Rare gems of Indian classical music, by Manoj Govindraj

In this episode, we take a look at Sitar maestro Ustad Rais Khan, who was a master not just in pure classical music, but his sitar tunes are part of many of the most popular songs in Indian Bollywood music.

This episode describes the work of Vidushi Lakshmi Shankar,who with her powerful yet melodeous voice, popularized multiple  genres of Indian music, ranging from pure classical to devotional and popular music.

This episode goes into the details about the life of Ustad Barkat Ali Khan, who made a huge impact on the semi-classical genre of Indian music with his soothing and mellifluous voice.

This episode talks about the violin maestro Pandit D. K. Datar, who popularized a very unique style of violin playing, inspired by the vocal style of the legendary vocalist Pandit D. V. Paluskar.

This episode gives an insight into the music of Vidushi Roshan Ara Begum, one of the doins of Kirana Gharana of Hindustani music. With her mellifluous voice and the ability to sing fast and clear Taans, Roshan Araji inspired many of the contemporary legends of Hindustani music.

This episode describes the journey of vocal maestro Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, who attained fame much later in his life, but became one of the most respected and saintly musicians among the music fraternity.

This episode presents the work of guitar maestro Pandit Brijbhushan Kabra, who at one point in his life, did not even know what he wanted to do, and from there became a legend who pioneered the use of guitar in Indian classical music.

This episode introduces to us Anuradha Kuber, a very versatile and a thriving  contemporary vocalist whose resonating and soothing voice is very relaxing at the same time very inspiring for aspiring singers to follow the path of music.

This episode introduces us to Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, one of the most respected contemporary Hindustani classical vocalists. He is known for his amazingly resonating voice and also how skillfully he blends the teachings of 3 different schools of music into 1 unique style of his own.

This episode deals with a very versatile flute maestro, Pandit Ronu Muzumdar, who not only established himself as a classical music  Artist but also excelled in the field of lighter genres of music, especially popular music.