Recorded at Darbar Festival on 25 Oct 2018, at London’s Barbican Centre.

Musicians:
- Soumik Datta (sarod)
- Sukhvinder Singh (tabla)

Raag Gorakh Kalyan; Thaat: Khamaj; Samay: Night

Young sarod maestro Soumik Datta performs Raag Gorakh Kalyan, a spacious early night raga derived from folk tune...

Recorded for the Darbar Festival 2007, on 13th April at the Phoenix Theatre in London.

Musicians:
- Rimpa Siva (tabla, Farukhabad gharana)
- Sandeep Mishra (sarangi)

Rimpa Siva was a child prodigy, an amazing talent who defied gender roles to become a role model of the tabla at a young age. ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival on 21 Sep 2013, at London’s Southbank Centre

Musicians
- Sudha Ragunathan (vocal)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Kiruthika Nardaraja (tanpura)

Raga Abheri

“My mentor always told me ‘don’t reproduce from A to Z ev...

Recorded at Darbar on Sep 18 2016, at London’s Southbank Centre
- Amjad Ali Khan (sarod)
- Kumar Bose (tabla)
- Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)

Raag Megh; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Monsoon
Raag Miyan ki Malhar; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night or Monsoon

“If you don’t give a good treatment to a raga, then the ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, at London’s Southbank Centre, on 3rd April.

Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)

Raga Shanmukhapriya

Aruna Sairam leads a 5-piece Carnatic group through ...

Performed for Darbar on 13 Apr 2015, at Kolkata’s Botanic Gardens

Musicians:
- Kaushiki Chakraborty (khayal vocals & tanpura)

Raag Shudh Sarang; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Late Morning

Kaushiki Chakraborty’s romantic solo rendition of Shudh Sarang takes Hindustani music back to its roots, sung unam...

Recorded for Darbar Festival 2013, at London’s Southbank Centre, on 19th September.

Musicians:
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Mithila Sarma (tanpura)

Raga Shanmukhapriya

Jayanthi Kumaresh’s gently electrified saraswati veena is an...

Recorded for Darbar on 21 Sep 2014, at London’s Southbank Centre

Musicians:
- Niladri Kumar (sitar)
- Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)

Raag Mishra Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning

Sitarist Niladri Kumar plays Mishra Bhairavi, named for the goddess of destruction, replete with chromaticism, ...

Recorded at Darbar Festival on Sun 28 Oct 2018, at London’s Barbican Centre.

Musicians:
- Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar)
- Ojas Adhiya (tabla)

Raag Yaman; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

Ustad Shahid Parvez showcases some fascinating rhythmic-melodic interplay (‘layakari’), stretching and compress...

Recorded for Darbar on 19 Sep 2013, at London’s Southbank Centre

Musicians:
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)

A saraswati veena performance of Kapi, live in London, showcasing the raga’s devotional mood and unique phrasings, enabled by the presence of two di...

Recorded for Darbar on 17 Oct 2015 at London’s Southbank Centre

Musicians:
- Ranjani & Gayatri (vocals)
- HN Bhaskar (violin)
- Sai Giridhar (mridangam)
- Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)

Raga Chandrakauns; Samay: Night

The young Carnatic singers borrow from Hindustani music, using Raga Chandrakauns’ s...

Recorded at Darbar Festival on 17 Sep 2016, at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (carnatic vocal)
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (carnatic violin)
- Nevyelli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- Ghatam Karthick (ghatam)
- Kruthika Nadarajah (tanpura)
- Mit...

Recorded for Darbar on 24 Jun 2017, at Ravenna’s Teatro Alighieri

Musicians
- Pravin Godkhindi (bansuri)
- Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)

Raag Yaman; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

Bansuri exponent Pravin Godkhindi showcases his unique style, exploring the versatile and ambiguous moods of Raag Yama...

Recorded for Darbar Festival 2006, on 5th March at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester

Musicians:
- Nina Burmi (vocal)
- Ramesh Mishra (sarangi)
- Sanju Sahai (tabla)

Raag Mishra Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: 06:00 - 09:00 Morning

Nina Burmi uses her smooth three-octave vocal range to explore t...

Performed for Darbar Festival on 20 Sep 2015, at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Musicians:
- Kaushiki Chakraborty (khayal vocals)
- Satyajit Talwalkar (tabla)
- Milind Kulkarni (harmonium)
- Ranjana Ghatak & Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpuras)

Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon

Kaushiki’...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015 on 20th September, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank Centre.

Musicians:
- Kaushiki Chakraborty (khayal vocal)
- Satyajit Talwalker (tabla)
- Milind Kulkarni (harmonium)
- Ranjana Ghatak (tanpura)
- Gunwant Dhadyalla (tanpura)

Raag Bhimpalasi;...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.

Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)

Raga Kadanaku...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

Musicians:
- D Srinivas (Veena)

Music heals and lifts our spirits like nothing else. So why not listen to this soothing tanam by D Srinivas, one of India’s best exponents of the Saraswati Veena? In this video, D Srinivas plays a melodic improv...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

Musician:
- Pelva Naik (dhrupad vocals)

Raag Jog; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night

Pelva Naik’s Dhrupad rendition in Raag Jog will take you on a promising journey of this ancient musical tradition of India. Dhrupad precedes the birth of Khayal in Hi...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2010, on 3rd April, at King's Place, London.

Musicians:
- Veena Sahasrabuddhe (Gwalior, Jaipur and Kirana gharanas)
- Sanju Sahai (tabla)
- Tofail Ahmed (harmonium)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)
- Shobhana Patel (tanpura)

Raag Ahir Bhairav; Thaat: Bhairav, Samay: Morning...

Recorded at Darbar Festival 2012, on 29th September, at the Southbank Centre, London.

Musicians:
- Shruti Sadolikar-Katkar (Jaipur-Atrauli gharana)
- Vishwanath Shirodkar (tabla)
- Murad Ali (sarangi)
- Tanmay Deochake (harmonium)
- Ranjana Ghatak (tanpura)
- Shobhana Patel (tanpura)

Raag Kauns...