Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Kukubh Bilawal (1993)

Tabla accompaniment: Suresh Talwalkar
A traditional Agra Gharana offering with a 'madhyalay' sadra (a composition set to Jhaaptaal) & a drut bandish in teentaal, composed by the famous Agra Gharana exponent, Vilayat Hussain Khan (using the 'nom de plume' of 'praan piya')
A brief write-up about the artist (from www.ulhaskasha...)
Hailed as a musician’s musician, Ulhas Kashalkar was born into a musical family in Maharashtra. He was initiated into music by his father ​Shri. Nagesh Dattatreya Kashalkar​, an advocate and a musicologist.
He is a gold medalist from Nagpur University in his post graduation,where he learnt from Pt.Rajabhau Kogje and Prof.Prabhakar Rao Khardenavis​.
He received rigorous talim from ​Pt. Ram Marathe and Pt.Gajanan Rao Joshi ​in three distinct Gharanas such as Gwalior Jaipur and Agra.
While ​his music remains deep rooted in tradition, the listeners revel in the experience of listening to a new gayaki.
Ulhas ji is associated with ​ITC Sangeet Research Academy ,Kolkata as a Senior Guru since 1992 . He is also guiding students in ​Bengal Parampara Sangeetalay in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a Guru since 2014 .
Ulhas ji is a recipient of several awards such as Sangeet Natak Academy award , Pt.Bhimsen Joshi Jeevan Gaurav Puraskaar by the Govt. of Maharashtra , Pt. Omkarnath Thakur award by Gujarat Sangeet Natak Academy, Rashtriya Tansen Puraskar by the Madhya Pradesh Govt ,and Padmashree from Govt of India . He has been bestowed with several titles such as ‘Swar - Ratna, Raag Rishi and Gaan Tapasvi from Jagat Guru Shankaracharya.
A torchbearer of our pristine tradition, Ulhas ji continues to enthral and take his audiences on an ecstatic journey through his music.