TM Krishna: Ragam Neelambari

[@sp6972]

The singing is astonishing; taking a relatively "undemanding" ragam and revealing its brilliance. Make no mistake, TMK has no peers and, as someone who has listened to his recordings for a few decades, I have witnessed his progression/evolution into genius. I could go on about why, but not here. And as someone who has always held (and still does) MDR, Semmangudi, Chembai, Musiri with their perfection as the benchmarks, but I am beginning to wonder if they were perfect only because they stayed in their comfort zone? What is thrilling about TMK is his willingness to push the boundary of what is possible, and hence courageous in taking on the risks which no other singer has dared (as far as I can tell). First Edition recordings deserve a big applause for their recordings. This music has thrived for centuries, not because of state subsidies or royal sponsorships but due to its richness, its inherent confidence which has ensured its evolution into one of the most powerful musical forms. However, Carnatic music pyramid, which is thriving not just in India but the world over, has an expansive base of mediocrity. Take note aspiring young vocalists - don't worry about memorising 400, or even 20 ragams, just do a few memorable ones.

[@rahulanilkumar9562]

An interesting analysis. However, those artists, especially MDR, created that comfort zone for themselves by pushing the boundary of what existed then. It is just that we have been fortunate to witness TMKs evolution (sometimes in 1080p!). I would give anything to be able to witness this similar evolution of Ramanathan or Chembai (the difference in his music from the 78 rpm records to the utter serenity in his later years).

[@sixthsense66able]

S P, please do go on about why. Would love to partake of your understanding. I mean this with utmost seriousness and respect.

[@rajsub3884]

Very interesting comment on the evolution Evolution of art is necessary for keeping up with the trend

[@arjun_ragafanatic]

Could not have said this better. The first kalpana swaram took me straight out of this realm. Just 7 swaras was all it took. M,P,, PM, G,, MG,,,. He defined neelambari in that.

[@MostWantedVideos]

I admit you to say him the legend of living time in carnatic music!

[@mohancharlu9153]

Ate kozhukattai and slept off listening . Happy Ganesha Chaturthi 🐘

[@biplabchakraborty171]

I had a great fortune to fill this masterpiece live. What a soulful program it was

[@beethoven6185]

Complete justice to the raga.. I think this is how Dikshitar would have sung and want us to us.. Just amazing

[@ramanathansubbarathnam6398]

Neelambari is moving the heart. This is the tempo in which it is best to hear. A lullaby. In ddition to violin the mridangam lifts the concert. Great TMK Sir.

[@shashankanand6139]

Brilliant! What I really appreciate about TMK is that he has evolved his own style of singing. Slow, gentle music with a very soft percussion and violin on the side. And Neelamabari is probably the best platform to showcase his skill!

[@alapadmakalarangam305]

I love how the mrudangam artiste is quiet for a good portion and is all along so sensitive to the rAgam and the composition, as if putting the Goddess to sleep! Vidvan Arun Prakash is a great (accompanying) artiste - sometimes that accompanying means to stay quiet 😊

[@sudhakarkavuru9461]

Exceptional rendition. I have been listening to this song from at least 10+ singers, last 40 years, living in US. For this song, the speed is perfect. Subbulakshmi has done absolutely great job supporting Krishna.

[@tkrangarajan4894]

A class progressive singar facing lot of challenges. We will support him....

[@drnnarayana5027]

Neelambari raga explored at it’s best by Krishna.

[@shaktishastry7206]

The rendering of this kirtana snd the wonderful slow pace remind us of another late stalwart Shri Ramanathan. Touching the innermost nerves and so soothing. God bless the Singer and accompanying artists.

