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Appearance: it’s important, but not everything.

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Appearance: it’s important, but not everything.

Namaste, Dear Music Lover, Appearance. We all have various states of appearance and the other meaning of the word that refers more generally to visibility, meaning showing up to be seen (and/or heard) somewhere. Singers appear at various places for varied reasons: rehearsal or practice rooms for learning and preparation (these can be in one’s […]

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Sometimes, we can simply have fun and enjoy beautiful surroundings.

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Sometimes, we can simply have fun and enjoy beautiful surroundings.

Aajaadee Mubaarak!

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Aajaadee Mubaarak!

Namaste, Dear Music Lover, Happy India Independence Day!! I’m feverishly tapping this post out on my phone for a quick reminder to my dear Indian extended family as a way of sharing my love of our homeland and most importantly her people—despite the ongoing drama of a viral pandemic (Covid-19) still bearing down upon us […]

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Modernity v. Tradition

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Namasté, Dear Music Lover, Certainly I’m not here to push for one or the other, nor to tell anyone but myself how to feel, yet I think of many singers… we struggle with being some specific identity or balance of influences that “places” us in the constellations of singers as one or the other for […]

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