Dover Lane Music Conference is the longest running annual Indian Classical Music festival in Kolkata and possibly whole of India.  This year the festival is dedicated to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th Birth Anniversary.  The line-up for the 60th Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata has been announced and it is, as always, something special.  It promises another 5 nights offering some of the Best of Indian Classical Vocal, Tabla, Pakhawaj, Sitar, Shenai, Violin, Rudra Veena, Bansuri, Sarod and Harmonium performances from an all-star host of performers.

Each program begins at 8pm and continues through the night.  Its a wonderful experience, to sit with thousands of others, opening ones heart to the subtle and stirring magic of India Classical Music.  As the evening gives way to night and night gives way to early morning, the Ragas mellifluously flow from one into another, often in accordance with the sections of the day.  The festival takes place from 23rd – 26th January 2012 at Nazrul Mancha, Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata, India.

The listing is shared here for your pleasure and more information can be found at the Official Website :-   www.doverlanemusicconference.in

 22^nd January 

Ali Ahmad Husain Khan (Shehnai)

Girija Devi (Vocal)

Shujaat Husain Khan (Sitar)

M. Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)

Aashis Khan & Alam Khan (Jugalbandi-Sarod)

23^rd January

Mohi Baha’uddin Dagar (Rudra Veena)

Amiya Ranjan Banerjee (Vocal)

Manilal Nag (Sitar)

Ajoy Chakraborty (Vocal)

Shahid Parvez (Sitar)

24^th January

Kaushiki Desikan (Vocal)

Rajendra Prasanna (Flute)

Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Vocal)

Amaan Ali Khan (Sarod)

Rashid Khan (Vocal)

25^th January 

Ruchira Panda (Vocal)

Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod)

Manjiri Asanare Kelkar (Vocal)

N.Rajam (Violin)

Jasraj (Vocal)

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The 2nd annual Sur Mansur festival has taken place at the Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai.  It is held in honour of the late Padmavibhushan Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur.

Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur  (1910–1992) was an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.  He received the three of the highest national Padma Awards: Padma Shri in 1970, Padma Bhushan in 1976, and Padma Vibhushan in 1992.

Padma Talwalkar @ 2nd Sur Mansur Festival, Mumbai, 2011.

Raghunanda Panshikar @ 2nd Sur Mansur Festival, Mumbai, 2011.

Last night I had the sincere pleasure to attend the first night and became mesmerised as the music was flowing in mystic dreams and cosmic clouds. I was surfing on divine waves of bliss and eternal magic melodies were uplifting my soul! Raghunandan Panshikar & Padma Talwalkar were my guides in the ethereal realms of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana.  Excellence in this tradition took me to another dimension where the magic of classical music converges with the trascendental and divine.  I give thanks to these magical musical souls.

Ulhas Kashalkar @ 2nd Sur Mansur Festival, Mumbai, 2011.

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Arabic dub is an age old sonic concept, whose sound echoes through time round sandstorm laden pyramids. Dubsahara practices this ancient form of Cameltronica in fine style.  His recent set at Sonica Festival was a masterful excursion through the ultraworlds, navigating symphonic sinewaves in etheric motion.  It was a study in fluid dynamics and inference patterns of fractal geometry skillfully fused with traditional arabic melodies.

Enjoy more sonic incense from the master of desert mashups:-
Isotantric by dubsahara

Khaleeji Dub (first build) by dubsahara

Camel Straw Syndrome by dubsahara

Human Shaped by dubsahara

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Master Margherita has a new album entitled “The Marginal Rules” released on the Italian label, Blue Hour Sounds.

Master Margherita is an electrodelic producer whose music encompasses many dimensions within its spectral realm.  The ever-present groove of his music holds down a space for exploration, always encompassing movement and flow, often in several directions at once!  There are a variety of moods and spaces on the album, from jazzed-up funkatronic breaks to ambient space dreaming journeys.

Listen to the Album

Master Margherita – The Marginal Rules by master margherita

An absolute favourite is the sublime majesty of “Atesh (Hoele Remix)” which shimmers and sways thru sultry streams of incense and herbal smoke into a mystic mellow of subtle bliss and has been constantly  on our playlists. Check out the album and hey, dig deep and buy some tunes!

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www.mastermargherita.info

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Watch the Album!

Check this youtube mix featuring excerpts of album trax.