This concert - it wasn't discussed here earlier right? This came as a total surprise to me.....there are some fan videos on youtube as well. Did anyone from this group attend this?
-A On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Vithur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Kailash Kher sets Delhiites grooving at Rahman’s concert > > New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi music aficionados were left wanting for more > at the A.R. Rahman Unplugged concert here Tuesday evening with no solo > performance by the maestro. But their pulses were set racing by singer > Kailash Kher who literally made them jig with an electrifying performance. > > Kher kicked off the event with his band Kailasa with “Mangal mangal” from > Aamir Khan starrer “Mangal Pandey: The Rising” setting the mood with > backbeat percussions, thumps of drums and his high-pitched echoes. > > Crooning songs like “Nachle”, “Arziyan”, “Swades”, “Rang de basanti”, > “Tauba tauba”, “Teri deewani”, “Dunia ut patanga”, the singer charged the > Siri Fort auditorium with an electrifying energy while casting a dig at > politicians. > > Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni was present at the > concert, organised by public broadcaster Doordarshan to celebrate its golden > jubilee on Sep 15. > > The audiences shouted for Rahman’s hit “Jai ho” and “Maa tujhe salaam” but > the Oscar winner tested their patience. He just made two mark-my-presence > appearances to only take on the piano in the end with singers Hariharan, > Sadhna Sargam and percussionist Sivamani for songs like “Tuhi re”, “Bheeni > bheeni”, “Dreams on fire”, “Ay hairathe” and “Bharat humko”. > > Thirty students from Rahman’s K.M. Music Conservatory in Chennai also > performed in a choir at the event, co-organised by Phat Phish Records. > [LM1] > http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/40438.htm > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > > > > -- -A http://viewsnmuse.blogspot.com

