HINDUSTANTIMES

"Vocalist Raka Mukherjee cast a spell on her large audience as she began with a thumri in Raga Kaafi Sindhura.She followed this up with a dadra in Misra pilu and a Holi Bhajan.With a voice that reflects years of rigorous training in classical singing under the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh and Kala Chand Lahiri,and a gayki that is infused with tremendous feeling.Mukherjee was at her best and the audience responded enthusiastically to her glorious performance.Indeed , the echoes continued long after she was done"

HINDUSTANTIMES

"Vocalist Raka Mukherjee cast a spell on her large audience as she began with a thumri in Raga Kaafi Sindhura.She followed this up with a dadra in Misra pilu and a Holi Bhajan.With a voice that reflects years of rigorous training in classical singing under the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh and Kala Chand Lahiri,and a gayki that is infused with tremendous feeling.Mukherjee was at her best and the audience responded enthusiastically to her glorious performance.Indeed , the echoes continued long after she was done"

Afternoon Despatch & Courier
Mumbai Thursday, December 11,2003

A fusion of "Poorvi" and "Kalyan" for the first time.Created a happy mood and also had a sense of yearning. Raka Mukherjee in concert organised by Sajan Milap, one of the oldest music circles in South Bombay.

The Statesman
4 February 2005
"Distant tunes"

"Today he (Martin Clayton) is more of a researcher than a performer but that brings him to India again and again from the UK. Most recently he was in town with an assignment from the Open University in London whereby he was required to record Hindusthani classical music at concerts. It was one of these experiences with vocalist Raka Mukherjeethat left a lasting impression"

The Statesman 19 Dec, 2003 – concert of Arohan Foundation.
"Dedicated students of music"

"Raka Mukherjee commenced the evening with Poorvi Kalyan. A meditative, well structured short alap brought out the devotional mood of the raga….
Her tans were presented with an eye for symmetry. She seemed to enjoy the bool-bant.So did her audience and her accompanists.

The Hindu,New Delhi - 05.03.2004
"A musical bounty this spring"

Raka Mukherjee , who performed at New Delhi's India habitat Centre recently ,sang in a voice of rare euphony and charm,sayas PRAKASH WADHERA in the Hindu,New Delhi edition dated 05.03.2004.

Comprehensive training, intelligent and continued practice from which aesthetic taste and propriety have not been banished. In fact so engrossing was the singing that even the choice of the commonplace raga Eman did not rankle. Solid musical substance went hand in hand with the lyrical and emotive content of the recital. Such a synthesis of form,contentand aesthetics was, one thought, a glorious tribute to the versatile genius of Raka's guru, the late Gyan Prakash Ghosh,aningenious vocalist,tabla player, harmonium player and an incomparable composer, all in one who in his time dominated the musical scene in Bengal like none else."

Amarendra Dhaneswar Independent -Mumbai
"MASTERING THE MELODY WITH MAGICAL EFFECT"

"Raka Mukherjee a leading singer from Calcutta, who sang recently in the city has a charming voice and a neat sense of presentation. She performed the raga Chandrakauns in style. Raka Mukherjee's Chandrakaunshad had a sense of yearning which is inherent in this raga. She sang it from the heart and touched the hearts of listeners."