Jaane kahan gaye voh din!

swarrier:

Yes, I like it but I have heard even better rendition of the same song, including by Shubha Mudgal. But the best one is a cassette I have of the Musafir group from the same Manganiyaar community. A remarkable community it is. You may be aware that they are all Muslims but their specialty is songs devoted to Lord Krishna.

BTW when I visited Rajasthan a few years ago, I was struck by the musical talent there. Even roadside sarangi players, especially in places like Jaisalmer and Jodhpur could give a run for their money to the contestants of Sa Re Ga Ma etc.

swarrier:

Nothing to do with this post directly, but I went to a concert last night by a south indian artist, Unnikrishnan. Amazing! What I really find very heartening about classical singers and musicians coming from India, especially the South, is that they are much younger than the old Masters used to be, articulate, well educated, fluent in English and sometimes accomplished in other fields as well.

Re: # 133

Swarrier - I was ready to signoff from Chowk when I came across your post. Thank you for reminding me of the beautiful song that I had heard way back. Yes, this was a very pretty tune. By the way, I recently discovered a few real nice Indian voices on apna link. Check them out.

Take Care
Nice making a musical connection on Chowk :)

Re: # 132
Thanks for the link. Before this article his the back pages , Zahra perhaps you and DM may be interested in this song. This album
Man ke manjeere was released in 2000 and spent some time doing quite well on the charts.
It deals with women`s hopes and dreams.
The music is by Shantanu Moitra and while some songs are quite fluffy there are some interesting tracks. One of them is by a Rajasthani singer who is polio stricken and cannot move. She is the first woman in her community, the manganiyars, to perform in public.
This is a traditional song in the raaga Mand.

Kesariya

#131 -

You may also like to review a collection of some beautiful eastern voices on the following link:

http://www.apnaorg.com/music

Re: # 130

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is of course wonderful.

I`ll listen to the others over a period. Thanks for the info.

I found the Polish folk dance okay, Salil-da`s take on it is really nice and somehow to me it shadows the original material. Maybe I`m just being parochial. -)

Some other interesting ones:

1. Atmospheres - Caribbean Retreat
2. Gypsy Passion - New Flamenco
3. Desert Roses and Arabian Rhytms
4. Best of Celtic Moods

Swarrier - I have been meaning to write a CD that captivated my heart on one of my journeys to an exotic land.

Global Spirit by Karunesh

http://www.amazon.com/Global-Spirit-Karunesh/dp/B000050J0F

I am a huge fan of Celtic mythology and loved the River Dance performance and the theme song.

The Polish folk song links are interesting, but there is something missing. I guess either it`s the spirit or the impact that is not there. In any case, thanks for introducing something new.

Last but not least, the only eastern voice that has stayed with me for as long as I remember is of no one else other than Nusrat Fateh Ali. His death was a huge loss for the qawwali music lovers worldwide.

I recently discovered another beautiful qawwali number by him that I have not come across before.

``Menoo`n Yaa`r Munao`no Fursat Naee`n,
Dasso Rub Noon Muna`waa`n Kis Vae`lae``

It`s a beautifully sung, stated and conveyed message :)

Re: # 127

Interesting. Thanks for the link.

Re: # 126

Thanks for the tip. I went on the web to look for her and listened to some of her song samples. I liked the more traditional versions rather than the lush arrangements, perhaps because the traditional stuff sounds newer to me than the other ones. Too many electric instruments tend to make it less unique I think.

When I was a kid in school I used to listen to a program on the BBC ``A taste of honey Irish style``. It was run by somebody called Gloria Honeyford (or Hunnyford, not sure about the spelling) and I was very interested in traditional arrangements of celtic and english folk tunes.

Since you put Planxty Irwin you might like this. Simple and pleasant.

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Swarrier: I suggest listening to the following:

1. Yulduz Usmanova - The Best of Yulduz
Song - