Combining both modernity and tradition, Rashid Khan the young, immensely talented vocalist of Rampur Sahaswan gharana has chosen for this series the ragas Jog Kauns and Hameer. Raga Jog Kauns, a beautiful one is very close to the artistes heart and he feels that the beauty of this raga lies in the use of the gandhars and nishads. Raga Hameer is an old favourite in the artistes gharana. His ancestors and Ustads used to perform this raga very often. After the madhyalaya or medium tempo composition, the tarana sung by the artiste is an old composition of the Senia sursingar player, Ustad Bahadur Hussain Khan. |