Above
is the link to Amaradeva singing ‘
Paalu Anduru nil ahasa mamai’
Lyrics
by the famous Mahagama sekera, words as clear as could be only by Amaradeva.
His voice has adapted over the years to the latest media.
Village
drum beats( raban?), flute and sittar; minimum of instruments. Even the silence
can be heard.
An
original. Enjoy.
It
is a moot point who made whom famous; Did Sekera make Amaradeva famous or vice
versa.
As
for me if not for Amaradeva, Sekera would be unknown today except to the few.
Amare
began recording when 19 years old- Asoka Maala about 1946.
Singer
of light or classical music, and music composer par excellence, violinist,
tablaist, adept with whatever is at hand, with a huge library of his
works on record, he accepts any music, western or eastern.
No parallel. Not even prodigy A R Rahman of India.
Now
88 years old, he can yet sing well, like India’s Manjreshkar sisters who are a
couple of years younger.
Jksw
