This page contains links to various sites on the Web that are in some way related to Eastern music. If you have any you would like to add, please email us the information.
Joseph Tawadros - Joseph Tawadros was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1983. Immigrating to Australia in 1986, he brought with him a musical tradition inherited from his maternal grandfather, Mansi Habib
Kim Sanders ~ Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer. Difficult to categorise, he is a player of wind instruments with a strong interest in Turkish music.
Tenzing Tsewang ~ Tibetan music of many different forms, from folk music on flute, dramyen (lute) and vocal, to Buddhist chant.
Alan Posselt ~ One of Australia's leading sitar players and instrument makers (particularly tanpuras), this web site provides information about him, his CDs and his tanpuras.
Rakini Devi ~ One of Australia's more innovative dances, based on her Indian tradition.
Annandavalli ~ Sydney's best known Kuchi Pudi and Bharatanatyam dancer. Her school "Lingalayam Dance Company" presents regular performances each year.
Yumi Umiumare ~ Butoh dancer based in Melbourne. The last word in innovation!
Vimala Sarma - Nayaka Indian Dance ~ SNayika Indian Dance is a non-profit Australian organisation promoting South Indian classical dance and culture in Sydney. It conducts classes, presents performances, organises retreats and provides access to Indian cultural goods and services. The dances are in Kuchipudi style and are largely choreographed by Dr Vempati Chinna Satyam of the Kuchipudi Art Academy of Chennai and set to South Indian traditional music.
Frank Whitling ~ Sitar player based in Sydney, Australia. Information about him and his music.
Riley Lee - Sound of Bamboo ~ One of Australia's best known Shakuhachi players with a huge range of CDs and other interesting information on his site.
The Graham Ranft Shakuhachi web site.
Organisations:
Amjad Sabir - Instructional DVDs, help you to learn Tabla and Harmonium at home. Ideal for children.
Raagsangeet - Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan. Raagsangeet is part of Induslive, a new and exciting music portal.
Batish Institute of Indian Fine Arts
PALLAVI - A Sydney based site with information about Carnatic music and information on Carnatic music activities in Sydney.
Carnatic Music Circle - A site based in Melbourne with information about the Carnatic music scene in Australia. Carnatic Music Circle is a very active organisation, and promotes Carnatic music in Australia.
The Academy of Indian Music, Australia (Inc.). Indian Classical music, based in Melbourne. Has recently released a new album called "Rhythms and Ragas".
MAKAR music site - a site with all sorts of music including Hindustani and Sufi. They make and release excellent recordings of dhrupad and other Hindustani music. Their site is continuously updated with new CD's and information.
Rhythm Riders Music Institute of Ahmedabad - We are a school specializing in the traditional teaching of music through the guru-shishya parampara. Our institute has launched a special foreign student program for the study of INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Because we have sincere interest in spreading our rich, musical culture to peoples of foreign countries,we would like our program to be known to as many web surfers as possible.
Musicians and Personal Web Sites
Manjiree's Musicallahari - A non commercial informative site devoted to music. A wholistic approach to music with many features and articles on music as a performing art, spiritual path, voice culture, therapy, yoga, omkar, world music, music dictionary, books, and a lot more....
Ustad Amir Khan - one of the most pre-eminent hindustani classical vocalists.
Hasu Patel - disciple of Sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb of India, is one of the few professional female Sitarists performing Music of North India on Sitar.
David and Chandrakantha Courtney’s Homepage - Personal homepage of David and Chandrakantha Courtney, a husband /wife team who performs traditional Indian music.
Chandrakantha Courtney’s Music Page - Streaming audio of traditional Indian music by Chandrakantha Courtney
Realm of Raga Rock - Homepage of ‘Vani’, a musical group that performs a fusion genre known as ‘Raga Rock
Belgo/Indian RAJHANS ORCHESTRA - Hans Vermeersch, composer/conductor
Kalavant Centre - for Music and Dance and tabla master Ustad Kadar Khan's homepage
RAAJANGAHM - "Like millions of others, I am a great fan and admirer of a little known GENIUS of MUSIC from our country, MAESTRO.ILLAYARAAJA. Mr.Illayaraaja has a phenomenal record of having scored music for more than 750 movies"
KUMAR SUNIL MUNGEE - Kumar is a vocalist with tremondous potential and is performing all over the world for Indian music ranging from Classical to semi classical and have been applauded all over. His credentials one can enjoy by visiting his web site.
