Pandit Pran Nath, the world renowned north Indian vocal master and the teacher of important western new music composers, particularly Terry Riley and La Monte Young, died in Berkeley, California, on Thursday, June 13th.
William Farley’s 1986 documentary portrait of the Indian classical figure, who considered by many to be the godfather of drone. Featuring interviews with Terry Riley, Mariam Zazeela and La Monte Young.
**last copies** The raga cycle given by Pandit Pran Nath at the Palace Theater in Paris 1972 was the first time a Master Indian Classical Vocalist had presented three consecutive days of ragas sung at the appropriate times of day, giving the Western audience insight into the characteristics that inform the moods and atmospheres of evening, afternoon, and morning ragas. The recording here is from the Saturday, May 27, 1972 afternoon concert and features Raagini Bheempalasi and Raag Puriya D…
Finally restocked: two full-cd recordings of raga malkauns by Pandit Pran Nath are accompanied by a 20-page enclosed booklet with texts of the vocal compositions (presented in devanagri script and phonetic english), word-by-word translation and poetic interpretation by sri karunamayee, a longtime senior disciple of the master.This double cd set is the first of many recordings by Pandit Pran Nath scheduled for release on the just dreams label. it features an earlier 1971 recording of a live perfo…
Beautiful recording of this 1972 concert featuring master vocalist pandit pran nath backed up by his then-pupils la monte young, marian zazeela, and terry riley. the vibes run pretty deep, especially you’re an ardent follower of carnatic forms...the first of the long awaited recordings from the historic raga cycle concerts which took place at the palace theatre in paris, 1972 is now available. one of the undeniable beauties of indian classical music is its strong connection to nature and especia…