[@MegaRavishekar]

Great! I am gradually inclined to love his rendering of every note! I could admire him as one of the soulful voices of the human era! His way of enjoying each and every musical moves as a devotee of the almighty is imitable. 💐💐💐💐💐💐🙏🙏

[@seethalasrinivasan7989]

Yes

[@shaktishastry7206]

This beautiful piece is so lilting and SWEET that we are driven to the beautiful vision of the the most beautiful DIVINE MOTHER before our meditative pair of eyes. You see HER smiling and beatific sweet face bestowing Her Kataksha. Very soulfully rendered by this excellent singer

[@sowram]

Genius maverick.SANGITHA KALANIDHI award is ashamed that it has not decorated TMK. I have total disagreement with his politics and cheap caste driven antics.But I will be cheating my self if I do not recognize his awe inspiring singing talent.Politics and talent are different.When the premiere institutions like Madras Music Academy will understand this? I have no hopes

[@madhuritubahaar4thMarch1996]

I was so fortunate to experience it live being there.😍😍

[@mskalpanaprasad4158]

So lucky

[@isarojdahal]

❤❤🌼

[@vydyjuris]

The vilamba kalam is unbelievable, most others, even if capable, are unlikely to be able to settle this well at the pace Krishna has chosen. And as always, the mridagam is just what you need for a composition of this speed. No wonder Krishna uses so few others.

[@sreejithwarrier7602]

no body among the current classical vocalists who has mastered the vilambakalam as Shri. Krishna. His singing is godly

[@nanditharamesh7649]

From Prasadini in charanam it was a roller coaster delight ,so much melody and BHAVA...At Guruguha we could feel the Presence of the composer too..

[@filippoarlenghi6247]

From Italy...thank you so much

[@harikrishnanp2728]

You guys can't believe that how many days I have been waiting for new uploads...😅

[@rominacerati]

Hari Krishnan P Me 3!! 🎶❤️ #TMKrishnaGroupies

[@harikrishnanp2728]

@@rominacerati 😅

[@gayathrikeshavan6417]

Absolute essence of Neelambari, one of my favourite songs... sung beautifully.

[@KK-dd1vk]

Best Neelambari. Slept off..😴

[@subramhanyajois8822]

The Neelambari rendered by Sri T.M.Krishna was captivating, and reminded me of the rendition done by the great music gaint Sri M.D.Ramanathan. A happy blend of erudition and deep involvement. He deserves to be congratulated for it.

[@vedanthamsrinivasan1901]

Agree it’s a great rendering of neelamburi

[@iamyouu]

Ambaa Neelamyatakshi Karunaakataakshi Akhilaloka Sakshi Katakshi Anupallavi: Bimbaadhari Chitpratibimbaadhari Bindunaada Vashankari Shankari Ambujaaramana Shodhari Aadhari Ambari Kaadambari Neelambari Charanam: Sivaraajadhaani Kshetravaasini Sritajana Visvasini Siva Kaayaa Rohanee Sollasini Chitrupa Vilaasini Navayogini chakra Vikaasini Navarasa Darahaasini Suvarnamaya Vigraha Prakaashini Suvarnamaya Haasini Bhuvanoodaya Sthithilaya Vinodhini Bhuvaneshwari Kshipra Prasaadini Navamaanikya Vallaki Vaadini Bhava Guruguha Vedini Sammodhini

[@akhilsivakumar5453]

The song calms and excites at the same time! I wonder how MDR would have sung this.

[@composerthought]

அருமை! தங்கள் சஞ்சாரங்கள் பிரமாதம். excellent singing with abundant knowledge.

[@hcadambi1]

Fantastic music!. Thanks.

[@AravindanUmashankar]

What mastery , what an intensity, spellbinding performance ❤

[@tsvenugopal]

exellent neelambari thank you TMK

[@abhirup6861]

Neelambari at its best😍😍

[@srinathnarayanan7343]

Extremely soothing raaga.

[@shravanravishankarkousik9491]

Thanks for uploading this song.

[@laxmikrishnapuri9806]

A raga that is soothing, like a lullaby that cradles one’s senses, is Neelambari. This is a raga that is associated with relaxation, peace, and slumber. A janya of Shankarabharanam, Neelambari has gamakas that flow seamlessly from one note to another, blending subtle notes, like a shading on a canvas, and finally it all merges into one phrase that make so much sense.

