When Two Halves Make a Whole… Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger
Jahnavi Harrison gets the lowdown from the creative dream team behind Circle of Sound.
13 March 2012
Author: Jahnavi Harrison
Jahnavi Harrison, also known by her spiritual name, Jahnavi Jivana dasi, is a British musician known for her Hindu mantra meditation music. She regularly appears as a presenter on BBC Radio 4's Something Understood programme and BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought.
Sacred Music in a Contemporary World
Jahnavi Harrison writes on the kirtan sacred music traditions which are taking America by storm.
9 December 2011
Sacred Music of the Stage
In Part 3 of the Series, Jahnavi Harrison looks specially into how the divine is evoked through performance of folk and classical genre of theatre, dance and music.
19 September 2011
Dharambir Singh – the UK’s own sitar maestro
An acknowledged master of the sitar, Dharambir Singh, recently honoured by with MBE, shares with Jahnavi Harrison the trials on the way to reaching his position and the satisfaction of paving the way for the next generation of UK-based South Asian musicians.
19 September 2011
Dance of Devotion – Devdasis for a New Era
The Bhaktikalalayam dance troupe from Florida have grown up within the Hare Krishna community. They tell Jahnavi Harrison what moves them to keep up their practice.
17 June 2011
Sacred Music of the Street
In part two of the series, Jahnavi Harrison describes how the temple processions allow all to partake in the joyous singing and chanting of kirtan
11 March 2011
The Manganiyar Seduction
Take forty-three musicians from the heart of the Rajasthan desert (handle carefully); one well-formed stage set, and 300 small light bulbs. Gradually combine ingredients together one by one, and then knead rhythmically for one hour.
7 June 2010
Sunil Kant Gupta (bansuri) and Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
A double bill of Hindustani and carnatic music from Sunil Kant Gupta and Jyotsna Srikanth
7 June 2010