December 20, 2004

MS Subbulakshmi the 'doyen of Carnatic music' died last week and was cremated with full state honours. Carnatic music is the classical music of southern India. Not always easy on Western ears, so why bother with it? Carnatic music archive. If you're willing to risk the 'Trident' player, you could also try the MS Subbulakshmi's stuff from Music India on-line.
posted by Plegmund 20 years ago
  • Thanks for the links Plegmund. Listening to some of the mp3's from the music archive. I've always liked Indian music (I have several albums in my collection including some music by MS Subbulakshmi) RIP
  • Just in case anyone's interested: A gentle introduction to carnatic music (part 1 of 4, change url to get the other parts)
  • dhruva, I was just about to post the link to Ramesh Mahadevan's masterful Gentle Introduction... hosted by yours truly. One of these days I must post some background on Ramesh to MoFi.
  • Somebody is indeed interested. Thank you, dhruva.
  • Fascinating post. Every day the monkeys teach me something new. Thank you Plegmund and dhruva!