[@jobkurian1760]

its a humble request to the admins of this channel(first edition arts channel). when such beautiful piece of music is performed by a legendary artist like TM Krishna and his wonderful co artists, ,pls don't interrupt the audience by choosing the option to add advertisements in between the uploaded youtube video ,totally spoiling the mood of it.i accept that there is business involved, but plz don't commercialise their wonderful effort so much.its a disgrace. pls consider this humble request.pls take away the advertisements in between the performance.thank you..a hard core fan of TMK sir and music

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

Job Kurian, please accept our apologies for this unacceptable interruption to your viewing experience. We have always made it a strict policy not to allow advertisements in the middle of the performances for precisely this reason. So when we checked the videos after your comment, we too were shocked to find ads in the middle of the performance. We assure you that this change in the algorithm was made by KZbin without our knowledge. We have manually gone back to the videos and changed the system where only skippable ads are allowed and that too only before the videos begin. We will further check with the admin team at KZbin to find out how and why this change was made unbeknownst to us. Apologies once again.

[@jobkurian1760]

@@nivedya23Glad you arent complaining. However not everyone would be privileged to have a premium account, like you. Music shouldnt be interrupted, even the channel people agrees with me here.

[@1234fazermann]

@@jobkurian1760 if you can afford a smartphone you can probably afford premium too.

[@whatsinaname571]

Just get a premium account. You are basically getting to enjoy a performance for free! How else can they monetize? Stop being entitled.

[@beethoven6185]

How cheap want everything for free? Can’t you get a premium account

[@bhajanbhaktisangeet5064]

Vv sweet , aanandam

[@alaapsyamakrishnan4362]

He is just enjoying the song so much that's why he is very slowly singing

[@chidambaramnainer1255]

மிகவும் அனுபவித்து பாடுகிறார் என்ன இனிமை. நீலாம்பரிராகத்தை (தாலாட்டுக்கானராகம்)தேவையான அளவு இழுத்து பாடுகிறார்.

[@prabhujagannathan7888]

Very nice. Excellent !

[@manisundarrajan7443]

blessings to you sri Krishna from Saroja mami who was learning in Kalapeetam excellent.

[@vaideeswaranm.s.2059]

Really marvelous.

[@VasuBalajiBala]

parama sowkyam. thanks

[@savithrividyasaghar4179]

Awesome Sir💐🙏

[@karthikakkapaka3878]

FEA you said it'll take a month or two!! But anyways, it's amazing, thank you.

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

There was unprecedented public demand to release the videos of this concert as soon as possible. We complied.

[@santoshrrrr]

Pure bliss !

[@dhagetita6924]

Wow just pure music

[@NadaswaramnadaswaramVengat]

Wow amazing

[@mohank1504]

Omg this is brilliant

[@govindaraousha8501]

Nilambari is dripping!!. Superb TMK sir

[@bagyalakshmichandrasekhara8689]

Very correct,ideal tempo 👍

[@magicalstrings2531]

Great sir please take raga darbari

[@shadowsgreens644]

Beautiful

[@shaunindia]

Again wow.. sharing with friends.. all the best for this very important work... This may sound silly but it would be great if you guys facilitate short term workshops. I know noone can master anything in a day or two , but just as a way to familiarise those of us who have very little knowledge of this and also for those of us who have an interest in performance

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

On our channel, there are a number of videos featuring TM Krishna where he does extended and in-depth lecture demonstrations called Manodharma. These were workshops on Carnatic music that FEA produced, curated and video recorded. They are all very informative and entertaining at the same time. Do check them out.

[@shaunindia]

@@FirstEditionArtsChannel will do. I was referring to offline workshops.. :)

[@rajk8664]

Am flying.

[@jayakumarv6676]

Super

[@manoharanchandran4145]

மிக மிக மிக அருமை

[@saibalajiv6095]

Intha ragatha keta nalla thookam.varumam.

