navrang
The Navrang Show has existed since Spring 1992. Our goal is to introduce listeners to the diverse and enormous plethora of music from the Indian subcontinent and its worldwide diaspora. We play all kinds of music: Bollywood hits old and new, Indian classical, ghazals, Indipop, sufi, folk and Asian Underground.
Current Navrang DJs: Varsha V., Gaura K., and Justin L.
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18th: Laya Taal Saadhna -Pt. Shantilal Shah
22nd: SwaraRagaLaya -Vidushi Rajrajeshwary Bhat
Nav – ‘nine’ and Rang – ‘color’.
Indian music is based on nine rasa / emotions. The rasas are: Karuna ~ sadness, sorrow | Shringar ~ love, joy | Veer ~ heroism, valor | Hasya ~ laughter, comedy | Raudra ~ anger, fury | Bhayanaka ~ fear, horror | Vibhatsa ~ digust, aversion | Adbhuta ~ wonder, surprise | Shanti ~ peace, serenity.
Basic Glossary
South Asia, i.e. Indian Subcontinent = region including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal (possibly Afghanistan and Myanmar?)
Desi meaning countryman in several South Asian languages, rhymes with racy, referring to all people of South Asian origin or descent
Brown person see Desi 🙂
Music Glossary
Asian Underground: Fusion of various Indian styles, and electronica, with Western beats and genres, originating in 2nd generation communities in UK, US etc.
Bollywood: Amalgam of Bombay + Hollywood, referring to India’s immense Hindi film industry, churning out musical melodramas by the hundreds, also the source of most popular music.
Chutney: Fusion of Indian folk music (typically from Bihar) with Caribbean beats like soca and calypso, originating in the Indian diaspora in Guyana and Surninam. Wikipedia
Carnatic: Traditional Indian classical styles of Southern India
Ghazal: Style originating with Muslim rulers in India, derived originally from Middle East, exquisite love poetry in Urdu sung in North Indian styles
Hindustani: Traditional Indian classical styles of the Northern India/Pakistan
Indipop: Western-style pop by Indian performers, usually in Indian languages
Concert of Indian Classical music. Sarode and Tabla Concert On Tuesday April 21 at Rice University – A huge success!!
The Sarode and Tabla concert was a huge success!!Thank you all for attending the First Indian Classical music concert brought by ktru!!KTRU's very first Concert of Indian Classical music - drew a huge crowd on a Tuesday evening. Shankar Bhattacharyya's sarode and Sri...
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan’s film “Lahore” at the 42nd WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
Check out Indian born director and screenwriter Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's debut film "Lahore" at the 42nd WorldFest Houston International Film Festival. Later this month the film will also be released at the AMC Studio 30 Dunvale. The film is an action drama that...
Sarode – Tabla Concert on Tuesday April 21 2009, 8 pm. At Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center, Rice University. Admission Free.
TABLA - SRI GOURISANKARANDSARODE - SHANKAR BHATTACHARYYA(DISCIPLE OF SARODE MAESTRO USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN)FOR YOUTUBE LINK OF THE ARTIST "CLICK HERE" OR ON THE PHOTO
Brilliant performance by Laya Taal Saadhna at the ktru Outdoor show
The talented students gave a memorable performance that many of us present at the show will remember for a long time.Pandit Shantilal Shah's four disciples gave irresistible delight for Indian tabla thus making the audience long for more at the 18th Annual ktru...