The nuances of nishadam in Surutti make it a rather tricky note to navigate. Senior vocalist S.Sowmya’s Surutti alapana interwove choice phrases of almost every kriti in the raga, as she explored the rishabam to nishadam portion in the madhya sthayi before focussing her creativity around the upper nishadam. If one closely observed Sowmya’s Natabhairavi alapana, certain phrases from ‘Sri …
