Articles in Live Concerts
When a Gifted Artist – Balachandra Prabhu generously gifts something, its time for all ears to stop listening to anything else. That is how we would like to describe our experience, when Bala decided to gift this song to his dearest Nag-anna on his birthday, for pure divine delight of all Radio Idli listeners.
Balachandra presents to us a Kannada Devotional song recorded live in a concert – Innu Daya Barade
We had the fortune of featuring Aarti Nayak sometime back with a recording of her scintillating performance. Carrying on the legacy of her father Pt. Ramarao Nayak of Goa and a family brimming with the ocean of music, Aarti has been awarded Sangeet Ratna by Kashi Sangeet Samaj. Her sister Kirti Nayak, shares with us a recording of her magic in Raag Madhuvanti
The first singer of Radio Idli is here after a long study break. On learning that her fans are waiting, she could wait no more, much to our delight. Archana Kamath is back for all of us with Videos recorded by her father for our benefit.. She performs Omkara Swarupa and Shyam Teri Bansi for our longing ears.
Uppinakuduru is a town near Kundapura, Karnataka, which may not gain instant recall unless you are an ardent lover of Yakshagana Puppets. For over 6 generations, the Uppinakuduru Kamath’s family has been the pioneer and torchbearer of the Art of Yakshagana Puppetry. Bhaskar Kogga Kamath is currently the lead “Sutradhar” of this invaluable heritage art and Saraswat Pride. We bring to you a slide show of few photographs of their show at Kurla Balaji Mandir, and an earnest appeal to donate for a great cause…. read on..
Words of appreciation fall short and flat with amazement, when each melodious note sung by Aarti makes a joyous impact on our senses. Aarti Nayak is the daughter and disciple of Pandit Ramarao Nayak of Goa, who is renown for his contribution towards spreading the knowledge of Hindustani Classical music. We present a tarana in Raag Hamsadhwani
Harish Pai arrives on Radio Idli, from the Middle East.
A strange thing happened last week. Over and above the din of financial markets crashing around the world, we could hear a strange chanting from across the Arabian sea. It kept getting stronger and stronger..until we could hear it oh so very clearly. “makka Idli jaayi…makka Idli jaayi” !!
Curious to know more, we checked the amchigeleuae yahoo group. There too, we saw the same “makka Idli jaayi..makka Idli jaayi” !!
And then it hit us. The UAE Amchis were all eagerly waiting …



