Palakkad Murali is an Indian musician from Palakkad Kerala. Born on 10th of April 1968 at Vadakkanthara Palakkad, he always made his parents Raju Menon and Manikkavally proud by securing achievements on music starting from a very young age. He appeared in college at Govt College of Chittur Kerala for perusing Music and is certified as a ‘B’ Grade artist(tabala) by All India Radio. Being the part of Radio TV Malaysia as a Guest Artist from 1994 to 2004 only made his resume stand out from the roster.

Murali’s artistic approach is solidly focused on incorporating a wide range of styles. He is versatile over both classical and western tones in his rhythm section. His rhythm section is renowned for providing the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, which create a rhythmic and harmonic reference and beat for the rest of the band. The most common rhythm section is bass, drums, guitar and piano. His personal favourite instruments for the rhythm section includes Tabala, Mridangam, Konga, Timbales and Jazz which provide harmony, bass and percussion.

Apart from this Murali is also a very sensible program coordinator. He started as being a part of the rhythm unit of Naadham Orchestra to now coordinating numerous live stage events and orchestic units. Over the years his music has taken over events ranging from petite classical sections to mega fusion events. One of his proud accomplishments over a Large scale event include Orchestrating and Coordinating the “Lalitham 50” mega show directed by Malayalam film director M. Padmakumar honouring the veteran actress KPAC Lalitha who completes 50 successful years in acting. Jayaram Show in Australia (2016), Singapore Onam Night (2017) alongside legendary singers K. J. Yesudas and K. S. Chithra, Glorious 50 Years of Padma Bhushan Dr. K. J. Yesudas World Musical Tour (2019), And also “NIRAM”(UK-2025) with kunchako boban, Ramesh pisharody and Stephen devassy as part of notable international programmes.. The show amused the attenders which incorporate various political personalities and stalwarts from the Malayalam film industry. Some other noticeable shows include coordinating actor Jayaram’s show both in Australia & New Zealand and Actress Manju Varrier’s show in Singapore and more.

As a well eclectic artist, his musical performance has a long reach over more than 40 countries such as USA, EUROPE, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, CHINA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, BOTSWANA, UAE, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN….. After running various fusion projects and performing over stages in several continents, his artisanal jingle supported vocals of an impressive quarter of artists from the legendary brackets such as K.J.Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan, P.Jayachandran, S.P. Balasubramaniam and Hariharan. This list only proceeds to overwhelm with numerous established names in musical industry such as K.S Chithra, M.G. Sreekumar, Sujatha, Vani Jayaram, Madhu Balakrishnan, Unni Menon, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Unni Krishnan, Vijay Yesudas, Yamuna Raani, Swetha mohan, Chinmayi, Manjari, Haricharan, Jikky, Palakkad Sreeram, Karthik, L.R. Easwari, Sreenivasan, Vijay Prakash, Saindhavi, and many more. Murali’s musical expertise has surfaced over several Malayalam films such as “Panchavarnathatha” staring Jayaram & “Ganagandharvan” starring Mammotty both of which were directed by Ramesh Pisharody, “Kshnam” staring Barath under the direction of Suresh Unnithan and new generation films like “Oru Kareebian udayippu” to name a few.