First appeared in www.scroll.in on September 13, 2014. It has long been a practice among impresarios, music organisations and foreign universities to arrange radio and television recordings of touring Indian musicians. These recordings of interviews and performances are often made with a view to informing potential audiences of forthcoming concerts in the area. Such engagements are at times hosted by community radio and television channels that expressly cater to the South Asian community. Fortunately, many of these older broadcasts