Monthly Archives: March 2010

‘Are’are Panpipe Music – Straight from the Solomon Islands

By admin | Published: 03/31/2010
‘Are’are are the people from the Solomon Islands. Hugo Zemp, an enthnomusicologist documented some of their music. They make their music using bamboo stems of different lengths. *one of my friends on Facebook posted this video. I think it was Erik Franden.
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Sitar player Extraordinaire — Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan

By admin | Published: 03/26/2010
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan is a sitar player from India. He is a contemporary of the more well-known Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan. In the clip below, he plays the morning raga Sindhi Bhairavi (or is it Bhairavi). The accompanying on the tabla is by the superb  Sadashiv Pawar. The clip is from the documentary ‘Raga’ by [...]
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Goa International Pinhole Photography Contest 2010

By admin | Published: 03/08/2010
The folks at Center for Alternative Photography are organizing a pinhole photograph contest. Deadline for submission is on the 5th of April. The notable photographs will be part of an exhibition (25th April – May 2nd) So if you have some time of your hand, you should trying taking a few photographs and submit them. If [...]
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Evening Ragas on the Sarod by Ali Akbar Khan

By admin | Published: 03/06/2010
Here are some clippings of the master from Maihar playing two evening ragas – Marwa and Shree. Accompanying him on percussion (tabla) is Swapan Chaudhari. This first clip of the recital known as Alaap. The artist elaborates the rage in different ways. The tempo starts of slowly and since most of it is improvisation, this [...]
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