Can anyone recommend some good Bhajan albums where the artists are primarily female? I have discovered a new found love of these songs but there is something about them when they are sung by women... their voices sound so pure and beautiful.
Can anyone recommend some good Bhajan albums where the artists are primarily female? I have discovered a new found love of these songs but there is something about them when they are sung by women... their voices sound so pure and beautiful.
Namaste Divine Kala
You are asking for a whole book There are soooo many
Off the top of my head :
Meera Bhajans by Anuradha Paudwal
Many more Arati and Bhajan albums by Anuradha Paudwal
Numerous Stotra and bhajans sung by M.S. Subalakshmi : - Madhurashtakam, Achyutashtak, KrushNashtak, GovindAshtak, Bhaja Govindam, VishNuSahasranama,....
Hindustani Classical Bhajans by Kishori Amonkar and many others...
Yamunashtak and numerous bhajans and Aratis by Lata Mangeshkar
KrushNa Kirtan singer Karnamrita Dasi (Mahamantra, Meera, Gopi Geet, ...)
Krushna Kirtan (English) singer Gaurangi Dasi (Shyam, mohe Shyam Shyam Radhe Shyam ... You are the only one..)
A bit controversial for some : Baul Music by Parvati Baul
You will find many of these listed or sampled online and on You Tube.
Check our "Free Bhajans Website" thread under Websites section.
Check Sahasranama's bhajans thread under "Bhakti and Karma". He will be able to help you a lot - also with Carnatic Classical singers.
If i think of more i shall post them.
Have a musical day ~
praNAm
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Phalguni Pathak - Garba Raas singer (Meethe Ras bhari RadharaNi lage...)
Among above, Karnamrita Dasi and Gaurangi Dasi are western singers.
Radhe ~ ShyAm
Last edited by smaranam; 07 June 2011 at 06:23 PM.
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http://www.kamakotimandali.com/blog/...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
In Indian music women sing with a beautiful full voice and the voice sounds very natural, unlike in western classical music which has assigned clear gender roles to female singers where they have to sing squeeky like squirls. Luckily Indians didn't have this discrimination against women.
Last edited by Sahasranama; 08 April 2011 at 12:54 AM.
Bela Shende singing ManmohanA : beautiful bhajan from Film Jodha Akbar (Lyrics and subtitles)
An unknown Bengali bhAvpUrNa singer : Jaya Radha Madhav Kunjabihari - simply beautiful
Another album artist is RamyA Devi Dasi.
Others can be found by searching for singer names in post#2.
Hare KrushNa
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This is not a Krishna Bhajan, but another example of how exalted the female voice is in Indian classical music. No dirty mleccha music can come close to it.
http://vimeo.com/8489366
I am curious about "mleccha" music. Would John Higgins' rendition of this song be considered "mleccha" music?
ETA: BTW...His rendition of "Endaro Mahanubavulu" is considered on par with that of Balamuralikrishna.
I like John Higgins' music a lot. It's not mleccha music, he is singing classical carnatic music. I am talking about western classical music, hip hop, pop, rap, R&B etc and that type of dirt when I am talking about mleccha music, even Indians make mleccha music and mlecchas make Indian music. The only thing that can elevate mleccha music if it's used for chanting the names of Hindu deities, otherwise it has no redeeming value and only serves as a disturbance of conciousness.
Last edited by Sahasranama; 06 August 2011 at 03:01 AM.
Really? You havent listened to songs like this and this then.
Doesnt Sage Vasishta tell Rama that having a mind that is conditioned (this is good, that is bad) is actually a disturbance of consciousness itself? OK, that may be true at the highest levels of Turiya, but still.
Infinite is Brahman's manifestations and infinite are the ensuing expressions.
If you think that smelling someone's stool is as good as smelling a beautiful flower, otherwise there is no music that can compare to Indian classical and devotional songs for Hindu deities.
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