The Music Box.
Entries about the music I like.
U Srinivas – Pancharatna Krithis Trio Mandolin
On the fifth day of the Thyagaraja Aradhana festival, thousands gather to perform Thyagaraja’s most revered composition, Pancharatna Krithikal, in unison. This set of 5 songs is considered an especial composition in the Carnatic canon. It’s a set of five krithis in five ghana ragas (special ragas whose uniqueness is brought out especially when played in medium tempo).
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
From my 16th birthday to my 18th, I listened to Geek U.S.A. about thrice as often as my second most frequently heard song (I think it was either the Beatles’ A Day In The Life or the Cure’s A Forest). I’d scroll down to number fifty-something (54, I think?) on a playlist named ‘the greatest guitar solos of all time – hq’ and there it’d be: 'Smashing Pumpkins – Geek U.S.A.'