such as Country Road,favourites of Bob Dylan,and many more.

The audiences presentthere did not want theevening to end so marvel-lous was it to have every-one participating.

And one alsoneeds to acknowl-edge the spirit ofKaveri Lalchand,who brings suchdiverse elements ofthe arts to theMadras TeqaceHouse thereby mak-ing it a place to fre-quent.

But it had to andwith great reluc-tance, both the artist

-and his audiencewound up with a Hey Judeand the national anthem.

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A t a recent concert heldat the Madras TerraceHouse, Sudeep

Swaroop, a talented musi-cian, who along with his gui-tar and his ability to drawpeople into the fold of music,made all those who were pre-sent sing their hearts out.Whether loud or inaudible, itwas obvious. he was doingsomething so right.

Sudeep is as accomplishedin the Indian styles ofmusic, just as he is with thewestern -he renders theGayathri mantra in a jazzymanner and the KausalyaSubraja Rama in the rockformat.

His voice is gentle andinsidious. hut his strurnrnin!!

is sure: and steady. He start-ed out, formally sitting on achair for a fairly small audi-ence (a pity more were notthere), soon as the eveningprogressed he came down tothe floor and made friendsand family get into theswing of things.

Which is howVedanth, anothervery talented gui-tarist and vocal-ist, came into thepicture andplayed some oldfilm numbers(Abhimaan forinstance) and hadeveryone singingalong.

And Sudeep(with the ferventrequests being put to him)nlaved the eternal favourites