Global recognition for IR's music.......

Great news irir123!

I'm sure you had an important part in this, by making these albums accessible to such renowned westerners! Very appreciable!!

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Breaking news! "All About Jazz" publishes review of Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's music for PAA and KERALAVERMA PAZHASSI RAAJA....

Renowned jazz music critic/columnist Chris Slawecki reviews/critiques Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's recent best-selling album "PAA" for Allaboutjazz.com, the web's premier resource for jazz music.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/arti...?id=35635&pg=4

Snippets:

'the bright and colorful "Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se," the sound of internationally-contemporary jazz—jazz that sounds at home in any nation—painted in colorful strokes behind a female vocalist who chases its light melody the way that a kitten chases a kite tail'

Enjoy!!

PS: since Chris Slawecki is essentially a jazz music critic, it would be unfair to expect him to write about the nuances of Indian classical music elements used by IR in either of these albums - plus, the slot(s) given for reviews of albums is/are limited - so, pls bear in mind, these factors while reading the reviews

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collars up!!!
irir123 - kalkosmiyaa!!!

:ty: IRIR123 for putting efforts with passion and love!
Good for Ilayaraja!
FANTASTIC for MUSIC!
vinatha. :)

hi all - i emailed Mr.Balki abt PAA review and he acknowledged the email and that he has fwded the information to the Maestro himself! at last, the review has reached the man it should rightfully reach!

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hi all - i emailed Mr.Balki abt PAA review and he acknowledged the email and that he has fwded the information to the Maestro himself! at last, the review has reached the man it should rightfully reach!

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:clap: :clap:

வானமும் ஒரு நாள் வசப்படும்!

Raaja email padippara :roll:. Atleast avar magangalla yaaravathu padichu solluvanga :)

Curtain raiser titbit:

A radio station serving the Griffin, Atlanta, Georgia, area owned by Chappell Communications, LLC focussed mostly on film scores, will soon be featuring a special show on Maestro. Ilaiyaraaja and his music!

It will be an hour-long program, about 50 minutes of which would be devoted to featuring Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's music and the remaining 10 minutes talking about the composer, his history etc.

The radio station has an audience of a couple thousand in the Georgia area, but the show also reaches many more listeners in podcast form (it's featured every Tuesday on the website dvdverdict.com).

IR will be unusual for those unfamiliar with him in the US, but film music fans (the primary audience for the show) are largely open to discovering new composers as long as they have good music to offer.

A handful of shows on this radio station spotlighting lesser-known composers before have been well-received.

For starters, it will be just one episode for now - depending on how well-received it is, perhaps they could set up another for the future.

The radio station will focus on cues that have a strong crossover appeal for western listeners, since they know their patrons well.

Keep watching this thread for more information in the next few weeks!

PS: the radio station manager, a connoisseur of film scores, has already been floored by some of the random samples he listened to!

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Originally Posted by irir123

Curtain raiser titbit:

A radio station serving the Griffin, Atlanta, Georgia, area owned by Chappell Communications, LLC focussed mostly on film scores, will soon be featuring a special show on Maestro. Ilaiyaraaja and his music!

It will be an hour-long program, about 50 minutes of which would be devoted to featuring Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's music and the remaining 10 minutes talking about the composer, his history etc.

The radio station has an audience of a couple thousand in the Georgia area, but the show also reaches many more listeners in podcast form (it's featured every Tuesday on the website dvdverdict.com).

IR will be unusual for those unfamiliar with him in the US, but film music fans (the primary audience for the show) are largely open to discovering new composers as long as they have good music to offer.

A handful of shows on this radio station spotlighting lesser-known composers before have been well-received.

For starters, it will be just one episode for now - depending on how well-received it is, perhaps they could set up another for the future.

The radio station will focus on cues that have a strong crossover appeal for western listeners, since they know their patrons well.

Keep watching this thread for more information in the next few weeks!

PS: the radio station manager, a connoisseur of film scores, has already been floored by some of the random samples he listened to!

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pinreenga irir123!!!

IRIR,
Ungalukku clap pannitte irukkamporom varum kaalathil

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he radio station will focus on cues that have a strong crossover appeal for western listeners

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Just a humble request to have this in mind while giving them the tracks ('ambient factor', 'pleasing' etc). Obviously you know this but enakku valiyuruthanum nu thonichu, adhaan

irir123,

Superabbu. I guess our hands will start aching clapping for you now :D This is excellent stuff and all the very best to you for more such initiatives in the future.