Guess the Artiste!

[Rsachi]

New thread, same old theme... great music, guessing the artiste's name is a nice game.

Click on the image, and guess the artiste's name as you play the track. Remember, no Googling gadbad allowed!

[thanjavooran]

Famous S B !
Thanjavooran
26 07 2016

[Rsachi]

Good guess. Won't give answer until 10 people guess.

[Purist]

Going by the picture (before listening) I thought you would be hinting something of Sudha Raghunathan.
After listening, my guess is Veena Gayathri.

[Rsachi]

Vrry good guess! But wait for the answer please......

[Rsachi]

Ok. Another pic:

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Since it's a guessing game, I will make a guess!

Revathy Krishna

[Rsachi]

Good guess. More guesses PLEASE....

[sankark]

Totally clueless. So it is more fun - Jayanthi Kumaresh?

It is pAvana guru pavapurAdhisham, isnt it?

[Rsachi]

Sankar, your guess is as good as others'! Yes, it is Pavanaguru...
Want more guesses please.

[vsarmaiitm]

Rajesh Vaidya ?

[Rsachi]

Good guess. Keep'em coming!

[rshankar]

So, Sachi is it deliberate: artiste instead of artist?

[shankarank]

The famed Chitti Babu

[varsha]

AK Devi

[Rsachi]

As they say, counter closes soon, rush in your guesses....

[shankarank]

Lets not leave out Mysore :

Vid. D Balakrishna

or a wide guess: a Mysore Vidwan!

I am guessing that Mysore Silk is the hint - although I cannot tell Mysore Silk from Kanchipuram

and a Mysore painting from a Tanjore one

[HarishankarK]

A Ananthapadmanabhan

[braindrain]

Probably R Visweswaran.

[Purist]

On second thought, it is Jayanthi Kumaresh.

[rajeshnat]

May be Amrutha Venkatesh.

[Rsachi]

S Balachander
Veena E Gayathri
Revathy Krishna
Jayanthi Kumaresh
Rajesh Vaidhya
A K Devi
D Balakrishna
A Ananthapadmanabhan
R Visveswaran
Jayanthi Kumaresh
Amrutha Venkatesh

One answer in this list is hyperlinked to the correct answer!
Thanks for being such good sports. We should after all have fun here. One day, rasikas.org should get a Magsaysay for having the maximum fun among serious listeners of classical music, what say?

[kssr]

I like the last sentence. Why not?
After all Arafat and Obama are Nobel peace winners.

[Rsachi]

Rajesh Vaidhya - Evergreen Melodies
Price: Rs.150.0
Availability: In Stock
Artist: Rajesh Vaidhya
Product ID: LMCD019
Manufacturer: Laya Music
Average Rating: Not Rated
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[HarishankarK]

What's the significance of the picture of silk sarees?

[vsarmaiitm]

Oh thanks Sachi ji !
My guess was based on the phrases between 32 to 37 secs in the alapana. These I think (my wife Sujana, a vanika agrees) are typical of his style.

[Purist]

Sachi you misled us by the pictures of silk sarees and vainikai. I cry 'foul'

[Rsachi]

I leave that also to your guess.
Ok, i wanted to confuse you!

[HarishankarK]

Is it that he is the Asthana vidwan of Kanchi mutt. And the sarees are Kanchi silk sarees??

[Rsachi]

Saree, sorry, Sorry, I didn't know the conbect between the Matham and the silk drapery.
I wanted to tease, in the true spirit of how instrumentalists overcome distinctions between saree and veshti etc.

[varsha]

A brilliant artist . When he chooses to be
Listen here (sitar by sivramkrishnan)
one of the best interpretations of krishna nee begane baro ( in my books)
this is what fusion should be all about
http://play.raaga.com/telugu/song/album ... Nee-237447