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Listen to or buy this album A recording from a private concert in Goa in 2007. Satyasheelji sings the rain-raga Miya Malhaar followed by his own compositions in various other Ragas. Track List: Miyaa Malhaar – Kareem Naam Tero Miyaa Malhaar – Ghar Mohe Jaane Na Det Miyaa Malhaar – Jajyo Re Badaravaa Savani – Na Bhaae Daras Ek Savani – Beeti Saari Raina Maaru Bihaag – Aavat Nit Yaad Patmanjari
Preview or Buy this Album This is a recording of a live concert that took place on the 19th of July, 2009, at the Manthan series of concerts, in Vashi, Mumbai. Satyasheelji’s command over spontaneous improvisation is best demonstrated in his live concerts. His imagination and inventiveness along with his thorough understanding of traditional interpretations, his ability to create unexpected movements within the raag, his exceptional command over laya-taal are all apparent in this concert. The power, the emotion and the imagination that Satyasheelji displayed in this concert moved many to tears. His powerful, resonant voice and his intense sur ka kaam in multani gripped the audience from the very beginning. The lilt of the bandishes in raga megh and the emotion of the thumri in raga pilu kept the audience riveted till the very end of the performance. Track List: Multani – Man Ki Man Hi Maahi Rahi Multani – Manvaari Ho Kaari Kaari Multani – Dil Bekaraar Hai Megh – Garaje Ghataa Ghan Megh – At Dhoom Dhaam Aae Megh – Bolan Laagi Papiharaa Re Thumri – Laag Rahi Nirgun Bhajan – Naiyya Mori
Listen to or Buy this Album This is the recording of a live performance given by Satyasheelji at the 6th Annual Dhvani-BKF Pt.Mallikarjun Mansur Music Festival-2009, in Bangalore. Satyasheelji presented four rare bandishes in the morning raga Todi. Track List: Raga Todi – Ja Ja Re Raga Todi – Been Bajaave Maai Ri Bairan Jaa ri Jaa Koyaliya and Tarana
Listen to or buy this album. Track list: Jhoola – Sur Malhar Dar Laage Oonchi Atariyaa – Sur Malhar Lata Mangeshkar Speaks Kisko Aisi Baat Kahen – Gaud Malhar Ban Mein – Gaud Malhar Jaani Jaani – Gaud Malhar Maadho Mukund & Maro Kaakariyaa – Ramdasi Malhar Sundar Surajanavaa – Charukeshi Balam Mori Chaando Kalaiya – Bilaskhani Todi Tarana – Tanata Na Deem – Bilaskhani Todi Sakal Mil Sunat Raag Vilaas Tarana – Taan Re – Bilaskhani Todi Tapan Laagi Geheri – Shuddha Sarang Bataide Mohe Gaan – Shuddha Sarang Kite Din Piya Dekhe Bin Beete – Shuddha Sarang Mori Kar Pakarat – Dhani An artist’s ‘kahen’ is his particular way of bringing to life the lyrical and melodic content of a song and imbuing it with emotive significance. Every maestro that Hindustani Classical Music has seen has had his own unique kahen. Satyasheel Deshpande’s kahen is a soulful rendering of his innate expression, nurtured by his intense study of and exposure to these maestros through his father, the eminent musicologist Shri Vamanrao Deshpande, his guru, Pt. Kumar Gandharva and his phenomenal study of the art through his archives, The Samvaad Foundation. Kahen takes a fresh new look at the
Preview and buy this album. Track list: Aeji Savare – Kalingada Jal Jamuna – Pancham Se gara Three Moods Of Kaafi Chale Jaiho Bedarda – Pahadi Dagar Mori Chhando Lag Gai Chot – Gara Ras Ke Bhare Tore Nain – Bhairavi The Thumri is one of the most enchanting forms of North Indian music. ‘Thumri Katha- The story of Thumri’ is an attempt to showcase the various faces of the Thumri. Thumri Katha encompasses the many emotions and situations that this ‘lighter’ form of classical music has traditionally portrayed. The thumri is essentially an expression of the sringar rasa, of the delicate, passionate, playful utterances of the young woman in love. Frequently though, emotions of indescribable divinity emerge from all of the thumri’s erstwhile almost naughty playfulness. Incorporating these ideas into one album to do justice to the variety traditionally found in Thumri singing was, to quote Satyasheelji, quite a challenge. Never one to do things half-heartedly, Satyasheelji devoted almost six months to this project, listening to the approximately 250 thumris he has in his archive. He moulded the tonalities of his voice to suit thumri singing. To add to this, each thumri has been sung by Satyasheelji in the