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Below is an overview of newsletter topics since 2010. Please click on the respective headline or on Read more to learn more.....

Previous newsletters

Newsletter May 2010

Special Offer Mini Harmoniums – Unique Items for Sale - Network of Sound Workers – Restrictions Paralyse Cultural Exchange

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Newsletter April 2010

Tabla Promotion Days in May – Music Books from India – Ravi Shankar (Cosmopolitan with the Lute) – Calcutta 2010 (Travel Notes) – Festivals with Indian Sounds

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Newsletter March 2010

New CDs & DVD from Navras – New Skins for String Instruments – Online Course on South Indian Music – Ravi Shankar on TV

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Newsletter February 2010

Sangeet Natak (Awards and Fellowships) – 80th Birthday of Pandit Jasraj

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Newsletter January 2010

Review 2009 – Tabla Straps Available Again – Sarod Maker Hemen Sen Passed Away – Write-up Amjad Ali Khan – Circus-Show India

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Newsletter December 2009

New Tunings for Shrutiboxes – Double-DVD Yoga Unveiled – Suggestions for Christmas - Obituary Gangubai Hangal – How to Replace Tabla Head

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Newsletter October 2009

DVD Raga Unveiled – Spare Adhesive for AKG Microphone – Tagore Award for Peter Pannke – Radio Night of Indian Music – Workshops in November

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Newsletter September 2009

Kathak-Footbells in Professional Quality –15 % Discount on Sitars & Sarods –Obituary to Ali Akbar Khan – Successful Hommage to Vilayat Khan (by Ingo Anhenn) – Newsletter Archive – Harmonium Master Appa Jalgaonkar Passed Away

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Newsletter July 2009

Available Again: "My Music, My Life" by Ravi Shankar –Bargains and Rarities at our Marketplace –15 % Discount on Tanpuras and Harmoniums –New Online Course on South Indian Music – Invitation to Jubilee Celebration on July 25th – Vacation in Berlin August 15th - 30th – Charlie Mariano Passed Away

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Newsletter June 2009

Ali Akbar Khan Passes Away – Bamboo Tanpuras from Our Own Production – Unique Bowed Instruments – New Date for Jubilee Celebration: July 27th – 15 % Discount on Tablas and Tanpuras – Label Chhanda Dhara Discontinued – Axel Elbin Turns 60

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