram

Before I say a word about this album, I humbly apologize for the title and rest of the post, as I have great love for his music and respect as a musician …read more

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Ganga is a very sacred river in the Indian Mythology. Countless stories exist that tell you the sacredness of Ganga. And here are three great musicians that India ever had, giving a tribute to this sacred river through their music compositions: Ode to Ganga.
The album contains two tracks by Shiv Kumar Sharma, one by Hari Prasad Charausia and one by Vishwa Mohan Batt.
Ganga, Sangam
Delta – Journey To the Sea
Pathway To Peace …read more

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