Ragha's Music

Earth Distressed (2009)

Ragha — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:52:15 +0000

Hindola-Malkauns (2008)

Ragha — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:33:19 +0000

Genre:

Indian classical/instrumental/contemporary

Intro:

Ragas (musical scales) and talas (rhythms) are the mainstay of classical Indian music. When rendered as free improvisation and with embellishments of swaras (notes), ragas represents colors and emotions. Structured improvisation and melodies are set to talas. In this project, we present in detail, various aspects of two popular ragas, Hindola of Carnatic tradition and Malkauns of Hindustani tradition. These two ragas are counterpart of each other in the two musical traditions.

Musicians –

Carnatic: Dr. Krishna Raghavendra-Veena, M.K.Pranesh-Flute and Charulatha Ramanujam-Violin

Hindustani: Pravin Godkhindi-Bansuri

Western: Dave King-Bass and Sangeeth Thomas-Keyboards

Percussion: Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma-Mridangam, Tavil and Konnakol, S.S.Venugopal Raju-Tabla, Amrit N-Khanjira, Giridhar Udupa-Ghatam and Arun Kumar-Morsing, Tala, Western Drums, Rhythm Pads and Tambourine Effects

Music is composed and arranged by Dr. Krishna Raghavendra

Nee Da Ma Daa (2007)

Ragha — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:39:54 +0000

Dhyana Meditation (2007)

Ragha — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:50:10 +0000

Sampradaya: Veena Tradition (2006)

Ragha — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:49:15 +0000

Shiva Ganga (2006)

Ragha — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:48:31 +0000

Sri Raghavendra Vishesha Kriti Mala (2006)

Ragha — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:50:54 +0000

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Shades of Love (2005)

Ragha — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:44:48 +0000

talk about the album a bit here

Tryst with Destiny (2003)

Ragha — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:35:39 +0000

Will need some text to talk about the album

The Great Train Journey (2002)

Ragha — Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:21:55 +0000

Featuring Charlie Mariano and Karnataka College of Percussion

Genre: fusion/jazz/world/Indian/instrumental/veena

Life is a train (musical) journey which develops into fleeting or
permanent relationships (collaborations)

MUSIC

“The Great Train Journey” CD is in the true spirit of raga and rhythm ensemble (RARE) of Dr. Krishna Raghavendra, promoting and integrating Indian music with other forms of music. It is a musical journey, through nature, of South Indian musicians together with jazz musicians. One of the legendry alto saxophone players, Mr. Charile Mariano, and, master bass player Mr. Dave King are assets to the album. The well-known musicians of Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP), under the direction of Mr. T.A.S. Mani have effectively played South Indian complex rhythmic patterns. All the compositions are the original creations of Dr. Raghavendra and brilliant singer Mrs. R.A. Ramamani and are based on Indian ragas.

SONGS

Title                                         Time
1.   The Great Train Journey (raga Valaji)                    6:55
2.   Many Ways (raga Bahudari)                   5:00
3    Peacock Dance (raga Shhanmukhapriya)           7:39
4    Across the Desert (raga Vakulabharana)                6:56
5    Boat Rowing (raga Abheri)                  7:35
6    Lion in the Middle (raga Simhendramadhyama)       8:40
7    Mountain (raga Mohana)                  8:08
8    Reminiscence (raga Kannada)                     5:29

MUSICIANS

INDIAN

Dr. Krishna Raghavendra – Veena
R.A. Ramamani – Vocals and Konnakkol
T.A.S. Mani – Mridangam
V.K. Raman – Bamboo Flute
M.S. Govinda Swamy – Violin

JAZZ

Charlie Mariano – Alto Saxaphone
Dave King – Bass
Amit Heri – Guitar
G. Machado – Guitar
F. Melville – Keyboard

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Karnataka College of Percussion