First appeared in www.scroll.in on January 24, 2015. In the second part of the series on the thumri ‘Baajuband khula khula jaaee’, listen to this evergreen Bhairavi composition sung by vocalists who otherwise practise a variety of genres. Evidently, their manner of elaborating the composition is influenced by the iconic presentations of Faiyaz Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, which were included in the first part of this series. These expositions do not have the detailed and layered handling of