[@dronacharya5587]

Thank you so much🙏🙏😊❤️

[@abhimanyu4507]

Soothing

[@manoharank4412]

Awesome

[@sjishere3354]

Different than Omkarnath Thakur ji's (Hindustani) Nilambari raag. Mitwa Balamwa (Raag-Nilambari)--Pt. Omkarnath Thakur - KZbin

[@VinayMadhusudanan]

Indeed, Hindustani Nilambari and Carnatic Neelambari are entirely different ragas. The former belongs to the Kafi thaat and the latter is a janya of the 29ᵗʰ melakarta Dheerashankarabharanam (the scale of which corresponds to Bilawal thaat, although as ragas these two are also very different).

[@balachandranvk2825]

Very good

[@nandakumarkp1312]

Neelambari at its best

[@m4musicclassical923]

beautifull nilambari

[@prasadpalaparthi3463]

👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳 113 idiots/lophurs/rogues disliked the content !?! Their hearts are dead with saturated filth !?! My heartfelt condolences for the bereaved hearts !?! ॐ शांति शांति शांतिः ||

[@palanisankararunachalam9134]

because of his behaviour and his anti hinutwa stand..

[@sivarama9874]

நித்திரை கொள்வதற்கு நீலாம்பரி.

[@rajeerajee2544]

When ever we hear Raag neelabari We remember the song Hindi song.. Neela Neela Ambar par Chandh jab aaye... Bla bla bla ...

[@vikramnitin9]

Ambuja Ramana Sodari Aadhari Ambari Kadambari Neelambari

[@arjun_ragafanatic]

In these lines undeniably "sangeetham vanduchu".

[@nikilmirle8850]

Is this album available on Apple Music

[@sajnask5487]

🙏🙏😍

[@carnaticmusicbydr.rukmanis46]

Who has composed this song? I know a song 'Amba Neelambari Ananda Sagari' .Is it the same?

[@babymanian65]

I also know that song

[@arjun_ragafanatic]

This is a different composition by non other than Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar, as can be seen from the rich aalapana style composition as well as the guruguha mudra in the last line of the charanam.

[@sreedeviozhukil516]

🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏

[@daitaswararnavam]

Best rendition of the ragam. It would have been better if a little more care was taken of the word breaking.

[@natarajank5486]

கிருஷ்ணாவுக்கு நிகர் கிருஷ்ணா....சொல்ல வார்த்தை இல்லை.கடவுள் அனுக்கிரகம்.அவர் வாழ்க வளமுடன்🙏🙏

[@shubhrajyoti-aqb]

🙏

[@palanisankararunachalam9134]

people like you are curse.. do you know what he is now?

[@premagajarajan4698]

Papanasha Shivam Kruti. Kandrkurali

[@premagajarajan4698]

How to request a song that you want

[@MoniVHS]

Please furnish the details of krithis and the raga also, for people like me who can only enjoy the music.

[@nandakumarshiva607]

Please upload the lecture demonstration of TMK sir which happened in Kolkata

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

Nanda Kumar Shiva soon. There are a few other videos by other artistes that have been long overdue that are currently being given priority. As the saying goes, “Good things come to those who wait”.

[@mitaleechatterjee4780]

@@FirstEditionArtsChannel that sounds extremely patronising!!!

[@hariharanr123]

8:35

[@atharvasagavekar5778]

Translation please

[@vshivkumar1]

“Excellent. Your Sancharas are excellent”

[@asifasyed230]

Came here after watching your interview on Barkha's show.

[@jyotisampat3246]

TMK , IS FAR REACHING IN MUSIC AND PHILANTROPHY. AII ROUNDER, NEXT PRESIDENT OF INDIA.

[@aravindpakaravoor]

😴😥

[@bhimankuntedinakarrau9037]

Qa

[@clemalford9768]

No taste of Neelambari I know.

[@RamaChandra-yq5cj]

77 L P

[@surfingsage]

All the praises in the comments are perhaps warranted, but the vocalist in this song is a 3 out of 5 to my amateur ear.

[@Chess845]

hes a legend.

[@kingjsolomon]

Your ignorance shines bright through your words, voice and music are the very sounds of consciousness and therefore the divine itself. His voice transcends to us the absolute. Without words or thought. Sound alone. Dissolve the barriers your mind has built and listen with something you’ve had all along. The self. Jai ✨

[@varun3253]

to your amateur ear, who would you say is a 5/5?

