1997 – My Favourites

It's been six months since I posted my yearly review post of the 1990s. While I was preparing for the post a few months ago, the sad demise of composer Shravan left me shaken. He was an important part of the 90s music. After that I got busy with other posts and I left the …

‘Tum Apna Ranj o Gham – Remembering Jagjit Kaur’

It was a sunny morning on 15th August that we all were celebrating the 75th Independence Day. I got a message on one of the whatsapp groups declaring the sad demise of a playback singer of yesteryears, Jagjit Kaur. It was around a couple of years back, on 19th August 2019 that Khayyam passed away …

Happy Birthday Sunidhi!

Sunidhi Chouhan is one of the talented and versatile singers of Bollywood. I'm a big fan of her voice. How should I describe it? It's at times husky, at times raw, but yet very appealing to ears. She can sing softly, even her whispering is awesome. Today on her birthday, let's listen to some of …

(Part 1) Boat Songs

In the month of June this year, I published a series of posts based on the train songs, dedicating the entire month to it. A few months earlier, I published songs with a tonga rhythm. While all these posts were in progress, I was wondering what next? Keeping the thought on the back burner I …