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Musician Rajna Swaminathan Among Handful of Women Mrudangam Artists

In 2019, when Rajna Swaminathan, acclaimed mrudangam artist – among a handful of women playing the mrudangam professionally – composer, and scholar, released her debut album, “Agency and Abstraction,” music connoisseurs took notice: she created new sounds from the instrument – which she started playing when she was just five – breaking away from tradition. In her music and research, according to her website, the Indian American musician “explores the undercurrents of rhythmic experience and emergent textures in collective improvisation.” She received her creative foundation on the instrument from her father, P.K. Swaminathan, and mrudangam maestro Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman. While she spent much of her youth performing in the Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam scenes across the diaspora and in India, her music has also been informed by her study of Western classical piano, an affinity for Indian film music and other popular music, and extensive c

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The Biophilia Records Festival Returns in Time for Earth Day, with Music and a Message

Pianist and composer Fabian Almazan, founder and director of Biophilia Records. Biophilia Records, the Harlem-based label founded by Cuban pianist Fabian Almazan, has always placed environmental concerns at the heart of its agenda. Among other things, this means that its releases come in digital form, with album art, liner notes and credits folded into something called the Biopholio, a trademarked package inspired by the art of origami, and printed using plant-based inks. But of course, it’s much more than the packaging. “Our artists collaborate with organizations that specialize in conservation, sustainability and outreach initiatives,” reads a mission statement on the label website. The artists on the label including Endless Field, vocalist Rajna Swaminathan and bassist Linda May Han Oh uphold these convictions with independent action.