The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar

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It is a fitting metaphor for this now-elderly sitar virtuoso's career that he should have fathered a Western pop star (Norah Jones) and one of the younger generation's most high-profile Indian classical musicians (Anoushka Shankar). He himself has been both, beginning with his apprenticeship in his brother Uday's dance troupe and culminating in a legendary collaboration with former Beatle George Harrison. But although Panditji (an honorific capped by an affectionate diminutive) has experimented widely, he never abandoned the disciplines of his youth and his mastery of the hypnotic, multi-stringed sitar continues to awe and inspire. The present selections range from full-length, lushly sensual examples of ragas (which are bound to provoke patchouli flashbacks in sixties veterans) to less traditional excerpts from Transmigration Macabre. Another high point: a thunderous tabla solo from Concert For Peace, wherein Panditji graciously ceded the stage to Zakir Hussain, son of his longtime drummer Alla Rakha. --Christina Roden

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The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar Manufacturer: World Music Network ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Rough Guide to Klezmer Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas Rough Guide to Irish Folk Rough Guide: The Music of Japan Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps ASIN: B0001AV59Y Release Date: 2004-03-15

Tracks:

1. Kathakali Katthak
2. Transmigration
3. Mishra Piloo
4. Dhun Man Pasand
5. Dhun In Devgiri Bilawal
6. Reflection
7. Raga Patdeep/Gat Sitarkhani Taal
8. Tabla Solo
9. Bilashkani Todi

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It is a fitting metaphor for this now-elderly sitar virtuoso's career that he should have fathered a Western pop star (Norah Jones) and one of the younger generation's most high-profile Indian classical musicians (Anoushka Shankar). He himself has been both, beginning with his apprenticeship in his brother Uday's dance troupe and culminating in a legendary collaboration with former Beatle George Harrison. But although Panditji (an honorific capped by an affectionate diminutive) has experimented widely, he never abandoned the disciplines of his youth and his mastery of the hypnotic, multi-stringed sitar continues to awe and inspire. The present selections range from full-length, lushly sensual examples of ragas (which are bound to provoke patchouli flashbacks in sixties veterans) to less traditional excerpts from Transmigration Macabre. Another high point: a thunderous tabla solo from Concert For Peace, wherein Panditji graciously ceded the stage to Zakir Hussain, son of his longtime drummer Alla Rakha. --Christina Roden

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Blue Moods: A Rough Guide to Soothing Eastern & Afghan Melodies Manufacturer: World Music, Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009K7J64

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It's been 20 years since Ehsan Aman last sang in Kabul, since he last watched Afghan teenagers swoon over his love ballads, dancing till dawn to his Eastern melodies. But right now, in his homemade basement studio in his Burke town house, Aman can close his eyes and imagine that scene once more: a living room in Kabul, the old tape deck hauled out of storage and one of Aman's tapes popped in, a familiar tune once more lifting a family to its feet. Aman, who has called Virginia home for more than half his life, who long ago became an American citizen, savors each news clip of Afghans celebrating liberation from the Taliban by turning up the music the repressive regime had banned. Aman's career as a musician was just blossoming in 1980 when the Afghan regime banned his songs as "anti-government" and ordered him to deliver pro-communist lyrics. Aman, then 19, a member of Afghanistan's national tennis team and a recent graduate of Kabul University's engineering school, felt cornered. He ran. After a 12-hour trek over the border, he reached Pakistan; within a year, he made it to Virginia. Here, he has established himself as one of the top pop singers in the Afghan diaspora. His hits rank in the top 10 on sites such as afghanteens .net, and he is a highly sought performer many pockets of the US and Canada. This album includes 11 Tracks of ambient music, perfect for a dinner party, background music for your busines, while exercising or doing yoga, or just for relaxing around the house.

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