Awaaz Anjane January 2007 Episodes

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Awaaz Anjane performers this week celebrate the golden voice of Mahendra Kapoor. One of the legends of yesteryears, Mahendra Kapoor handled all genres of songs with ease. The sixties and seventies saw him produce hits teaming with almost all the famous music directors in movies like Gumraah, Hamraaz and many others. Many of us still remember the songs from the eighties hit Nikaah. While Shantha pays tribute to the romanticism associated with many of Mahendraji’s songs, Harish explores the patriotic flavor for India’s Republic Day celebrations tomorrow. Listen to these evergreen songs from Upkar and Purab aur Pachhim that transcends the geographical confines of any single country and ignites pride in every patriot.

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 - Piya and Deb

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From film songs onto semi-classical and ghazals through the melodious voice of Ratna from Calcutta. Trained in Hindustani Classical, semi-classical, ghazals and folk songs, Ratna mesmerizes us with a couple of beautiful songs including the Ghalib masterpiece immortalized by Iqbal Bano and the classic Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan song Piya Re. She is also into fusion music, trying to blend thumri and folk songs through the fusion band Karma. The mood for this Ghazal episode inspired us as well to try one of our favorite Jagjit-Chitra numbers.

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 - Piya and Deb

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We could not have agreed more with Time Magazine’s choice of Person of The Year for 2006 - you. In our own little world of Awaaz Anjane, we are proud to host this Indian podcast that brings forward your musical creativity and passion. We thank you for your support and salute you for keeping that musical spirit alive in you. Time’s recognition is also self-rewarding for us, as we constantly explore new ways of reaching out to you through new programs and look forward to partnering with you in this process. Do visit the new PodioIndia blog page for the updates. This episode’s finds are Nandu and Ramesh in two lovely songs where they themselves have reworked the music. This talented singer-composer duo create some very nice original music as well. Also featured is Anoop who sings a Kishore Kumar song that is very near and dear to his heart.

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 - Piya and Deb

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Happy New Year to all of you. True to the spirit of the new year, we pick up some of the newer songs of last year from the movie Gangster. Sagarnil, nineteen year old engineering student from Calcutta, India enthralls us with a couple of brilliant renditions with the backing music performed by himself on his guitar and keyboard. For those in search of pre-recorded tracks, we play a few samples from Aniruddh’s recently released albums, available through his club.

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 - Piya and Deb

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