The last few months of the year are usually slow from a musical event standpoint- organizers do not want t risk schedules going haywire due to the vagaries of the weather and typically go into hibernation during this part of the year. Surprisingly, this year was different- a Hindi concert in Virginia late November, a devotional concert in Chicago and a few more in the pipeline all the way until the end of the year.
The weekend at Chicago was indeed exciting. The Hindu temple celebrated its Annual Murugan Day celebrations and Aingaran who is very popular in the Chicago area performs at the event almost every year. I was very happy to be part of this event - for what better way to end the year than with a ode to Lord Murugan.
While in Chicago, I also had the opportunity to record for a Hindi album- produced, written and composed by a Pakistani- Sarfaraz William- and he was compsoing a Christian ghazal album- sounded very interesting and was truly an astounding and enjoyable experience. The recording took place at Sheno’s studio- Sheno is a well known keyboard player in the Chicago area. I wish professionals in the US had opportunities to be busy throughout the year on recording projects- Alas, the budget and market realities do not help realize such dreams. I will post the song once the mixing and production is complete- The album has 7-8 ghazals with voices of some professionals from India and Pakistan.
