Jazz Articles about Kadri Gopalnath

Kadri Gopalnath/James Newton/P. Srinivasan: Southern Brothers

by Char Ham
July 1, 2000

In a fastly widening global prospective, we must remind ourselves that us humans have more in common than being divided by differences in culture, race or ethnicity. “Southern Brothers" well emplifies this, first with its title, referring to Southern India, where Gopalnath and Srinivasan are from, and for Newton, where he spent his summers with his grandparents in the American South. Both geographical areas have rich musical cultures. It is surprising for Western audiences to learn that the music of ...