Chitraveena Concert

Vishaal Sapuram from Austin, USA, is one of these prodigies. A disciple of Chitravina N Ravikiran at the age of six, he has rapidly emerged as a proficient carnatic vocalist and chitravina player. Sample this: He discovered a new raga Vishweshwarapriya at ages six and had his maiden vocal recital at Music Academy hall with celebrated musicians at nine and became a faculty member of the International foundation for carnatic music at ten. By thirteen years, Vishaal had switched tured in the recent Cleveland Festival, Houston Thyagaraja Festival and the Chennai December music Festival and has performed spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. His concert is going to be held at Raga Sudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore at 6PM June 29, 2008. If you are a music lover, donot miss it.

Madonna - Hard Candy - Review

I have been watching the ad of Madonna's latest album "hard candy" in the tv while watching the ipl. That song really sounded nice and so i just wanted to know how the album is. while i was thinking to buy the album, i got to read the review of the album in the newspaper and here it is.

"The famous singer had lost the plot in her 11th album. She does start off right roping in hitmakers The neptunes, timbaland, nate 'danja' hills, justin... But after two standout tracks - synth infused dance track candy shop and futuristic funky duet 4 minutes with justin - it all starts to sound the same. Give it to me, the next single slated for media blitzkrieg, is an uptempo pop parade while the ballad incredible suffers from sound overkill. By the time kanye west - starrer Beat goes on comes on you have lost interest cos of dejavu... "

so, do i have to buy the album or wat?? Though it costs Rs. 395 here in India, i think i should give it a try atleast for the name "Madonna" !!!

CHANGING CHENNAI

From the day of tamil new year, a new fever has been spreading all over the city of Chennai, Changing Notes. A. R. Rahman, the Mozart of Madras is the person behind this program in association with the new entry to the city media, The Times of India. This program is a special music concert the musician A. R. Rahman wherein he performs his masterpieces along with many other typical sounds. This also gives an insight on the past chennai and how the future chennai would be like. The highlight of the show would be the various sounds that are unique to the chennai city like the autorickshaw horon, MTC bus sounds, the beach tides hitting the shores etc. So, every Chennaiite would love to enjoy such a show but they do have the doubt of where to get the tickets for the show. Though if they know where to get the tickets, they may not be able to go their and get one amidst their hectic schedules.

For people like these, the Times of India has made an arrangement such that its representatives would give away free passes to the show at various hotspots of the city during the peak hours i.e 8.30 AM to 10.30 AM and 5 PM to 7 PM. Hotspots also include the busiest signals of the city.

• Mount Road - Spencer's Junction
• Nungambakkam - Sterling Road Junction
• Adyar Signal Junction
• Luz corner
• Tidel Park
• Parry's corner
• Nandanam - Chamiers road Junction
• Anna Nagar round tana
• Vadapalani - 100 feet junction
• T Nagar Bus terminus
• Kamarajar Salai
• Chennai citi center
• Abhirami mall
• Spencer Plaza
• Sathyam Cinemas
• Elliots beach

In case if you get to find yourself in any of the spots, do look out for persons giving away passes and donot miss this once in a life time experience. The most important aim of this program is to create awareness to the Chenaniites about the increasing population, traffic, pollution, changing culture etc and to keep the city well maintained and a greener city. Well, i have got my pass for the show and you people don't miss it too. Lets appreciate the efforts of Times of India and A. R. Rahman for doing something to the city and make it a better one for living.

The show is on 20th April at St George's ground near Pachayappa's College at 6.30PM.