What's it about?

Avva is an album of songs celebrating mothers. Avva means mother in Kannada.

The lyrics are by Nagathihalli Ramesh, Mogalli Ganesh, Nataraj Budal, Ramalingappa T Begur, and Phoenix Ravi. The album begins with a song strung together from the wise utterances of Padada Kempakka, a folk singer who lives in Ooty.

The 13 tracks on Avva are sung by a talented group of singers: Supriya Acharya, Mangala, Ravi Murur, Jenny, Chintan, Vinay, Jogi Sunitha, Shankar Shanbhag, Nagachandrika, Madikeri Mukesh, Nitin Raghuveer and others. The music is by S R Ramakrishna.

The tunes are folksy, and the orchestra comprises well-known musicians N S Prasad (mandolin and banjo), Bapu Padmanabha (flute), and Nelson (violin).

Recorded and mixed at The Music Mint by Gokul Abhishek, the album is distributed by Ragini Music (094485 10428).

Supriya's eSnips song

Here's a link to a sample song.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/839ad178-4b82-432d-b3c1-ef56004a310d/avva--supriya-(acharya)-raghunandan

It's out!

Avva is an album of songs celebrating mothers. It's out in the stores now.

Aswath of Ragini Music is distributing it. It's available at PlanetM, Malleswaram and Indiranagar, and Calypso, Jayanagar.

The CD is priced at Rs 75.