Tuesday 28 September 2021

Pranavam Sankaran Namboodiri

 I had heard this vocalist before once or twice. But not a great deal. But sometime on Sunday afternoon, I discovered this Manorama Music channel with a series of lessons titled " Learn from the Legend. Pranavam Sankaran Namboodiri". A lot of them were songs that I had learnt. I did not want to revisit. It is hard enough learning the first time. One does not want to relearn. But there were enough new compositions . Almost the minute, I started listening, I got hooked. I can say that since Sunday, that is less than 72 hours back,  I have gone onto Youtube and started listening to this first thing in the morning. Invariably, I am falling asleep with one of the refrains in my head.

Sankaran Namboodiri is an extraordinary singer and teacher. There is also a certain basic goodness that is coming through. His desire to communicate the beauty of the composition and have his students get it is transparently visible. There are also certain pidis of great beauty one can observe in almost all the compositions. 

This is not going to be a long post. Since I need to go back to Pakkala. I am learning almost one song every day. And I need to keep up the momentum. But what can can one say. Immense gratitude to the teacher and also Manorama Music for this wonderful initiative.

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