Vani Jayaram's songs

[Naaz]

Raagadevan -

Thanks for the link to The Hindu's review.

Neel D -

Congratulations! That's a fine review, right from the headline!

vengayam -

My posts here add up to 288. I've been posting my two bits to the Pick Of The Week thread, time and again. I've also written a few pieces for the TFMpage Magazine.
Not that it needs to be highlighted, but you're the one that went AWOL from this site.
15 posts? Such (unnecessary) restraint!
You can do better than that!

[baroque]

Hey, they are hosting Kuppathu Raja's thinthom thinthom endru aadinaal....
Thanks. Very Happy

http://musicz.in/index.php?album=Tam...FKuppathu+raja

VANI JAYARAM's soulful aalap. She is pouring her agony.
Emotional lyrics.
Tantalizing mujra from Classical Prowess!

nice pattu break for me this Tuesday evening.

[aruvi]

Below are links to an interview of Vanijayaram, conducted by singer Unnimenon for a Malayalam channel. They speak mainly in english. You can hear her sing songs in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam etc. More than that, I was amazed at her memory power and her genius. She is even able to recall interludes, and actually sang the tune of an interlude, to Unnimenon's surprise.

Part1

Part2

PART 3

Part4

Part5


Enjoy...I love these Malayalam channels that excel in music related programs.

[Neel D]

Two rare VJ songs (Hindi)






Edited to add two more:

[Neel D]

Couple of excerpts from a recent book on Vasant Desai by Vishwas Nerurkar and Biswanath Chatterjee. VJ released the book in Mumbai on December 22, 2008.

Veteran songwriter Gulzar says this about VJ in the book...

After Ashirwad I did Guddi(1971) with Dada. During its making, whenever I went to Dada's place to discuss the music, I would see a beautiful girl sitting in the corner of the room doodling in a notebook. I used to compare her with a student who is not interested in studies and wasting the teacher's time by drawing senseless pictures. I was convinced that this girl would achieve nothing in her life. But she turned out to be a surprise when she sang her first song "Bol re Papi Hara". Overnight she became a nationwide sensation. I wrote "Bole re Papi Hara" and Vani Jairam sang it. Rest is history.

Vani Jairam proved to be a very intelligent disciple of Dada. She has an incredible memory for music. She could recall not only the tune of the song but also its interlude in all its minute details including the instruments and the notes employed. During the making of Meera, I had observed how Pandit Ravi Shankarji could always trust her to recollect the phrases and intricacies of a song he had composed for the film and Vani never let the Maestro down.

Please visit this blog for additional details:
http://onepercent.sulekha.com/blog/p...excellence.htm

[Neel D]

Vani Jairam concerts - January 2009

All music fans,

Vani Jairam will be performing in Paris, London and Zurich next week. If you live in the area please contact your local Tamil association for date, time and venue of the concerts.

Happy Pongal!

[Neel D]

Shankara Nethralaya Award for Vani Jairam

http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/05/stor...0557190200.htm

[Neel D]

One more rare song

[Neel D]

Concert Schedule Update

VJ's concert in Paris on the 11th of January was a grand success.

Pongal celebrations in London and Zurich have been cancelled and the concerts in those cities have been postponed to July.

[Neel D]

Raj TV Lifetime Achievement Award for Vani Jairam

Vani Jairam is being honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Raj TV on 26th January at Image Auditorium, Chennai in their Rajageetham programme presented by B.H.Abdul Hameed. The programme will be telecast live on 26th January '09 in the evening.

Congratulations Vaniamma!