Flap -- thanks for introducing me to this wonderful singing. Nithyasree Mahadevan is the pip. posted by Faze at 7:57 AM on March 15
Beautiful stuff. I would love to see the failed attempts at the staff notation to which the wiki article referred. I can't even tell what time sig the first youTube link is in. posted by DenOfSizer at 8:15 AM on March 15
Thanks. I've really only heard male Carnatic singers. These are awesome videos. posted by kozad at 8:19 AM on March 15
Wow. Never heard this stuff before and it's amazing. Thanks! posted by owhydididoit at 8:56 AM on March 15
just kidding. thanks for being one of my youtubefilters. posted by billtron at 11:28 AM on March 15
Wonderful stuff, Flapjax.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s I used to do sound and recording for the St. Thyagaraja . Music Festival and really fell in love with Carnatic music. I can't sing it, but I did learn to count it out and to play the mridangam a bit.
The traditional ensemble usually consists of the singer, violin, mridangam (two-headed drum) and either tamboura or a sruti box.
The music would go on all day and into the next. I think it's a week long now. Headliners, nearly always in their 60s or 70s, performed compositions that might last an hour or more, depending on the singer's improvisational inspiration. There would also be a long long drum solo in each piece.
The people were always cool and the food wasn't too shabby either!
- posted by Herodios at 11:37 AM on March 15
Nithyasree Mahadevan is incredible. Thanks for expanding my horizons once again, flapjax! posted by languagehat at 12:55 PM on March 15
Not Carnatic, but I quite like Neela Bhagwat (YT) - through her Songs of Kabir* - the ecumenical Poet-Saint whose devotional songs she started singing after the Ayodhya riots.
* (trans: Rabindranath Tagore, so you know it's gotta be good!) posted by UbuRoivas at 5:41 PM on March 15
Surprising that she can sing like that sitting down! posted by scarabic at 5:47 PM on March 15
A gentle introduction to carnatic classical music. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 posted by dhruva at 6:05 PM on March 15
Subbalakshmi's voice gave me chills. Amazing post. posted by facetious at 6:09 PM on March 15
A.R. Rahman does some really beautiful electronica with carnatic vocals every now and then and I love it. Ephemeral mists does some similar work. That style fuses really well with electronics for some reason. posted by mysticalfairy at 6:48 PM on March 28 [1 favorite]
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