Recorded by Darbar in 2017, on location in Tamil Nadu, India

Musician:
- Bharat Sundar (Carnatic vocal and tanpura)

Tillana in Raga Behag

Young Carnatic vocalist Bharat Sundar sings Behag, a raga imported from Hindustani Music. It is popular for tukda (‘little pieces’) and other lighter songs....

Recorded by Darbar in 2017, on location in Mulshi, India

Musicians:
- Dhruv Bedi (sitar)

Raag Shudh Kalyan; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

Young sitarist Dhruv Bedi plays the early night-time raga Shudh Kalyan, a blend of Bhupali and Yaman. Dhruv studies under Imdadkhani maestro Budhaditya Mukh...

Recorded live at the Tiger Caves, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.

Musician:
- Jayanth Ambedkar (bansuri)

Raga Kapi

Amidst the incessant chirping of birds in this stunning temple complex in South India, Jayanth Ambedkar explores the Carnatic raga Kapi on his bansuri – the bamboo flute.

Th...

Recorded for Darbar Festival in 2016, on location in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Musicians:
- Ram Kumar Mallick (dhrupad vocal)
- Samit Mallick (dhrupad vocal)

Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon

It is said that the ancestors of the Mallick family, Darbhanga court musicians, once e...

Recorded by Darbar in 2017 on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India

Musicians:
- Dhruv Bedi (sitar)

Raag Bhimpalasi; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Afternoon

Dhruv Bedi is one of India’s most promising young sitarists. The son of sitar and surbahar exponent Jagdeep Singh Bedi, he also receives training ...

Recorded on location at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.

Raag Ahir Bhairav, Thaat: Bhairav, Samay: Early Morning

A special performance against the Bay of Bengal beach, Shashank perfoms Raag Ahir Bhairav. Born to a biochemist father in the extraordinarily musical village of Rudrapatna, Shashank...

Recorded on location in Singur, West Bengal, India.

Musician:
- Mita Nag

Raag Suha Kanada; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Late Morning

Filmed on location at Singur, West Bengal, Mita Nag performs Suha Kanada. Nag is the sixth generation of sitarists in her family - a lineage including Manilal Nag (her fa...

Recorded for Darbar in 2017, on location in Mulshi, India.

Musicians:
- Ramakant Gaikwad (khayal & swarmandal)
- Ramkrishna Karambelkar (tabla)
- Abhinay Laxmikant Ravonde (harmonium)

Raag Bageshree; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night

Ramakant Gaikwad calls out across the Maharashtra plains as if to a...

Watch this stunning Raag Todi by Indrani Mukherjee in the Kirana-Rampur Khayal style. Recorded on location in Bawali, West Bengal, India.

Musician:
- Indrani Muckerjee (vocal)

Raag Todi; Thaat: Todi; Samay: Late Morning

Indrani Mukherjee sings the morning Raag Todi amongst the lush setting of ...

Recorded by Darbar in 2017, at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.

Musicians:
- Shashank Subramanyam (bansuri)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)

Shashank Subramanyam substitutes a tanpura for the sounds of the ocean for an outdoor take of Raga Charukeshi.

Born to a biochemist father in the extraordinar...

Recorded by Darbar in 2017, on location at The Rajbari Bawali, India.

Musicians:
- Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar)
- Soumen Nandy (tabla)

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

Sitar maestro Budhaditya Mukherjee’s spectacular rendition of the rain-bringing Raag Mian Ki Malhar,...

Recorded on location at Mahabalipuram Tiger Cave, Tamil Nadu, India.

Musician:
- J.A. Jayanath (bansuri)

Raag Sindhu Bhairavi, Thaat: Asavari, Samay: Early Morning

Set amongst the stunning Tiger Caves said to have been built in the 8th century AD, Jayanth plays Sindhu Bhairavi. As a child his ...

Recorded on location in North Bawali, Kolkata, India

Musician:
- Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar)

Raag Todi; Thaat: Todi; Samay: Late Morning

A stunning rendering of morning Raag Todi set in the ground of The Rajbari Bawali near Kolkata. Mukherjee is revered for his extraordinary command of...

Recorded on location in Kolkata Botanic Gardens, India.

Musician:
- Kaushiki Chakraborty (khayal)

Raag Jaunpuri; Thaat: Asavari; Samay: Late Morning

Kaushiki sings the evocative Raag Jaunpuri in the Kolkata botanic gardens at sunrise for an exclusive Darbar on location shoot. Despite being bit...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

Musicians:
- Jayateerth Mevundi (Kirana Gharana)
- Dattatray Bhave (Tabla)
- Leeladhar Chakradev (Harmonium)
- Rameshwar Dange (Tanpura)
- Sateesh Bhat (Tanpura)

Raag Brindavani Sarang; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Late Morning

Filmed as a farmhouse i...

Recorded on location at The Rajbari Bawali, Kolkata, West Bengal

Musicians:
- Pandit Ramkumar Mallick
- Samit Mallick

Raag Multani; Thaat: Todi; Samay: Afternoon

Pandit Ramkumar and Samit Mallick are leading exponents of the Darbhanga dhrupad court music tradition, named for a former state nea...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

Musician:
- Jayateerth Mevundi (Kirana gharana)

Raag Bhatiar; Thaat: Marwa; Samay: Early Morning

Early morning in spring Jayateerth Mevundi borrows one of the Darbar team's jumpers as it is too cold to sing. He warms up and goes straight into...

Recorded on location in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Musician:
- Shashank Subramanyum (bansuri)

Raga Sarasangi

As the sun rises over the ocean waves, maestro Shashank Subramanyan performs a meditative and sublime awakening of Raga Sarasangi - a total immersion in nature and just how music ...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India in 2015.

Musician:
- Sahana Banerjee (sitar)

Sahana Banerjee plays Alaap and Jod in Raag Yaman
Raag Yaman; Thaat: Kalyan; Samay: Evening

Sahana Banerjee explores Raag Yaman in this 8 minute 44 second presentation of Darbar’s On Location series...

Recorded on location near Kolkata India.

Musician:
-Pandit Prattyush Banerjee (sarod)

Raga Pratapavarali

Pandit Prattyush Banerjee pushes the boundaries of the modern sarod, combining superb solo musicianship with innovations in composition and instrument design. He plays the carnatic Raga Pra...

Recorded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India

Musician:
- Pelva Naik (dhrupad vocal)

Raag Jog; Thaat: Kafi; Samay: Night

Young dhrupad singer Pelva Naik sings a candlelit solo rendition of Raag Jog, replete with slow slides, meditative microtones, and patient melodic elaboration. At age 1...

Recorded on location in Singer, West Bengal, India.

Musician:
- Abhishek Lahiri (sarod)

Raag Malkauns; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Midnight

Abhisek Lahiri is a gharana-blending young sarod player, who fuses ideas from the Shahjahanpur, Maihar, and Senia Bangash traditions. Abhisek Lahiri plays th...

Recoded on location in Mulshi, Maharashtra, India.

Musician:
- Jayateerth Mevundi (khayal vocal)

Raag Bhilaskhani Todi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Late Morning
Raag Bhairavi; Thaat: Bhairavi; Samay: Morning

Jayateerth Mevundi is one of the Kirana gharana’s leading vocalists. Born in Hubli, he rec...

Recorded on location in Bawali, West Bengal, India.

Musicians:
- Indrani Muckerjee (vocal)

Raag Multani; Thaat: Todi; Samay: Afternoon

Indrani Mukherjee holds the tradition of the Kirana-Rampur gharana and thumri in Purab Ang. Mukherjee performs Raag Multani in the afternoon on location in the...