An electric start
(WorldNews India)

The credit for the formation of a brand new electro-carnatic act, The Thayir Saadam Project (TSP), goes to a friend of Bindu Subramaniam`s. Bindu, at the time, was in a separate outfit called Subramania with her younger brother, Ambi (both are legendary violinist L Subramaniam`s children from his first wife). And this friend told them that they must check out an Indian classical version of Adele`s Hello and collaborate with Mahesh Raghvan, the musician who`d made it. So they met, and gelled from the word go. This was about a year ago. And now, the Bengaluru-based trio is ready to make its Mumbai debut this weekend, having played just two live shows before. Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, a...