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Dr Premasiri Khemadasa Emperor of Sri Lankan Opera who revolutionised music to completely stop copying the Indian masterpieces – By Sunil Thenabadu The statement that music induces sensation is apparent. Certain melodies are embedded in our memories for ever. The power and the ability to change us and modify the world is always linked with a soundtrack of one genre or another. Music is a lustrous light that enters through the ears and routes through the body, similar to  blood that streams inside its veins. When times get rough, the music carries us through the darkest of nights, like a narrow boat drifting off at sea through a cloud of indecision. For over fifty years of composing Dr Premasiri Khemadasa fused Sri Lankan folk elements, Indian ragas, and western classical forms into glorious melodies that captured the deepest longings of the people who shaped his life.His fusion of many genres of ...

Oct 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , ,
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“BURGHER BUGGER-BAILA” – by Des Kelly A great ‘Baila-Story’ that does bring back some precious memories to this writer, who migrated to Melbourne in 1962, continued with my rudely interrupted Showbiz career, by attending some early dances in Melbourne, where the organisers PAID me almost as much as the rest of the band combined, to do a session of about 40 minutes of Baila Classics,   because I was the only ‘known’ BaIla-Singer around, In the City of  Melbourne, of that era.  Desmond Kelly (Mr.Music) (Editor-in-Chief)   e’Lanka. ...

Dec 28, 2022 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , ,
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Super performance by Annesley Malawana and the Super Chimes at the Lions Club spectacular – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE It’s been many decades since the Super Golden Chimes dominated the Sri Lanka music scene with folk and Pop music that has traversed the generations. The ultimate at the time for traditional favourites, that music has lived on thanks to one of its original members, Annesley Malawana, who continues to keep these Golden memories alive. Annesley and his own set up, the Super Chimes, came, saw, and conquered Australia with their breathtaking reproductions of that famous band from way back when, and are about to depart after sell out performances around Australia. I had a brief chat with one of Sri Lanka’s icons and he assured me that the hunger to go on has not waned in the least. Not mainly because of the infectious clamour and following they get. ...

Oct 25, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Photos Tagged , , ,
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