Telegu is spoken by more than 60 million people in India and has become the second largest spoken Indian language after Hindi. Telegu is the language of the state of Andhra Pradesh which is known for its music. Almost all Telegu songs be they old or new, classical or folk, remix or pop are available on various sites for free download.
A large number of Carnatic music’s compositions and songs are written in Telegu. Infact most of the songs of the renowned classical musicians Saint Thyagaraja and Annamacharya are written in Telugu. The songs were rich in melody and lyrics and touched the soul of every person who heard them. Almost all of these songs are devotional or bhakti songs written in the praise of deities like Lord Rama, Lord Ganesha, Hanumanji, Lord Balaji, Lord Venkat to name a few. The traditional instruments used include veena, tanpura, mridangam, ghatam etc.
The Telegu movies popularized music and made it accessible to the masses. Music of the olden day movies was more classical or folk oriented and laid stress on the finer nuances. Truly it was music that struck a cord with one and all. Ghantasala was one of the stalwarts on Telegu music. He not only managed to retain the classical influences in his music but also helped popularize Padyam which is a kind of folk mythological drama.
The music of today’s movies is very obviously westernized. Genres like rap, hip hop, dance, beats, disco etc have become very popular. But some of composers still try using the folk and classical influences and create a kind of fusion music which sounds very appealing. Popular composers of today include AR Rahman, Illayaraja, Shrikant Deva, MM Srilekha to name a few. The popular singers are Shankar Mahadevan, Chankri, Karthik, Tippu, MM Keeravani etc.
Telegu pop music is also becoming very popular nowadays with the young generation. Most of the music is westernized using genres like hip hop, R&B, rap, dance, disco etc. Budding artistes include Smitha whose Maska maska was a huge hit, Tina Maya, Suchitra, Swetha, Prema Vedham, Shibu Pintu, Maalgadi Shubha etc.
Not just the whole of India but the world seems to be dancing to the beats of bhangra. Balle balle is not just on the lips of every Indian but of every foreigner as well. Most of the Punjabi songs whether old or new, folk or pop, remix or classical are available online for free download.
The first thing to strike a person on the mention of Punjab has to be the bhangra. The bhangra is a dance music folk form of Punjab which is now popular worldwide. Dhol, dholki, ektara are the traditional folk instruments played while the vocals are sung as bolis which are based on the festivals, current social issues or any occasion. Bhangra is especially popular around the time of baisakhi or the harvesting period. Bhangra today has benn westernized and used as fusion music which is extremely popular in United Kingdom, America, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Daler Mehendi is considered to be the king of bhangra. He has been instrumental in making the bhangra popular throughout India. He also one of the pioneers of Indipop and his first solo album was a runaway success. He has many hits to his credit like Bolo Tara Ra, Jalwa which are his solo albums and songs like Rang de basanti from mainstream cinema.
Popular Punjabi singers over the years have been Gurdass Mann, Malkit Singh, Hans Raj, Harbhajan Mann, Mika, Jassi, Stereo Nation, Chamkila, Kuldip Manak to mention a few.
Punjabi folk forms also include luddi, giddha, julli and not just bhangra. The use of Punjabi songs has become extremely common in hindi movies today. Most of the movies have 1 punjabi song usually bhangra with Punjabi lyrics. These songs have a very catchy tune and disco beats which make them very popular with the youth of today. Chak de phatte, kawa kawa are some of the very popular songs.
Tamil music is one of the most ancient and complex forms of music. Infact it’s rightly said that once a person learns the nuances of Carnatic music which is the classical Tamil music it’s very simple for him to follow other music styles and forms. Most of these Tamil songs be it old or new, remix or classical Carnatic are available for free download in varying formats like mp3, real audio and wma.
Tamil music started off with the Classical Carnatic music. It was basically developed by the trinity of 3 saints called Thyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Shyama Shastrigal. Purandaradasar was another one of the pioneers of Carnatic music.
The initial Tamil movie songs were more classical oriented with devotional songs dominating the scene. Melody was a key element in all the songs. But over the years Tamil film music has kept pace with the changing times and the music has evolved from being melody oriented to being disco beat oriented. The music today has all the elements like hip hop, rap, disco beats, English lyrics infused within the songs which the young audience can identify with.
The 2 stalwarts of Tamil music today or rather the south Indian music industry are AR Rahman and Ilayaraja. Both of them belong to Tamil Nadu. While AR Rahman has become a force to reckon with not just within India but internationally as well, Ilayaraja has given umpteen numbers of super hit songs which have made the audiences his loyal fans.
Popular composers over the years have been The M.S.Viswanathan-Ramamurthy duo who dominated the Tamil music industry in the 50’s and 60’s, V.Kumar and the duo of Shankar- Ganesh. Recently established composers are Shrikanth Deva, Jayaram Pushparaj, GV Prakash, Mani Sharma, Ashwin Subramanium, D Imman, Bharathwaj, Bheema and many others.
Popular tamil carnatic singers include MS Subbulakhmi, Balamurali Krishna, TN Seshagopalan, Bombay Jayashree, Bombay sisters, Unnikrishnan, Yesudas to name a few.
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There have been yahoo video launches, msn music launches and other launches which have helped music videos in getting to the top of popularity chart. Irrespective of Lanugage the web has playes a important and Vital Role in Music Industry. Sites like lyrics.com and yahoo.com provide the latest and best songs in all formats and entertain people.