Media, Recordings, Books
Videos
Pt. Upadhyaya accompanying Paul Livingstone (Raga Megh- Ektal Gat)
Pt. Upadhyaya accompanying Paul Livingstone (Raga Megh- Jhala)
April 2012 update--new youtube vidoes featuring Hom Nathji:
w/ Paul Livingstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxH1MC5nwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79hpTCshBY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziUytay0HU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-g0kjNKUug&feature=related
w/ Sangeeta Bandyopadhya, Paul Livingstone, and Soibal Bandyopadhya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEvUjB1hfw
w/ Vishnu Acharya (dhrupad vocalist); Hom Nathji plays pakhawaj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duo41XoA91k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWp57WYz2o&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eMOW_qwTpc
w/ Hom Nathji's son, Pramod Upahyaya (tabla), featuring Hom Nathji performing on madal tarang (a set of tuned Nepali folk drums)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iref90h2CMQ
Publications
From Kashi to Kantipur. Tabla instruction method book (in English). 2007.
Drawing on material from Hom Nath Upadhyaya's previous instruction book, this is currently the only book in English to contain information about the Nepali tabla gharana (lineage/performance tradition), indicating how the traditions of the Benares gharana ("Kashi" being an old name for that city) came to be transformed in Kathmandu ("Kantipur").
Rhythmic Garland. Tabla instruction method book (in Nepali). 2001.
Selected Recordings
Recordings available for purchase are hyperlinked below.
APRIL 2012 Update: "Sadhana," the new recording featuring Paul Livingstone (sitar) and Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla), is now available! Purchase and/or digital download at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paullivingstone
Classical Ragas in Concert 2. Independently Released, 2012.
Accompanying Paul Livingstone (sitar).
Prustar Presents Vocal and Instrumental Music from Nepal--"Hom Nath Upadhyaya's Dhrupada Dhamar and Madal Taranga". Dhrupad, tabla, and madal tarang (set of tuned Nepali folk drums) compositions. Compact disc. East Meets West Music. 2006.
Featuring Vishnu Acharya (vocals), Hom Nath Upadhyaya (pakhawaj and madal tarang), and Pramod Upadhyaya (tabla)
Harmika Yab-Yum: Folk Sounds from Nepal. Sublime Frequencies. 2005.
Seattle-based primitivists' take on Nepali music; featuring recordings from Radio Nepal that include Hom Nathji (uncredited) on some tracks. NOTE: If you like this cd and/or the Sublime Frequencies label in general, please write to the compiler of this album, Robert Millis, at Rmillis[at]speakeasy.net and tell him to help host Hom Nathji and the other musicians from this recording in a U.S. tour!
Prarambh...the beginning. Independently released 2004.
Accompanying singer Mahesh Kale.
Inside Nepal. With Pramod Upadhyaya. Independently released. 1997.
The Real Folk Music of Nepal: The Nepalese Blues. Ram Saran Nepali w/ Hom Nath Upadhyaya performing Nepali folk music. Compact Disc. Travelling Records. 1997.
This album is one of the few recordings featured in the Nepal section of the Rough Guide to World Music.
A track from this album also appears on the audio companion to The Book of Music and Nature, edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus, available here: http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/bookofmusicandnature_audio/
Tarang. Compact disc. East Meets West Music. 1996.
Hom Nath Upadhyaya's ensemble, Prastar, performing original and traditional compositions.
Prastar. Compact disc. Towards the Peace. 1996.
Prastar. Compact disc. Music Nepal. 1994.
Hom Nath Upadhyaya's ensemble performing original compositions.
Welcome Aliens. LP. 1979.
Oregon guitarist Cam Newton’s solo album. Also features the great jazz saxophonist, Jim Pepper!
(NOTE: if you own copies of this recording, please contact rnawallace[at]hotmail.com)
Hom Nathji has recorded with many artists from the worlds of Hindustani music, Nepali folk music, film music, jazz, rock, "worldbeat," and beyond, including: Clearlight (featuring members of the seminal psychedelic band GONG); flautist Rebecca Kleinmann; harmonica player and keyboardist Anton Mizerak; sarod player and long-time disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Montino Bourbon; Nepali classical/new age bansuri (bamboo flute) player Manose; Nepali sitarist Uma Thapa; new age musician Sudama Mark Kennedy; and many more.
Film Scores
March 2012 update: Among his other accomplishments, Hom Nathji was a musician in the Bombay film studios (commonly referred to as "Bollywood") during the early 1970s, under the supervision of the legendary R.D. Burman. As a musician in the studio ensemble he accompanied some of the greatest stars of Indian music, including Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and many others. More information on this period of Hom Nathji's career tba.
