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Category: Artist Profiles

Bombay Jayashri from Milap's archive
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Artist Profiles: Bombay S Jayashri

Angel Romero July 15, 2018 No Comments Bombay S JayashriIndiaIndian music

Bombay S Jayashri is a star of Carnatic music. She received her initial training from her parents. She learned under the guidance of Smt T…

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Artist Profiles: Biplab Bhattacharya

Angel Romero July 15, 2018 No Comments Biplab BhattacharyaIndiaIndian classical music

Biplab Bhattacharya Biplab was born in 1975 and was encouraged to play tabla at an early age by his father, Prof Kanai Bhattacharya (senior most…

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Artist Profiles: Bickram Ghosh

Angel Romero July 15, 2018 No Comments Bikram GhoshIndiaIndian musictabla

A percussionist of exceptional quality, Bickram Ghosh received his training from his father Shankar Ghosh and the great maestro Gyan Prakash Ghosh. He has accompanied…

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Artist Profiles: Babukishan

Angel Romero July 15, 2018 No Comments BabukishanIndiaIndian musicworld fusion

Krishnendu Das (a.k.a. Babukishan) is a music designer, singer and author from India. He was born September 27, 1962. Babukishan comes from a family background…

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Artist Profiles: Avijit Ghosh

Angel Romero July 15, 2018 No Comments Avijit GhoshIndiaIndian classical musicsarod

Born on November 30th, 1974 in Kolkata, Avijit Ghosh was introduced to Indian Classical Music under the influence of his maternal uncle sitar player Pt.…

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Artist Profiles: Aruna Sairam

Angel Romero July 14, 2018 No Comments Aruna SairamIndiaIndian classical music

Aruna Sairam was born October 30, 1952. Her virtuosity is expressed through a stunningly beautiful voice coupled with extraordinarily skilled improvisation and an ability to…

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Badal Roy - photo by Greg Plachta - courtesy Music of the World
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Artist Profiles: Badal Roy

Angel Romero July 14, 2018 No Comments Badal RoyIndiaIndian classical music

Amerendra ‘Badal’ Roy Choudhury arrived in New York in 1968 with a pair of tablas and eight dollars in his pocket. In three days he…

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Artist Profiles: Ashwin Batish

Angel Romero July 14, 2018 No Comments Ashwin BatishIndiaIndian classical musicsitarworld fusion

Ashwin Batish is a composer, performer, teacher of music, and recording artist. He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. His field of expertise includes…

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Artist Profiles: Ashim Mallick

Angel Romero July 14, 2018 No Comments Ashim MallickIndiaIndian classical musicsitar

Sitar player Ashim Mallick was born and brought up in a family where music is the first passion. Ashim started learning Sitar at the age…

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Artist Profiles: Ananda Shankar

Angel Romero July 14, 2018 No Comments Ananda ShankarIndiaIndian music

Ananda was born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh in 1942. The son of dancers Uday and Amala Shankar and the nephew of Pandit Ravi Shankar, he…

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