Sudha Ragunathan: Carnatic (South Indian) Vocal Recital

think MS Amma is the only one who can mesmerize us with her music.....she is the only cabable person of carrying forward the tradition of Bhava in music....i personally dont prefer sudha as she shows off too much...(no offense)....she is good but not great...

Sudha is a such an apt name for this singer and now that WE unfortunately have lost the great MSS she is the only one to carry forward the tradition of bahava in music!It is nectar like 'Sudha varsha' The achievement of sadhana ( riaz) shows

very soulful rendering

It takes you to a state of complete peace...she's wonderful.

I like her voice

try listaning to this song on the london under ground early in the moring on mondays... i felt god droped in to my ipod and took me to uni

Very beautiful music. I love her voice.

I feel many many pacific islands' sounds in there, especially in the first 1.5 minutes and whenever she takes the taan. Even the drums sound a bit Maori. Could somebody explain why? I thought the Carnatic was the most isolated region in all of the subcontinent, with overseas contact limited to trade with the Arabs.

This music keeps haunting your mind long after it has finished playing. Its like dead ancestors calling out from the beyond.

I am afraid you got the wrong end of the stick! both carnatik and hindustani paddhati have the SAME discipline and Raga structure but the carnatic style is MORE irgidly structured with fixed alankaras and narrow grammar where as there are elements of Jazz like room for improvisations in hidustani Vocals!
Same ragas can have different names in the two styles and the Vilambit/Drut structure is peculiar to hindustani style,Carnatic is in madhya laya!! I welcome corrections and further enlightening

I don't know what it is about Indian music, but it is very transonic and sucks you in quite well, and I love the way the language sounds too.