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Musician: Sirishkumar
Location: London
Instruments: tabla
Music: Indian /
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HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSIC听听听听听听听听听听WHERE I PLAY听听听听听听听听听听A FAVOURITE SONG |
  
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 听听Listen (4'43) to 'Melo Melo' arranged and performed by Sirishkumar from the album, Kirtan Mala, available from www.sirishkumar.com
听听Listen (3'07) to Sirishkumar talk about his music
 听听Watch (2'03) a video of 'Melo Melo', performed live at the Swaminarayan Temple, Forest Gate, East London with Sirish on tablas, Dhanji Vekaria and Ramji Vekaria on vocals; Ashwinkumar on harmonium, Mike Pickering on drums, Jason Carter on Spanish guitar, Dave Noble on sitar and bass, David Wright on saxophone, Steve Edis on keyboards, and Arwin Vekaria on manjira with the chorus courtesy of local Hindu boys and sound engineered by Dineshkumar.
A favourite song:
'Melo Melo' is an old but light-hearted song about Krishna's wife Radha taking her claypot to sell youghurt and milk. But for some reason Krishna makes fun and though they have a light-hearted argument, he breaks the claypot. What's really uplifting about it is the strong chorus and big breaks which send the audience in raptures and hi-jinks whenever we play it. There's a fabulous build up to a high energy climax with a powerful tabla solo at the end. It's a perfect song for involving a whole range of musicians but it's especially suitable for the tabla. The beats are so strong, you just want to repeat the chorus again and again.
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