THUMRI http://thumri.com CELEBRATIONS OF SONG Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Another Saigal Ghazal http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/18/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/18/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:24:37 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/uncategorized/18/ After a long time, another rare Saigal ghazal:

‘gar siyah-bakht hii hona tha naseebon mein mere

zulf hota tere rukhsar pe ya til hota

The recording I have has the first line snipped off. It could be cleaner too — this file is too saturated and a little noisy. Maybe I will re-digitize it someday when I have the time.

Enjoy!

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/18/feed/ Site update http://thumri.com/uncategorized/17/ http://thumri.com/uncategorized/17/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:05:58 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=17 Major site update today — it has been ported over to an entirely new system. All the old entries have been copied over, although of course the dates on them are all wrong now. Hopefully this will be a better interface for you to browse, and also make it easier to add content and new features.

Let us know if something is broken!

]]> http://thumri.com/uncategorized/17/feed/ Master Madan, one last time http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/16/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/16/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:39:08 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=16 The last two recordings of Master Madan in our little treasure trove are these two Punjabi songs. There is a faster tempo and some orchestral support, and his usual intensity of soul and pathos.

baagaan vich piingaan paiyaan, and

raavii de parle kanDe ve mittaraa, rehnda hai dil da chor!

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/16/feed/ Pilu Thumri, Begum Akhtar http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/15/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/15/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:37:27 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=15 A beautiful Pilu thumri from Akhtaribai of Faizabad — bhanwara re, hum pardesi log.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/15/feed/ Some more Master Madan http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/14/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/14/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:34:51 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=14 The last of Master Madan’s bhajan’s is here — chetna hai toh chet lai.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/14/feed/ mere jahaan-e-mohabbat pe chhaye jaate hain! http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/13/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/13/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:33:11 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=13 Virtuosity of delivery combined with populist lyrics — witness the signature of the early Begum Akhtar in mere jahaan-e-mohabbat pe chhaye jaate hain!.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/13/feed/ More Master Madan http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/12/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/12/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:32:07 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=12 mana kii mana hii maanhe rahii — the young Master Madan is at his bewitching best in this Sorath (?) bhajan.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/12/feed/ Another Kamala Jharia ghazal http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/11/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/11/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:30:39 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=11 Kamala Jharia returns with another ghazal: jalwanuma woh shokh jo pesh-e-nazar na ho.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/11/feed/ Mori binati mano http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/10/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/10/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:29:24 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=10 Our next Master Madan offering is the bhajan mori binati maano kaanh re.

]]> http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/10/feed/ Akhtaribai Faizabad http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/9/ http://thumri.com/lost-melodies/9/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:27:50 +0000 webmaster http://thumri.com/?p=9 The mercurial Begum Akhtar in her `Akhtari Faizabad’ days: takhayyul se daaman bachao toh jaane!.

You shall be seeing a lot more of her in these pages!

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