Kedar – Dhammar

Dhrupad is a studio album featuring the dhrupad genre of Hindustani classical music. The album released on June 8, 2018, under the label Country & Eastern in digital media format. The recording showcases performances by Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, prominent exponents of the Dagar bani (style) within the dhrupad tradition.

The album includes seventeen tracks. Track 17, titled Kedar – Dhammar, spans a duration of 3 minutes and 11 seconds. The composition adheres to raga Kedar and employs the dhammar tala, a rhythmic cycle of 14 beats. The Dagar brothers render the piece in the characteristic alap-jor-jhala structure, emphasizing the meditative and expansive qualities of the dhrupad form. The recording captures the artists’ use of tanpura drone and pakhavaj accompaniment, though specific instrumentalists remain uncredited in available sources.

The album serves as a documented example of the Dagar tradition’s approach to dhrupad, a vocal genre known for its austere texture, microtonal inflections, and emphasis on pure sound (nada). The release date aligns with renewed contemporary interest in archival and newly recorded dhrupad performances. Further details regarding the album’s production context, additional contributing artists, or recording locations are not publicly verified.