A file photo of Wadali Brothers Pyarelal Wadali (right) and Puranchand Wadali performing at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. Photo: PTIIt was a cold January night in Sirpur, Chhattisgarh, when I saw the Wadali Brothers live for the first time. In a column from 2011 in Lounge, singer Shubha Mudgal had described the singing technique of the Wadali Brothers thus, “…two very distinct voices criss-crossing and weaving into each other. That night at Sirpur, the brothers pulled out the stops, throwing in some excellent harmonium-playing into the mix. When I heard of the passing of Pyarelal Wadali, at the age of 75, that night of ecstatic musicality came back in a flash.

Source: Mint March 09, 2018 12:22 UTC