Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer

Listeners who are embarrassed at their inability to properly pronounce the names of Indian musicians should take comfort in the presence and importance of the clay drummer who is most often known as Mani Iyer. And a probably even larger segment of the music listening population, folks who don't approve of long drum solos, will also appreciate the fact that one of Iyer's missions in life has been to get mridangam players to cut back their tani avarthanam, or solo spot, back to the ten-minute realm, as he felt the ever-expanding drum solos of twice or even three-times this lengt...