I first wrote about this almost a year back. I had just heard TKG in a Musiri Chamber concert and been blown away. Surprisingly I am not able to find that same recording today. But I heard another version of TKG's Samukhana. There is something about this composition in TKG's voice which reduces me to tears. It is as if in a few minutes he shows me an alternate reality of Carnatic music. Shorn of everything unnecessary, and reduced to what it must have been in the Trinity's lifetimes.. just an outcome of their adoration of the Divine. Just think. Today's singers all have great voices, great breath control, great stage presence, incredible range, everything.. and still TKG the sheer emotion in this is beyond words.
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