Hom Nathji also provided accompaniment to music by Paul Livingstone in the 2005 satirical film directed by and starring comedian Albert Brooks, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433116/
Pt. Upadhyaya accompanying Paul Livingstone (Raga Megh- Ektal Gat)
Pt. Upadhyaya accompanying Paul Livingstone (Raga Megh- Jhala)
April 2012 update--new youtube vidoes featuring Hom Nathji:
w/ Paul Livingstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxH1MC5nwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79hpTCshBY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziUytay0HU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-g0kjNKUug&feature=related
w/ Sangeeta Bandyopadhya, Paul Livingstone, and Soibal Bandyopadhya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hEvUjB1hfw
w/ Vishnu Acharya (dhrupad vocalist); Hom Nathji plays pakhawaj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duo41XoA91k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWp57WYz2o&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eMOW_qwTpc
w/ Hom Nathji's son, Pramod Upahyaya (tabla), featuring Hom Nathji performing on madal tarang (a set of tuned Nepali folk drums)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iref90h2CMQ
Publications
From Kashi to Kantipur. Tabla instruction method book (in English). 2007.
Drawing on material from Hom Nath Upadhyaya's previous instruction book, this is currently the only book in English to contain information about the Nepali tabla gharana (lineage/performance tradition), indicating how the traditions of the Benares gharana ("Kashi" being an old name for that city) came to be transformed in Kathmandu ("Kantipur").
Rhythmic Garland. Tabla instruction method book (in Nepali). 2001.
Selected Recordings
Recordings available for purchase are hyperlinked below.
APRIL 2012 Update: "Sadhana," the new recording featuring Paul Livingstone (sitar) and Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla), is now available! Purchase and/or digital download at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paullivingstone
Classical Ragas in Concert 2. Independently Released, 2012.
Accompanying Paul Livingstone (sitar).
Prustar Presents Vocal and Instrumental Music from Nepal--"Hom Nath Upadhyaya's Dhrupada Dhamar and Madal Taranga". Dhrupad, tabla, and madal tarang (set of tuned Nepali folk drums) compositions. Compact disc. East Meets West Music. 2006.
Featuring Vishnu Acharya (vocals), Hom Nath Upadhyaya (pakhawaj and madal tarang), and Pramod Upadhyaya (tabla)
Harmika Yab-Yum: Folk Sounds from Nepal. Sublime Frequencies. 2005.
Seattle-based primitivists' take on Nepali music; featuring recordings from Radio Nepal that include Hom Nathji (uncredited) on some tracks. NOTE: If you like this cd and/or the Sublime Frequencies label in general, please write to the compiler of this album, Robert Millis, at Rmillis[at]speakeasy.net and tell him to help host Hom Nathji and the other musicians from this recording in a U.S. tour!
Prarambh...the beginning. Independently released 2004.
Accompanying singer Mahesh Kale.
Inside Nepal. With Pramod Upadhyaya. Independently released. 1997.
The Real Folk Music of Nepal: The Nepalese Blues. Ram Saran Nepali w/ Hom Nath Upadhyaya performing Nepali folk music. Compact Disc. Travelling Records. 1997.
This album is one of the few recordings featured in the Nepal section of the Rough Guide to World Music.
A track from this album also appears on the audio companion to The Book of Music and Nature, edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus, available here: http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/bookofmusicandnature_audio/
Tarang. Compact disc. East Meets West Music. 1996.
Hom Nath Upadhyaya's ensemble, Prastar, performing original and traditional compositions.
Prastar. Compact disc. Towards the Peace. 1996.
Prastar. Compact disc. Music Nepal. 1994.
Hom Nath Upadhyaya's ensemble performing original compositions.
Welcome Aliens. LP. 1979.
Oregon guitarist Cam Newton’s solo album. Also features the great jazz saxophonist, Jim Pepper!
(NOTE: if you own copies of this recording, please contact rnawallace[at]hotmail.com)
Hom Nathji has recorded with many artists from the worlds of Hindustani music, Nepali folk music, film music, jazz, rock, "worldbeat," and beyond, including: Clearlight (featuring members of the seminal psychedelic band GONG); flautist Rebecca Kleinmann; harmonica player and keyboardist Anton Mizerak; sarod player and long-time disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Montino Bourbon; Nepali classical/new age bansuri (bamboo flute) player Manose; Nepali sitarist Uma Thapa; new age musician Sudama Mark Kennedy; and many more.
Film Scores
March 2012 update: Among his other accomplishments, Hom Nathji was a musician in the Bombay film studios (commonly referred to as "Bollywood") during the early 1970s, under the supervision of the legendary R.D. Burman. As a musician in the studio ensemble he accompanied some of the greatest stars of Indian music, including Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and many others. More information on this period of Hom Nathji's career tba.
Hom Nathji also provided accompaniment to music by Paul Livingstone in the 2005 satirical film directed by and starring comedian Albert Brooks, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433116/