[@surfingsage]

@ the question is not who but what specific instance of a song sung by someone. If you are getting touchy about someone criticizing TMK then let me just say he too has some 5/5 performances, just not in this instance.

[@varun3253]

@@surfingsage I did not get touchy, from the way your comment was worded, I just wanted to know what angle you were coming from. Your subsequent comment makes your position clearer,imho.

[@sunils4722]

Neelambari is not a suitable raga for elaborate singing comprehensive singing is sufficient for expressing raga bhava

[@sushantanarzary5893]

Being a classical singer please keep attention on your dress.

[@jyotisampat3246]

He is LIKE RAVINDRANATH TAGOR. RESERVES NOBLE PRIZE.

[@j.saran77sara40]

He is always a tradition breaker. In tamil words as said by him he is a kalagakarar. Ha ha. He doesn't mind appearances. He minds only his talents

[@shashankmongrel]

being a homo sapien please have some manners.

[@palanisankararunachalam9134]

hey man he is not even caring culture.. ha ha

[@sudhirsanghvi3510]

A antihindu but sing music created by Hindus

[@gangadaranshepherd2724]

Recently I learned that the original South Indian music was developed by the Tamils but later was stolen by " Kalathiar ' who ruled the Tamils from Karnataka and that is how the name Karnatic Music came into use. Mr. T.M. Krishnan's vision of music is different from others in a way that it should not be restricted to only a few but reach out to whoever is interested. The very fact he still excels in his performance is strong evidence of his belief in whomever he worships.

[@prashasthneelakantan1307]

Sudhir Sanghvi Your ignorance probably makes you say that.

[@brightstar6386]

@@prashasthneelakantan1307 your ignorance on history of carnatic music makes you say so. Carnatic music suddenly fell from heaven in the late 17th century. Before that what were people doing nothing but hitting the coconut shell according to your theory.

[@Primus_suspectus]

@@gangadaranshepherd2724 Seems like you need a history lesson in Carnatic music. It's a collection of folk tunes from the ENTIRE southern region, formalised by one Mr. Purandara Dasa who happens to be from Karnataka. Hence the name Karnatic/Carnatic. This Tamil first theory is spamming the internet for the last 10 years.

[@kirkyrussell]

You are anti-human.

[@bharath1957]

He is such a disgrace to classical music, doing his own by Adding Jesus in his songs

[@mkokulan]

You are a disgrace for thinking Carnatic music has a religion, or indeed, that Sanatana Dharma is a religion at all; you're the product of a mindset and understanding of spirituality that is foreign to Bharata, one which comes from the West.

[@muthurengan]

Be a HUMAN first then you are qualified to enjoy carnatic music

[@Jithinrajofficial]

Music has no religion bharath

[@suryae.s8259]

You are a disgrace to humankind ...spotting religion even in music ...

[@Liacc21]

@@suryae.s8259 crt mam 😆 awesome reply

[@ramyaacharya8824]

Go for the western you have no right to continue with carnatic music shame on u

[@farudulisp9875]

Stfu

[@subhashnm]

Every carnatic musician shall be required to seek your certificate of approval here on, your majesty.

[@magesmathew5480]

Who are you Ramya?

[@prabhakaranthrivikramapuram]

There is no compulsion on one to hear his music... @Ramya Acharya

[@qwertyvexed8316]

Awww! You are wearing western clothes, you have no right to continue to live in Bharat, shame on u. You are watching this on a western video streaming platform, you have no right to continue to live in Bharat, shame on u. You commented in a western language, you have no right to continue to live in Bharat, shame on u.

[@ajikumar4231]

Ugly gestures.. A made artiste.

[@chandrasekarans1419]

Gestures and controversies just evaporates at his God blessed talents. Please don't exaggerate them at the cost of ecstatic rendition. If You think I am wrong, here comes my sincere apologies.

[@hariramkumar94]

Artiste!

[@arulrajperumal-ue9is]

Awesome