Two good songs, one a must see/watch

Ever since I saw these guys on the Vijay Awards Show some three or more weeks ago I had no one to talk to about them. But now since the word's around and more people searching for their music I must say "check them out". The video of their song "Madai Thiranthu" their cover of Illayaraja's hit from the movie "Nizhalgal" is a must hear. Check them out at the link below on YouTube . The other song I have been listening to quite a bit is "Unn Siripinil" the latest from Harris Jeyaraj for Goutham Menon's new offering "Patchai Kili Muthu Charam". This number is going to be on the lips of many for quite some time. The other songs of the movie don't make a mark though they are bound to become popular. Like "Karka Karka" from Vettaiyadu Vilayadu there may be another number from Patchai Kili that might win my ear later.

Take a listen to this man - Prem Joshua

I had the privilege of listening to him on the iTunes Store and though I won't rate him a successor to Ananda Shankar, he is good to listen to. Prem Joshua is an adept flautist and sitarist. I read that Anoushka Shanker, Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughter and an accomplished sitarist herself is a big fan of Prem Joshua and I am not surprised. The music is great for a long ride, exotic choreography or as Ananda Shankar and Tanushree did, good for dances too. According to the article in Wikipedia there is a dancer from Singapore who is already creating such dance performances tuned to Prem Joshua's music. Some of the songs I would highly recommend are "Saroja Part 1" from the album Yatri, "Dakini" from the album Sky Kisses the Earth and "Bolo Hari" from the album Dance of Shakti. Check them out. They may be next best and new thing you were searching for in music.

Mithoon scores again and other Lovely new songs

Mithoon, the man behind Atif Afsal's "Tere Bin" from "Bas Ek Pal" scores big with songs for the movie "Anwar". The song that is frequently played is "Maula Mere" sung well by Roop Kumar Rathod. The music compostion is good. The other one, "Tose Naina Lage" by Kshitij and Shilpa Rao is another one very good on the ears. Pleasant and lovely.

And from the others, "Ey Hairathe" by Alka Yagnik (a hit for the 'Ek do theen" girl after a quite a while) and Hariharan is a melodious number from A R Rahman for the film "Guru".

In Tamil songs from "Unnale Unnale" the next and anticipated offering from Harris Jayaraj has a good one in the title song sung by Karthik and Harini. "Vaigasi Nilave" sung by Madhusri (her tamil is bad though) and Haricharan is listenable too.

Where was I all these days?

Thanks to the cybercafe in Frazer Town, Bangalore where I had the good opportunity to listen to Atif Aslam crooning "Adat" and when I enquired with the cybercafe's owner he replied the song's from "Ek Pal" but on a search on MusicIndiaOnline I stumbled across "Tere Bin" which I understand has become some kind of a "National Anthem" here in India. The song sung by Atif and composed by Mithoon is a must listen and has been used for the movie "Bas Ek pal". Mithoon the 21 year old composer of the song is from India whereas Atif hails from Pakistan. The combination has been deadly. I believe they are working on new material as well. "Bas Ek Pal", the title track sung by Kay Kay and Sunidhi is also a good number with some lovely guitar riffs and licks. Nice work by Mithoon, Vivek and Pritam.

The other song that I couldn't resist asking the cybercafe owner details about was "Aa Paas Aa" by Shreya Goshal from the movie "Ankahee" though the bass guitar reminded me of Harris Jayraj's "Zara.." or his Tamil original "Vaseegara".

I haven't listened to some good Indian music for long and what a relief to hear songs as these. You cannot afford to miss these lovely songs.

Lovely Hindi Songs

Though I liked "Mere Haath Mein" and "Chaand Sifarish" when the songs of Fanaa were released on MusicIndia online I thought I'd wait a little longer, but not any longer. After having watched the beautiful movie and replayed the songs countless times I highly recommend them. It's been a while since I liked the music in a film but the Jatin-Lalit duo really impress. It is also the first time I liked a Shaan number. Sunidhi Chauhan also does a great job on the duet "Mere Haath Mein" with Sonu Nigam. Check the songs and the film. They are worth it.

A smash hit from A R Rahman

It was out on Raaga.com and oosai.com but it took a day later to appear on musicindiaonline.com. Songs of Sillunu (Jillnu) Oru Kaadhal have been released. The song that is going to be on everyone's lips is "Munbe Va" sung by Shreya Goshal, Naresh Iyer and chorus. The piano is great on the song. You musn't be doing anything else but listening to this song right now. A R also sings another good number titled "New York", a slow number like the one he did in "Kannathil Muthamittal". This beautiful song and the good ones from the film "Godfather" can very easily bring A R Rahman back to where he always belongs - on the very top. Check out "Munbe Va". Lost count of how many times I've listened to it in the past three days.