From the media - The Star, Malaysia, November 20, 2003

11-19-2003, 09:22 PM

>From the media - The Star, Malaysia, November 20, 2003

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The Star, Malaysia
November 20, 2003

Blessed with song

.... "I came here mainly to participate in the akanda bhajan (which
was held on Nov 8 and 9 in Kuala Lumpur), an annual event where
bhajans are sung non-stop for 24 hours simultaneously around the
world for world peace. My trip here is purely by luck, or should I
say, destiny. Last June, I met a Malaysian in India who had heard of
me and my work, and he invited me over ... and here I am," he
said. ...

"You see, I come from central India and in the late 1960s and early
1970s, the (Satya Sai Baba) movement was getting started there. I
was a young boy at the time. I was roped in. They (the elders) told
us young boys to join in the prayers instead of idling our time away.

"We were all young boys and used to have a lot of fun. But soon, I
realised I must put my energy into singing and so I started singing
seriously and composing. I composed my first few bhajans when I was
12 and, by the time I was 14, I had composed quite a few bhajans,"
says the father of two.

Now, with 20 albums and more than 500 compositions under his belt,
Nasery is a well-established bhajan and ghazal vocalist in India,
often performing with other top-ranking singers of this genre, like
Jagjit Singh and Hariharan. His powerful voice, soulful music and
prowess at the harmonium has garnered him a following across the
globe, namely in Canada, the United States, Britain and
Mauritius. ...

Source of the article:
http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?
file=/2003/11/20/music/6729938&sec=music