New delightful numbers from A R Rahman and Harris Jayaraj

While A R Rahman does it in Hindi for the film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Harris does it for the next Goutham Menon's Tamil movie "Vaaranam Aayiram"

It is difficult to believe A R Rahman's perfect and befitting sound and music for the campus story. Three songs are extremely pleasant and catchy. They are "Kabhi kabhi Aditi Zindagi" sung by Rashid Ali, "Kahin to Hogi ho" by Rashid Ali and Vasundhara Das and "Tu Bole main Booloon" by the little master A R Rahman himself.

As for Harris's songs Music India online has only a part of the song "Ragasiyame" from Vaaranam Aayiram but you can listen to this beautiful song in its full version on the MusicMazaa, one of the many other sites besides Raaga.com and musicindiaonline.com where you can listen to a ton of new and old music.

Harris Jayaraj back with a Bang

Check out the lovely numbers of late director Jeeva's "Dhaam Dhoom" and you will realise what I mean. Three melodious numbers are sure to become hits.

Harris's staple Bombay Jayashree who sang many of his hits does it again with "Saghiyee". The others are "Anbe Anbe" sung beautifully by Harish Raghavendra and the smaller "Aazhiyile" sung by upcoming and rising singer Haricharan.

The peppy numbers aren't bad but it is the melodious numbers that are going to strike a chord.

Check them out on MusicIndiaonline.com

Some Nice smoothies from across the border

My blog is about music from India but I can't help saying that Pakistani band Fuzon must be one of the bands that is being listened to a lot these days here. Just goes on to confirm that music knows no barriers. Fuzon's latest album Journey features songs that are catchy and easy on the ear, notably the song "Neend Na Aaye". Check them out on MusicIndiaonline.com.

They also have a video out on YouTube.


Other good songs are the small and catchy "Dholna" and the slower ballad "Suna Suna".

P.S - MusicIndiaOnline.com these days seem to have links that work erratically. Just yesterday the links seemed o.k but today some on the songs don't play. Maybe tomorrow they will be just fine.

The next big singing sensation on the Indian Music scene.....

In my earlier post on MadrasBee, and I had mentioned Manjari and Shwetha and to some extent Kalyani Menon and Gayathri too as the successors of Chithra. However I erase them all because we do have a winner. She is here, she's come and just waiting to conquer. Instead of explaining the who and what I would request you to follow the link to my personal blog where I have explained it all.

Roopa

A delightful malayalam song and another good one from 2005 I missed

The song "Vethyasthanaaya Barbaram Baalan" from the movie "Kadhaparayumbol" has become stale with overplay yet it is a delightful song you must listen you if you have missed it.

There are a couple of others I missed down the line. The first one is from the movie "Taj Mahal", the new version that came out in 2005. It has one delightful song in "Apne Zulfen" sung by veteran HariHaran and composed by the late legend Naushad. Note that there is a music intro to the song that lasts several minutes before the actual song begins.

One reason why I was able to check this song was when Ritvik Rajan sang it so well at the Asianet Idea Star Singer 2007 show. Ritvik is out of the competition but I must mention him because he is also a "special" child. He is visually impaired and he also cannot communicate properly. However his singing is perfect. Check his performances at the Idea Star Singer competition here. Unfortunately the site has removed his "Apne Zulfen" performance and I was not able to locate it on Youtube. Maybe you could try. The performance is one that will bring a tear to your eye. Sung so well, the guest on the show, Jyothirmayi even confessed she was in love with Ritvik after his performance.

Tare Zameen Par has two good songs

The movie wasn't bad though it seemed to have as many songs as any commercial Hindi movie. Two of them however stand out, the tile song and my favorite "Kholo Kholo" with lovely guitar from Ehsaan and good vocals from Shankar who I guess is the singer. The song neatly fits in with the video of the movie. Check it out. Tare Zameen Par