Kshana Mathuna - Valachi Jayadeva Adi Tuned in Valachi by Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman Vocal - Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman Violin - VV Subramaniam Mridangam - Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Apologies to subscribers for not posting often enough. I'd been extremely busy for several months putting in ridiculous hours. Now that my project at work is actually complete, though, I have a bit more time again, and I can hopefully get back up and going again after I return from India. I'd previously refrained from posting anything featuring SKR mainly because videos of him simply don't exist. Even the recently released documentary program on SKR featured only a single 5-second clip of actual video and was otherwise dominated by still images. Sadly, the man was not at all respected during his lifetime but for serious musicians, and so there simply aren't many engagements in which people cared enough for his performances to consider it worth recording on video. On top of which, many staunch traditionalists who didn't care for SKR's delving into rare ragas and unconventional phrases would regularly speak ill of him. He was eventually awarded the Kalaimamani after a very long career, but sadly passed the very day after it was announced, and like many true musicians' musicians, he is far more appreciated after his death. Regardless, being that I am one of those who has known him and that I have often evangelized his greatness, I feel compelled to provide at least some justification for my position ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkvsc3ysTQ0&hl=en
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