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Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – July 2014
Rock and Roll Records, Someday, Cajun Moon, I’ll be there & Train to nowhere – The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale Ever since I came to know about this album, I have been waiting for it, despite...
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Just a little crush, If you feel & Open book – TV Dinners (Indipop – Mikey McCleary) One heck of an enjoyable album that clearly deserves more promotion. Really wish other composers, who did...
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Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – September 2014
Bombay Makossa – Chingari (Ranjit Barot, U Shrinivas, Etienne Mbappe) I came to know about this album 15 days before Shrinivas passed away and was waiting for the mid-September release date given that...
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Time-traveling with Ilayaraja across his Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam songs!
I started getting serious about Ilayaraja’s non-Tamil music only in 2010-11. It was a very random effort, no doubt initiated by Geetha’s Jothe Jotheyali. In 2012, I wrote a formal request on Milliblog...
View ArticleMilliblog monthly multilingual music reco – October 2014
Faya – Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Joe is a rapper, beatboxer and guitarist. Sekou Kouyate is a Guinean multi-awarded kora player. Together, they produce wonderfully eclectic music that has kora...
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Milliblog monthly multilingual music reco – November 2014
Dangerous, No money no love, Lovers of the sun & Lift me up – Listen (David Guetta) I know this album has been universally mauled to be blah, but strangely, I kinda liked it. The tunes are sticky...
View ArticleMilliblog Annual Music round-up 2014
Another year ends. Another annual music round-up! Milliblog’s 7th annual music round-up, to be precise. A couple of broad changes. I’m not going to make the lists really long (with long lists to please...
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Milliblog’s most expected film music of 2015
I’m aware of the fact that many people who follow this blog do so not necessarily for the reviews (hey, no hard feelings – people are free to use this blog as they see fit ) but just to keep updated on...
View ArticleMilliblog’s Top Recent Listens – January 2015 (and December 2014)
A minor update in the monthly ‘top recent listens’ list. I usually take this lists as an opportunity to not just list my favorites from the previous months, but also refer to those that I missed...
View ArticleMilliblog’s Top Recent Listens – February 2015
Hindi Moh moh ke dhaage – Dum Laga Ke Haisha (Hindi – Anu Malik) Khoney de – NH10 (Hindi – Bann Chakraborty) Hunterrr 303 & Chori chori – Hunterrr (Hindi – Khamosh Shah) Birju – Hey Bro (Hindi –...
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Hindi Teri khushbu – Mr.X (Hindi – Jeet Ganguli) Bach ke Bakshy, Calcutta Kiss & Jaanam – Detectve Byomkesh Bakshy (Hindi – Sneha Khanwalkar, Madboy/Mink & Peter Cat Recording Co.) Desi look –...
View ArticleHitman – April 4, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Calcutta Kiss Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (Hindi) Music: Madboy/Mink The oddly named Madboy/Mink comprises Imaad Shah (Naseruddin Shah’s son!) and Saba Azad, and they...
View ArticleHitman – April 11, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Parandhu Sellava O Kadhal Kanmani (Tamil) Music: A. R. Rahman A standout song from the soundtrack. This is the kind of free-flowing goodness one expects from the...
View ArticleHitman – April 18, 2015
An edited version of this list was originally published in The Hindu. Nacchite ye panaina Dohchay (Telugu) Music: Sunny M.R. Sunny M.R. happens to be Hindi composer Pritam’s ex-sound engineer and has...
View ArticleHitman – April 25, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. ‘Vasanthamallike’ Chandrettan Evideya (Malayalam) Music: Prashant Pillai At one point in the start of the music video (from the film, of course), Dileep sings aloud...
View ArticleHitman – May 2, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. ‘Paesi Paesi’ Vaa Deal (Tamil) Music: Thaman. S This has Thaman’s trademark all the way (though there’s a generous dose of Yuvan Shankar Raja too — remember ‘Thuli...
View ArticleHitman – May 9, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. ‘O sathi mere’ Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Hindi) Music: Krsna Composer Krsna made his debut — a spectacular one, at that! — with Tanu Weds Manu. He returns for the...
View ArticleHitman – May 16, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. ‘Jendapai Kapiraju’ Kick 2 (Telugu) Music: Thaman. S Thaman’s soundtrack for the first Kick was very popular and he does a good job in the sequel too. He usually has...
View ArticleHitman – May 23, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Athana azhagayum Inimey Ippadithaan (Tamil) Music: Santhosh Kumar Dayanidhi Santhosh, who till recently was programming for A. R. Rahman (including Lingaa), makes his...
View ArticleHitman – May 30, 2015
Originally published in The Hindu. Nee Variya Thiruttukalyanam (Tamil) Music: Vaiddhy Debutant Vaiddhy turns an otherwise risqué word like ‘Variya?’ into a full song, the said word being uttered...
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