Hariharan who also got the National Award twice for playback singing, will bring out a new album with Leslie Lewis in October.
Highlights
- After working with Zakir Hussain in the album Hazir, singer Hariharan is all set to launch a sequel soon.
- "It is 15-16 years we since we launched Hazir. I have been hearing from people why we are not taking the initiative beyond what we experimented. In Hazir 2 I guess we have sought to further our musical trip and a whole new listening experience," Hariharan said here at the launch of a new weekly tabloid 'Good News Tab'.
- Asked about his equations with Zakir Hussain, he said, "It is vibrant and we understand what the other wants."
- Hariharan who also got the National Award twice for playback singing, will bring out a new album with Leslie Lewis in October.
- The duo co-founded the Colonial Cousins. He hoped it would get positive vibes like the Colonial Cousins, The Way We Do It and Aatma (2001).
- The 1996 album had won platinum as the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged.
- "I know Lewis for many years. We compliment each other with our own styles of singing," he said.
- Referring to late ghazal king Mehdi Hassan, Hariharan said "You can term him the university where singers like me were the graduate and post-graduate students. He was an institution where we merely studied and qualified."
- Recalling when he sang the Mohammed Rafi number aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera with Asha Bhosle in Kolkata, he said, "I would love to perform again with Ashaji in this city."
After working with Zakir Hussain in the album
Hazir, singer Hariharan is all set to launch a sequel soon.
"It is 15-16 years we since we launched Hazir. I have been hearing from people why we are not taking the initiative beyond what we experimented. In Hazir 2 I guess we have sought to further our musical trip and a whole new listening experience," Hariharan said here at the launch of a new weekly tabloid 'Good News Tab'.
Asked about his equations with Zakir Hussain, he said, "It is vibrant and we understand what the other wants."
Hariharan who also got the National Award twice for playback singing, will bring out a new album with Leslie Lewis in October.
The duo co-founded the Colonial Cousins. He hoped it would get positive vibes like the
Colonial Cousins, The Way We Do It and
Aatma (2001).
The 1996 album had won platinum as the first Indian act to be featured on MTV Unplugged.
"I know Lewis for many years. We compliment each other with our own styles of singing," he said.
Referring to late ghazal king Mehdi Hassan, Hariharan said "You can term him the university where singers like me werethe graduate and post-graduate students. He was an institution where we merely studied and qualified."
Recalling when he sang the Mohammed Rafi number
aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera with Asha Bhosle in Kolkata, he said, "I would love to perform again with Ashaji in this city."