Music Planet: Road Trip

South India

Music Planet: Road Trip

Show Notes

Chirag Jain reports from India with music from the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on the Arabian Sea. Also, music from the doyenne of Carnatic music, M. S. Subbulakshmi

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