9th November, 2009

Ketaki Deo was back to hep me out this week, she hadn't had enough of the WREK studio :)

Tonight we focused on raags that are generally played at or around daybreak:

1. Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar) - Raga Ramkali, Live in London
2. Pandit Jasraj (vocals) - Raag Bhairavi, accompanied by Shafat Ahmed Khan on Tabla, Appa Jalgaonkar on Harmonium, Kumari Shweta Zaveri, Shri Neeraj Parekh & Shri Krishna Kant Parekh on vocals
3. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (sarod) - Jogiya Kalingra

Thanks for tuning in & calling in, tune in next Monday for another hour of some of the finest music created.

Karan Mehra
Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/gharanamusic

14th September, 2009

Busy start to the week, promises to get busier. Aarohi, the student orgranization on campus plan to organize their first Indian Classical concert of the semester in a few weeks, details will be posted here.

What played on the show this week was Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Pandit Ravi Shankar:

1. Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (vocals) - Raag Sampurna Malkauns

2. Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar) - We played a number of short tracks in the following raags:

Raag Ahir Lalit, Raag Nat Bhairav, Raag Bhatiyar, Raag Sindhu Bhairavi, Raag Hemant, Raag Rasiya

Here's an important event coming up:

Vibha will be holding its annual 5km run/walk event this year on sept 19th. The event will start in BioTech Quad courtyard, 315 Ferst Drive NW at 8.30 am. Vibha is a charity organization working for underprivileged children. All proceeds support child development projects and "Make a Wish" foundation. Last year, they had over 1000 participants and could raise $50,000. This year, there will be a special kids' carnival. For more details, please call Keshav at 770-309-6268 or visit http://tinyurl.com/vibhagtwalk

Come and support a great cause!

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com

July 27th, 2009: The July tribute series to Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, ep 4

The final show of the series and personally, it was my favourite. Following the opening piece by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was a beautiful performance by the Ustad along with Pandit Ravi Shankar, in Raag Ramdas Malhar. The show ended with what is possibly one of my favourite performances, Raag Mishra Mand by the Ustad and Pandit Nikhil Bannerjee. I had played this on an earlier show as well, but since we ran out of time on the show, I just had to play it again. I was happy that we could manage to fit in three great pieces in our last show, covering a good combination of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's solo performances as well as collaborations with two of Hindustani music's greatest Sitar players.

You can listen to the show here:

Part 1: 8 - 8.30 p.m.

Part 2: 8.30 - 9 p.m.

With this we wrap up our July special, a tribute to the legend. While he will be dearly missed by listeners, followers and peers all across the world, his music is timeless and something that we will continue to play here at Gharana Music.

These past 4 weeks have been a treat, I hope you enjoyed it as well.

Karan Mehra

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com

11th May 2009

...and we're back to school for the summer! And Gharana Music continues on WREK, 91.1 FM Atlanta. Tonight we heard sitar performances of two beautiful night raags: Khamaj and Yaman.

1. Pandit Ravi Shankar - Raag Khamaj (Golden Jubilee Concert, 1990)

2. Pandit Nayan Ghosh - Raag Yaman

Gharana Music will be on all summer, so keep tuning in!

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com

9th March 2009

Hello,

Today's play list:

1. Pt. Ravi Shankar (Sitar) - Raag Shudh Sarang, live (afternoon raag)
The piece begins with Pt. Ravi Shankar introducing the raag to the live audience

2. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) - Raag Bhimpalasi (afternoon raag)
All India Archival recording

Here is a video of Pt. Ravi Shankar giving George Harrison of The Beatles sitar lessons!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLZ-zW9Ti4

Do tune in again next week.

In case you missed the show, you can listen to the last show at
http://www.wrek.org/afternoonschedule
and the show prior to that at:
http://www.wrek.org/afternoonschedule2

Just look for Gharana Music on Monday at 8 p.m. in the schedule shown on the page. Here are the listening options:
















Thanks,
Karan

Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com