Music recommendations
Posted by JoOct 13
Breathing Under Water
[Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale]
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For those who like albums which belong to the world music/fusion music category, Breathing Under Water is a delightful musical experience. This album is produced by Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale and have 13 songs in total. The music is a blend of Indian music with modern sounds. Karsh Kale does the guitars, keyboards and live drums while Anoushka Shankar manages the Sitar and keyboards. On the vocals, you have the ever-amazing Sting, the versatile genius Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Anoushka’s half sister and the Grammy winner, Norah Jones.
Instrumental collaborators include Pt. Viswa Mohan Bhatt (Mohana Veena), Salim Merchant (arranger, pianist) and the legendary Ravi Shankar (Anoushka’s father) himself on Sitar.
Confluence II
[Rahul Sharma, Richard Clayderman]
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This is the second album in the Confluence series by Richard Clayderman and Rahul Sharma. Clayderman is on Piano while Rahul plays Santoor. I am not sure if it is because of the lighter orchestra arrangement, but Santoor and Piano do not mix well together in this album. Both instruments stand out on their own without blending well together. Apart from that, it is a nice album for easy listening and to lighten your mood.
Miles From India
[Various artists]
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Producer Bob Belden teams up with Louis Banks and a number of other renowned classical and Jazz musicians from India and abroad to bring this beautiful album, Miles From India. The team has reproduced popular themes from Jazz music legend Miles Davis‘ recordings and put together a blend of Jazz music with Indian music. The artists include people who have worked with Miles Davis also.
Indian musicians include, Badal Roy (Tabla), Louiz Banks, Gino Banks (Drums), Rudresh Mahanthappa (Saxophone), Ravi Chari (Sitar), Vikku Vinayakram (Ghatam), V. Selvaganesh (Khanjira), U. Shrinivas (Mandolin), Brij Narain (Sarod), Dilshad Khan (Sarangi), Sridhar Parthasarathy (Mridangam), Taufiq Qureshi & Sivamani (Percussion), Kala Ramnath (Carnatic Violin), Rakesh Chaurasia (Flute) and Shankar Mahadevan & Sikkil Gurucharan on Indian classical vocals.
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7 comments
Comment by Praveen on October 13, 2008 at 11:33 pm
a nice collection..gotta checkout especially the 1st album. so many legendary artists in there.
the confluence series..the 1st one was by ganesh,kumaresh and taufeeq Qureshi rite?
Comment by Jo on October 13, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Hi Praveen,
No, the 1st album in the Confluence series was also with Rahul and Richard.
Comment by Praveen on October 14, 2008 at 10:24 pm
then there must be more than one confulence albums..i have one with the above mentioned artists
Comment by Jo on October 15, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I guess so. Taufeeq Qureshi and Ganesh-Kumaresh sounds like a good combo.
Comment by Jay on October 18, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I checked the “miles from india” one. Listened to “All blues” (the miles track i am most familiar and in love with) and it gave me a head ache. The Sitar solo is good on its own, but the hurried brass in the background – for me its more of confusion than fusion.
Comment by Jo on October 18, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Comment by Lena Violin on October 21, 2008 at 1:02 pm
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