Guest article by Subodh Agrawal (Followers of SoY are familiar with Subodh’s elegant writings on songs based on classical ragas. He surpasses himself with this article on one of the most popular and accessible ragas – Malkaus – which he describes as the greatest pentatonic raga. He bears his scholarship lightly with his fluent and […]
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