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Instant Poetry

K. Sridhar

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“Just add words“

Release date February 27, 2026

The Sarod might well be the most beautiful sounding instrument in the world with its body of wood, metal and skin and K. Sridhar is one of the very greatest sarodhyas today, deeply grounded in the Dhrupad tradition by Ustad Zia Mohiuddin since the age of five. He has a number of classical Hindustani albums, to his credit, some of them on our Country and Eastern label.

On this album Sridhar is experimenting with devotional music in free time, a music that might be well suited as a backdrop to yoga or other spiritual activities or just as a lovely background or intense listening experience.

All five pieces are based on raga Simhendramadhyamam and are not intended to be very different but rather give you subtle variations of the same very calm mood. He is accompanied on discreet percussion freely suggesting slow and spacious breathing rhythms.

Musicians

Krishnamurti Sridhar, sarod
Sopan Dev, percussion

Tracks

01 Devotion (10:40)
02 Meditation (18:22)
03 Joy (8:10)
04 Bliss (8:26)
05 Change is Permanent (11:10)

Info

Recorded in Stockholm 2002 by Rune Sundvall
Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP Recording
Graphic design by Jon Edergren, SPEKTRA Design
Produced by Bengt Berger
Release date 20260227