Monday, September 08, 2008

Introducing Jessica

Jessica is the daughter of my friend Balakrishna Varma (whose paintings have been showcased in this blog earlier) and my little sister. We have been planning to do a recording but never had the chance to do it. Last Saturday I hopped over to Avalon and got Jess to record this beautiful song which is her current favorite. And I was totally amazed by her wonderful voice and a beautiful, confident rendition! Well, it is not much surprising though because Jess' mother Shobha Varma is daughter of Gopalakrishna Iyer, who is Guru to the Karnatik Saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath. Shobha aunty is also the niece of the famous trio in Karnatik music - T V Gopalakrishnan, T V Ramani and T V Vasan.

Here is Jessica singing Kangal Irandaal from the Tamil movie Subramanyapuram. This is her very first recording. Let her know what you think.

Song: Kangal Irandaal
Movie: Subramanyapuram
Sung by: Jessica Yvonne Varma


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46 comments:

Praveen Bala said...

Hey jessica,
Really good singing. Liked it alot. Wish to hear more from you. Good luck.

Praveen (TSJ)

Sreejith said...

Excellent voice and consistency.Keep it up
Sreejith

Jana Yedar said...

Waw Joe,

Great found.. Awesome voice. Hope to see some more songs from her. May be a dut song with u too... :)

God bless u Jessica.

Adithi said...

Simply amazing! Is she had sung this with the track, I would have thought that it is the original! All the best for a bright future in the Music world, Jessica. Thanks for introducing her to us, Jo!

dinu said...

really really good :)

Abhaya Simha said...

Hey… Jo,

Nice voice from Jessica. One can understand this coming from Shobha Anuty's tradition and class :-)

Regards
Abhaya Simha

Haree | ഹരീ said...

:-)
Nice voice...
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.:: Roshni ::. said...

that was really cool, do convey my appreciation. hope she'd consider creating an audioblog so we can listen to more songs.

Siji said...

hi jess, that was indeed an awesome rendition. looking forward to more songs from you....keep it up!

unnidotcom said...

good singing...good voice...as enjoyable as the original...best wishes !!!

Clay Atlas said...

Jo, has anyone ever told you that you look like an Indian Kanye West? It's kind of a wild resemblance...

Jo said...

Nobody told me so yet. :-)

Jess said...

Hi there.. Thank you all for listening to my first venture into the world of audio blogging (thanx to jo chetan).... and a big thanx for all those nice comments.. :)

Jessica said...

hey hw did u manage this to do wth gud clarity?? an awesome track..

Rijo said...

hai..its really good voice... keep it up...wishing u a good future.

Heart said...

Hey---

Nice voice---but, I couldn't understand the lyrics-(sorry--)However, she has a potential and got a talent. She can sing---really!

Heart.

Murali said...

Warm welcome JEssica. You sing ery well.

Bindu said...

Hey Jo, Jessica is an awesome singer....can't believe she is singing for the first time. by the way this is one of my favourite songs from recent movies. I have listened to it many times...I want to download the songs. Just let me know how to download this song please. Take care..

Balaji S Rajan said...

Jo,

Jessica has sung well. Very promising and confident voice. Her background should have helped her a lot. Thanks for introducing such nice voices.

Anonymous said...

Very Natural..I guess this song sounds better without the back-ground music....Keep it up , Jessica!!!

Allwyn said...

Jesus Christ ...wat a sweet and awesome sound....really damn..gr8...!....!!>.

obscurant1st@aim.com said...

kewl...lukin forward u to go into professional singin...al d bst.... :|

Anonymous said...

i keep coming back to this old page of Jo to listen to her...brilliant!!...does she have a music blog...would like to listen more songs frm her..
--dev

Sathya said...

i was amazed !!!! watta rendition :) all the very best to you jessy !!!

ray said...

Hi,

I was reading ur blog posts and found some of them to be very good.. u write well.. Why don't you popularize it more.. ur posts on ur blog ‘Just Jo’ took my particular attention as some of them are interesting topics of mine too;

BTW I help out some ex-IIMA guys who with another batch mate run www.rambhai.com where you can post links to your most loved blog-posts. Rambhai was the chaiwala at IIMA and it is a site where users can themselves share links to blog posts etc and other can find and vote on them. The best make it to the homepage!

This way you can reach out to rambhai readers some of whom could become your ardent fans.. who knows.. :)

Cheers,
Ray

Rinson,Abu Dhabi said...

Hello Jess,

This is really amazing..Jo chetan special congrats to you for bringing her voice to the world of music online....Hope u remember me...Varma Uncle & aunty hope you also should get appreciation for this venture...

anandu said...

its really good voice. keep it up

Anonymous said...

Wow! What a voice da! Keep it up babe. I thinka you singa like dame in Quentin Tarantino fima.
Wow. Great voice yah. Lol. thanx.

Lavanya said...

Vow...it was so refreshing to listen to such a sweet voice. I enjoyed the way she says "kangal" instead of "kanngal" :-)

My hearty wishes for a very bright future in the field of music.

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Anonymous said...

What a sweet voice. Really better than the Original Jess. Keep it up. Wish you all the best in the world of music, Kiddo.

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL...I KEEP COMING BACK ALL THE TIME TO HEAR JESS'S RENDITION OF THIS WONDERFUL HIT FROM SUBRAMANYAPURAM. I THINK IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL WITHOUT THE BGM. ANYWAY I THINK JESS HAS MADE A WONDERFUL DECISION. OR HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? SHE IS JOINING RLV MUSIC COLLEGE IN TRIPUNITHURA FOR BA MUSIC. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT MANY STALWARTS OF MUSIC INCLUDING KERALA'S OWN GANA-GANDHARVAN BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY FROM RLV, IT IS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, A WONDERFUL DECISION TAKEN BY JESS AND PRAVEEN WITH THE BLESSINGS OF PRAVEEN'S MUMMY AND DADDY. ALL GOOD WISHES TO JESS. MAY YOU WITH GOD'S GRACE BECOME ONE OF KERALA'S QUAILS.

reena said...

Wow!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I don't have words to express.
Keep posting her songs....
Reena

chandru said...

I don't have words to say, good luck.

rocksea said...

i don't often hear songs, that too, repetitions, but out of curiosity i tried this. she has sung well! keep it up!

Anonymous said...

Dear Jo,
do you know the number of times I keep coming back to this page to hear kunji molu sing. She sings with such Bhavam and her Tamil accent is so perfect. Everytime I listen to this song, memories of the good old days in Avalon keep coming back. I mean the time when this little molu was here. I listen to the song and tears flow like an unending NILA. I miss you my little molu. God bless you and keep you.

Denise said...

Wonderful, Jessica!!!!

pete said...

mesmerising.. really captured the beauty of reethigowla..just take care of the diction.. u have a great future..

Mary Deepa said...

I know Jessica as the sister of my friend Sally.But I never knew that she can sing so beautifully..... Jess your singing is awesome, and Jo thanks

Anonymous said...

good one bubooos :-)....!

SUJITH S KAKKANAD said...

that was very nice rendering..
A very talented singer, hardworking student both in physics and painting.. onderful

The Intrepid Journeyman said...

Very promising. Naturally gifted voice, amazing control. All the best for a great career in singing Jess!!! God bless.

George

Anonymous said...

awesome singing ...
sarath krishnan

Grinto Davy Chirakekkaren said...

wonderful redition ....just keep posting her voice ....

Making Life Better said...

Nice song Jessica... All the very best for your future!!!

ansh said...

nice singing ,,,,,,,,all the best....and good job.........keep some more post......