London Days, Eternal Craze

This week we have the awesome and splendiferous Namrata Praveen share her awesome music with us. Namrata and Sudhir have been friends since their time in London in 2013. A lawyer by profession, she finds ways to spice up her life by listening to and recommending exceptional off-beat music to fellow music- lovers. Here are her songs this week.




Hey Spudding (Sudhir),
I stuck with your alliterative theme for lack of better idea.

Here is Dizzy Gillespie's riff on Mas Que Nada. I heard this song often as a child and it never fails to put me in a good mood. Listening to it now with my eyes closed puts me a million miles away from grey London. 

Mas Que Nada : Dizzy Gillespie

Next is Jain's Makeba. She had a really multicultural upbringing and I think that's reflected in her music. The video is fun as well and I'm forever grateful to her for introducing me to the inimitable Miriam Makeba. 

Makeba : Jain 

Hope your listeners have a lovely Monday :)

- Namrata

Live is the Way to Go

On stressful days in the office trying to finish off work before the end of the day or on lazy afternoons when we need something to wake us up, music sharing happens. My first week of work, I remember that we listened to Parvaaz and Prateek Kuhad on repeat, but we've gone through many other genres since then.

Today Aditi is sharing a modern twist on bal-musette off the streets of Paris and one of my favourite voices from movie soundtracks! Enjoy. 

Nantes : Beirut

I have been hooked to this song for the past few weeks! If you ignore the french lyrics, it is a guy singing a love song to his beloved across the Nantes. The impromptu performance of the band outside a cafe (did you notice him using the garbage bin?) is beautiful. Can people in Bangalore come out and give lovely performances like this?!

Short People : Randy Newman

How can you put up a list and forget Randy Newman. Such an adorable quirky old man! He knows how to say funny things in a song with a straight innocent face. Listen up and don't take offense. He's just trying to tickle your funny bone and some twisted lyrics to good music.