Chitti Babu has been played on NTS in shows including Raga Vibrations, featured first on 28 March 2015. Songs played include Komala Koyala (The Cuckoo Song), Sudhamayi—Amritavarshini and Cascade.

Chitti Babu was one the most pre-eminent Veena artist from the late 1960's to the early 1980's. A desciple of Emani Shakara Shastry, Chitti Babu brought a new verve to the oldest musical intrument. Though there were classical Veena players like Mysore Doraiswamy Iyengar and S. Balachander, Chtti Babu's success spawned a generation of excellent Veena artists like R.K. Suryanarayana, E. Gayatri and S. Sundar. Chitti Babu brought in Blues-like quality to Veena playing, eschewing the…