Raagascape - a page which describes the history of Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan and his only surbahar disciple Steven Landsberg. There are various articles on Indian music listed in the ragascapes section and the page solicits essays on any aspect of Indian music.
South Indian Veena ~ PAPPU CHANDRA SEKHAR is a veena player of note in India. His web page includes sound files in both wave and Real Audio format.
Nagaraj - Veena musician from South India
Sandip Bhattacharya - Indian Tabla site
Jaywant performs Indian classical music on Hawaiian Guitar
Gayatrisankar (vocal, violin) - An All India Radio artist performs on violin and is also a vocalist and is a disciple of Disciple of Padmashri Lalgudi Sri.G.Jayaraman.
General Information
Indian Music Sites - A page of sites relating to Indian music
South Asian Women's Forum - a large site with lots of interesting information about music, gharanas, ragas and musicians. There is plenty of other information on the site including (of course) information and discussion about Women's issues in South Asia.
Bibliography of books about Tabla - courtesy of David Courtney
Tabla Information Site - Information source on the Indian tabla (David Courtney)
Usenet: rec.music.indian.classical - Keep up with the latest on news in the Indian music scene
Indian Music FAQ - Everything you have ever wanted to know about Indian music, with search facilities
Books and publications:
CBH Publications - An South Indian publishing site with interesting publications on Indian (mainly Carnatic) music, including PhD dissertations, encyclopedias of Indian music, tapes and CDs. They also have a mirror site.
Books & Periodicals Agency - There are more than 350 books on Music available with more bibliographical details (i.e. Excerpts from Jackets, Table of Contents etc.) The list include books on - South Indian Music, North Indian Music, Karnatic Music, Classical Music, Various Ragas, Ethnomusicology, Musical Instruments like Veena, Sitar, Nad, Tabla, Flute, etc.
JAFFERKHANI BAAJ: INNOVATION IN SITAR MUSIC by Indian sitar music maestro Halim Jaffer Khan is a hard copy book with an interactive CD-ROM which explains the techniques and style of sitar music in a manner never done before. A must for every music library and music student interested in Indian instrumental music.
Radio:
- All India Radio - India's national radio, also broadcasts on the net.
- Radio Bakwaas
- Radio of India
Raga Records - a good collection of archival and new recordings from some of India's greatest musicians. Includes some rare recordings by the graet sitar player Nikhil Bannerjee, and good dhrupad music. They also have downloadable mp3s of some of the artists.
TaalWizard ~ One of the best music related programs I've seen on the web. And their recently release Version 2 is even better. This program allows the computer to work as a tabla machine with a large range of tabla and pakhawaj rhythms to chose from, as well as the ability to create your own from some really good samples (you can also add your own samples). Take a look at the web site and download their free demonstration program to try. Note that the software is now called Swarshala is it now includes music as well as percussion. It's latest incarnation is truly amazing.
Music Today - One of the best Indian recording labels in India, with a fine collection of recordings by the masters and the young up-and-coming classical Indian musicians.
Nordic Entertainment Worldwide - Nordic offers Music of the World for all to come enjoy and sample. Hit the genre button and choose your favourite genre and search. You can listen to samples of each song and view the covers for each album. MPEG Music Archive, free mpeg audio players, online radio, vinyl database, online T-Shirt gallery, music links, and web rings. MAKAR North and South Indian Music Catalogue - Three new CDs are now out. Worth having a look.
Kereshmeh - Persian Music CD Catalog
Khazana Indian Music Catalogue - Mail order music catalogue with a very good North & South Indian CD collection
Ethnic Musical Instruments - A catalog of recent and ancient ethnic musical instruments from around the world that are offered to the general public and merchants.
Move Records - Move is a small, independent, Australian recording label that concentrates primarily in classical music, particularly Melbourne based musicians and composers. Its small operation is the very key to its success. They are by now one of Australia's longest running music labels.
Thai Music - A large range of CDs and recordings of Thai music
Coyotes Paw - Fine quality musical instruments from all over the world.
Carousel Publications Ltd - We are a music company specializing in instruments from around the world, music publications and World In Tune (tm), the global music program for the classroom.
The Bhagvad Gita - Nothing to do with music, really. I found it interesting, though.