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Legendary ‘UNSUNG” humble model Lead Guitarist Mahinda Bandara reminisced – by Sunil Thenabadu Legendary ‘UNSUNG” humble model Lead Guitarist Mahinda Bandara reminisced – by Sunil Thenabadu It is a natural phenomenon for any person to be a legend in any field to have acquired hereditary affiliations from family members or ancestors which is a laid down norm. The unblemished music career of humble Mahinda Bandara is no exception. It is obvious that his mother Chandra Bandara has acquired musical instincts as a ‘A’ grade vocalist at the SLBC from genital affiliations from her father DG Kodituwakku a master in ‘Tabla’ also a teacher of repute. Mahinda’s maternal uncle is famous Tabla exponent Premanath Kodituwakku a native of Kegalle as Mahinda. At Mahinda’s ancestral dwelling where he too resided there had been many musical instruments v.i.z. tabla,violin,sitar,guitar, mandolin etc., which were freely available for Mahinda to experiment with. Emulating the elders Mahinda ...

May 20, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Dharmadasa Walpola, Keerthi Pasquel, lead guitarist, Music, Shyami Fonseka

SHYAMI FONSEKA A PHENOMINAL SONGSTER POSSESSING A DECORATED VOICE, TEACHER, SACRIFICED LUCRATIVE MUSICAL VOCATION FOR FAMILY UNIT – by Sunil Thenabadu Shyami Fonseka as a popular vocalist possesses a good singing voice,self confidence,love for music,commitment,patience, determination, discipline with ability to accept criticism .Above all Shyami has hereditary affiliations for her journey in music as father and grandfather both competent musicians with ability to sing and play any musical instrument. Father is a full time musician, mother is a teacher all six siblings three in each gender all could sing well.Hence from her younger days music was heard within her dwelling. Together with her innate singing ability it was a moral booster for Shyami to pursue a career in singing which she had commenced in around year 1976.She had been never thought music by anyone but the environment at home had made her to be a self-made and thought vocalist.Shyami ...

Mar 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Annesley Malewena, Clarence Wijewardena, KDK Dharmawardena, Milton Mallawarachchi, Sarath Dassanayake, Shyami Fonseka, Somapala Leelananda, Umariya Sinhawansa

Remembering a great artiste Source:Island on his 25th anniversary The late, and great Clarence Wijewardene is one artiste who will never ever be forgotten – when it comes to music. It was Clarence who revolutionised the Sinhala music scene, and it was his creations that brought into the limelight, what is now referred to as ‘Sinhala pops.’ His very first band, the Moonstones, electrified the scene with their special brand of Sinhala pops and, from that point onwards, hits after hits followed. Before long, several others decided to follow in the footsteps of Clarence and the local scene began to reverberate to his music…and style. ...

Dec 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anil Bharethi, Athula Adikari, Chandani Hettiarachchi, Dezmond Rodrigo, Dhammika Bandara, Indrani Perera, Lalith Ponnamperuma, Lankika Perera, Lilanthi Karunanayake, Malawana, Malkanthi Nandasiri, Menik Chandrika, Priyankara Perera, Ranil Mallawarachchi, Rohana Siriwardana, Saman de Silva, Sanath Nandasiri, Shyami Fonseka, T. M. Jayaratna, Thisara Fernando, Tyrone Mihindukula, Vernon Perera, Walter Fernando