Shamsuddin Faridi Desai has been played on NTS in shows including Floating World Music., featured first on 9 July 2015. Songs played include Yaman.

ustad shamsuddin faridi desai tells about himself:

"I was born in 1936. My father, Mohammad Faridi Desai, was a court musician in the princely state of Bhavnagar in Gujarat (Western India), and tutor to the queen. He played the Been and was also adept at playing the violin, the piano, and the sarangi. He had studied with Ustad Waheed Khan of Indore, a disciple of the legendary Beenkar, Ustad Bande Ali Khan. My grandfather, Abdul Rehman, was in the army, but had…