Pahadi

Khayyam at the Mountain Peak (1): Songs on Pahadi

Khayyam August 19, 2022

A tribute to Khayyam (18.2.1927–19.8.2019) on his third Remembrance Day A reader mentioned some time ago that Khayyam has not been covered on SOY. Then I realised that the only post I have included under his name in the side-roll is devoted to his wife, Jagjit Kaur who sang most of her songs under his […]

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Film songs based on classical ragas (3) – Music from the mountains

Thumbnail image for Film songs based on classical ragas (3) – Music from the mountains June 17, 2012

Guest article by Subodh Agrawal (When I wrote my last post acknowledging the second anniversary of Songs of Yore, I mentioned Subodh Agrawal’s guest series on classical ragas and hoped he wrote more often. Soon after in a very sweet gesture, he sent me his article on Raga Pahadi as his gift to mark the […]

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