Madurai Somu

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Purist
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Re: Madurai Somu

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mahavishnu wrote: 09 Dec 2013, 09:26 Does anyone know what happened to Sri Kazhugumalai Kandasamy, prime disciple of Madurai Somu? Varsha's track got me thinking about him and all web searches seem to come out empty on what happened to him post Somu.
A radio concert of his posted recently by TVG. Not sure if it was from archives of AIR Trichy or
a recent recording there. His voice however is recognizable.
https://www.sangeethamshare.org/tvg/UPL ... andaswami/

His accompaniment (as vocal support) in Somu's concerts are unforgettable- specially
of Ragas Thodi and Shanmughapriya. He was perhaps the only one who could match
Somu in terms of voice gyration

rajeshnat
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Re: Madurai Somu

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Lakshman wrote: 24 Jun 2021, 22:04 In post# 4, rajeshnat posted a link for the Madurai Somu song.
Here is the link for the same song where the AlApanA is included.

https://youtu.be/8hCc4k7ScfI.
This alapana by Somu is really pouring pouring and pouring . What energy and originality. i wish I had heard him more live , I have seen 100s of times as his home is in a place called Lake Area - In Nungambakkam in Madras. I used to play street cricket near his home. Also the way he bought in tamil songs when there is quite a heavy dose away from Tamil is just fantastic. Once i recollect when I was young i saw him in a live concert in Vadapalani temple , rasikas were everywhere- certainly he really brought in a lot of demography which usually does not listen to CM. Thanks Lji

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