Episode 16 – Jyotsna Srikanth

Episode 16 of the Turquoise Coconut Podcast. We spoke to South Indian  violinist and composer Jyotsna Srikanth about cross-cultural collaboration, Indian social norms and expectations, artist exploitation, and more. Turquoise Coconut is a UK-based independent record label. For more info, visit us at turquoisecoconut.com or find us on Facebook. New music for curious ears.

Recorded on 27 April 2021.

Music featured in this podcast:

Alaipayudhe – Kanada – Adi – Oothukaduvenkatasubbaiyer: Jyotsna Srikanth [violin, musical direction], M. K. Pranesh [flute], Pushpa Kashinath [veena], Suma Rani [sitar], Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma [mridangam], Madhusudan [tabla], Arun Kumar [rhythm pads] | ‘Alaipayudhe’ [2010]

Tillana – Ratipatipriya – Adi Talam: Jyotsna Srikanth [violin], Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma [thavil], H. S. Sudhindra [mridangam] | ‘Insight’ [2008]

Polska från Eda: Mats Edén [viola d’amore], Jyotsna Srikanth [violin, vocals], Dan Svensson [percussion, vocals], Pär Moberg [saxophone, flute, harmonica, didgeridoo] | ‘Nordic Raga’ [2018]

Spring: Jyotsna Srikanth [violin, programming] | Unreleased

Thillana: Jyotsna Srikanth [violin], Patri Satish Kumar [mridangam], N. Amruth [khanjira] | ‘Call of Bangalore’ [2013]

Journeying Thru: Jyotsna Srikanth [violin] | ‘Life’ [2007]