By popular demand, this week's show has 67% more melody. Tabla players are from the Benares Gharana.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Vineet Vyas: In the Beginning... (Uthaan) (rec. 2005)
Vineet Vyas - tabla, Steve Oda - sarod, Ajay Prasanna - bansuri flute, Murad Ali - sarangi, George Koller - dilruba [sitar/sarangi hybrid], Denise Djokic - cello
Vineet Vyas: TaalWorks
Vineet Vyas, VV01CD
4:00
(Composition in the wonderfully jangly late-night melody of Raga Sohini.)

2. The Art of the Benares Baj (rec. 1983)
Sharda Sahai - tabla, Bob Becker - harmonium lehara [repeating melodic framework]
Audiorec Classics, 766032 1034-2
43:34

3. Raga Malya Maruttam (rec. 2007)
Ronu Majumdar - bansuri flute, Durga Prasad Majumdar - pakhavaj [double-sided drum], Vilas D. Pednekar & Kalpesh Sachla - tanpuras
Ronu Majumdar: Master of the Indian Bansuri
ARC Music, EUCD 2056
17:58
(Playtime = Morning.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:30am

4. Raga Miya ki Malhar (rec. 1991)
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - mohan vina [modified archtop guitar], Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari - tabla
Gathering Rain Clouds
Water Lily Acoustics, WLA-ES-22-CD
25:57
(Rainy season.)

5. Raga Shuddh Sarang
42:17
(Noon.)

Set #3 - 10:30am - 11:00am

6. Raga Multani
23:31
(Late afternoon.)

Tracks 5-6 (rec. 2003)
Kala Ramnath - violin, Kumar Bose - tabla
Kala Ramnath: Luminous
Audiorec Classics, 799032 1057-2