Women of the Records by Vikram Sampath

Category: Music
Publisher: Penguin Random House India

Across India women, mostly from the courtesan community, were the stellar pioneers of recording technology in the early twentieth-century.

Yet, their stories have been completely lost in the sands of time.

This book revisits their lives & features the indefatigable saga of 25 inspiring Indian women musicians from across the country, from 1902 to 1947.

Also, hear their original voices that have been restored & reconstructed in the accompanying CD.

The author: Vikram Sampath