The Singing Prince
2008 May 26
The world is full of Mallu men with good voices. A being one of them, Yesudas and Rama Varma being others. I recently discovered “Prince” Rama Varma from the erstwhile royal family of Travancore, a descendant of Swati Thirunal on youtube.
Rama Varma learns from Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna and is a big fan of the late MD Ramanathan (the first person I heard singing Carnatic music on some ancient tapes of my parents, and one of the reasons I developed a love for this form of music).
Here he is singing Sri Rama Namam, rightly described as “jaunty” by the poster.
Related Posts:
3 Responses
leave one →
Dipali-Hi. That’s how I started too and am painfully acquiring some knowledge now. Decided to learn Carnatic in London because I think there are better teachers for it here.
I loved MD Ramanathan’s voice. And of course
Dr.M. Balamuralikrishna, whom I had the good fortune to hear live in a concert with Kishori Amonkar. (I’m a North Indian with zero knowledge of Carnatic music, but I do enjoy listening to it) I have enjoyed young TMKrishna and Sikkil Gurucharan. This clip was great- thanks for posting.