Jaiye Aap Kahan - Asha Bhonsle

Attempting Ashaji's song for the first time, based on a request from my mom and few other cousins...its been one of the difficult songs to learn and sing...


Song: Jayiye Aap Kahan Jayenge
Movie: Mere Sanam
Original Singer: Asha Bhonsle

Poove Poochoodava - K.S.Chitra

Another one of Chitra's mellifluous songs....after Chitra sung "Chinna Kuyil Paadum" for this movie, she became "Chinna Kuyil Chitra" for the tamil music industry.

This is the title song from Poove Poochoodava...

Song: Poove Poochoodava
Movie: Poove Poochoodava
Originally sung by: K S Chitra

PS: Checkout the updated version of "Aap Jaise Koi Meri" uploaded this weekend(Nazia Hussain)

How Do I Live Without You - Trisha Yearwood

An english song post...I was inspired to learn more English songs after the feedback on my earlier ones here(Shania Twain).

Found this song in my collection and just happen to hear it while on train, and thought why not this song?! Been listening to it for almost a month now to get closer to the emotions, lyrics, tune and accent.

I don't know if I have done justice to the song...so please let me know what you think about this rendition.

Song: How do I live without you
Original Singer: Trisha Yearwood

Kaatrinile Varum Geetham - M S Subbulakshmi

When I started audioblogging, my first cousin in California, asked me if I could sing this song by MS. I always knew this song as a melody that I have heard my mother sing when I was young.

But when I did hear this song to practice it completely, I realized that this song has many nuances that only a classical singer like MS Subbulakshmi could have done justice to.

There isn't a music fan alive who hasn't heard of M.S.Subbulakshmi, or MS, as she is popularly known. She gave her first recital at the tender age of 10, when she was asked to sing at the wedding of a Saurashtra friend of the family in Madurai.

Her seeming effortlessness of her music is rooted in technical mastery, ceaseless practice, restraint and constant self apprisal. Though she is over 80, she can still hit the gandhara of the upper register and make you soar with her. Such fidelity to the pitch and resonance are the result of breath control, perfect diction and phenomenal concentration. No other artiste has been as successful in blending the intutive and the reflective elements of art.

MS is the first woman recipient of the 'Sangita Kalanidhi' title and the first one to popularise Carnatic music in North India and in the West at prestigious venues (Edinburgh Festival and the UN). Her admirers are from all walks of life - national and international leaders, fellow artistes and other celebrities. On one celebrated occasion, Mahatma Gandhi requested her to sing his favourite bhajan for him.

MS has won many awards and accolades. The latest in the long line is the Bharat Ratna, India's highest award to its citizen. Unfortunately, we lost this unmatchable singer in December 2004.

Here is my version of that song.

Song: Kaatrinile Varum Geetham
Movie: Meera
Singer: M S Subbulakshmi

Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein - Alka Yagnik

Honey voiced Alka Yagnik has been my favorite singer since Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak & Tezaab days. She has the beauty in her voice that is unmatchable. I have tried her song from Raja Hindustani here.

Alka is classically trained, and has been one of the leading playback singers in Bollywood since the late 1980's. Alka began singing bhajans for Calcutta Radio at the age of six. She came to Mumbai and sang for the film Laawaris (1981) with the song Mere Angene Mein. She got her big break with the song Ek Do Teen from the film Tezaab (1988). The song turned her into a star overnight and went on to become a pop hit. She also received her first Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the song.

I cannot do justice to her voice but I have tried....I sure could have done better...as always!

Song: Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein
Movie: Raja Hindustani
Singer: Alka Yagnik