Akkarai Sisters at the Narada Gana Sabha mini hall

[kachapah]

Artists (Narayanatirtha Jayanti)

Vocal: Akkarai Sisters (Akkarai Subbalakshmi and Akkarai Swarnalata)
Violin: Usha Rajagopalan
Mrudangam:Sankaranarayanan
Ghatam: Guruprasad

Song list

1. Vedadri simha tvaam-Mohanam-kandachapu (alapana and swaram)

2. Natha Natha makalaya nanda nandanam-suruti-rupakam (alapana)

3.jaya jaya gokula bala-ragamalika (Bhairavi,Atana,Kamboji,Kalyani and Suruti)-rupakam

4.Ayaahi vraja yuvati (Main)-hamsanandi-Adi (alapana and swaram)

5. Gopalamevadaivatam-kamas-adi

6.pahi rama doota jaga-vasantavarali

7. Mangalam-Madhyamavati


This was one of the most interesting narayanatheerta concerts I have heard. Subbalaksmi akka and Swaranalata akka sang a few songs that i had never heard before like the hamsanandi. It was a very enjoyable concert for me and i look forward to many more of the Akkarai sisters' concerts.

[mahavishnu]

Very nice. Thanks for your review, Kachapah! The fact that you refer to them both as "Akka" must mean that you are a very young person yourself!

Hope to see more vocal performances from the two sisters, who are both so busy as accompanists on the concert circuit.