Friday, 11 September 2009

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).

1 comment:

  1. Review on Indian Express:
    http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=An+ode+to+motherhood&artid=7MUDOLHPAe4=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&SEO=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==

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