As part of my slow progress in capturing material on ragas not available elsewhere, I’ve just added a section on the somewhat rare raga Nayaki Kanada This post is dedicated to the memory of sarod maestro Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta who passed away recently. Gopal Nayak’s Kanada – Raga Nayaki Kanada Continue reading New Raga: Nayaki Kanada

I recently performed the sweet melodiic raga Patdeep (Patdip) at a concert in Brisbane. A beautiful afternoon raga, it reminded me of many poems and musical compositions in this lesser heard raga Often considered a “smaller” or “limited” raga, Patdeep is never the less a beautiful haunting melody worthy of detailed exploration. So here is a page on this raga Patdeep- an afternoon poem Continue reading Patdeep- an afternoon poem

I performed with Nicolas Buff (Saxophone) and Pandurang Torvi (tabla) at the Temple in Melbourne. We played Raga Gorakh Kalyan in Jhaptaal (10 beats) and Teentaal (16 beats) We had no time to meet and practice, so resorted to sending each other sound clippings recorded on the phone ! The composition below is originally from sarod maestro Pandit Buddhadeb Dasgupta as communicated by his senior … Continue reading Jugalbandi

At a recent concert by a visiting vocalist  (Shri Kuljit Singh Sangar), he sang a fast 16 beat composition in Bageshri. I heard it and then went about my own business, but the composition stayed with me mentally. A few days later, I was able to take the gist of the composition and translate it to the sarod.  I initially thought I’d come up with … Continue reading New compositions: the art of mulling over things

Continuing the series on this magnificent raga.. some compositional material from a lesson with students… a slow 16 beat (vilambit teentaal) composition in Raga Kaunsi Kanada Continue reading Added new material on raga Kaunsi Kanada