First appeared in www.scroll.in on May 9, 2015. Last week, this column focused on a selection of 78 rpm recordings featuring Jaipur-Atrauli gharana exponent Kesarbai Kerkar. Originally, Kesarbai Kerkar was averse to recording and broadcasting her music, but a couple of gramophone companies managed to convince her to record. Today, we also have the opportunity of listening to her live concert recordings. On the first track, Kesarbai Kerkar sings the famous khayal Preetam sainyaan composed by the eighteenth-century composer Niamat Khan “Sadarang” in the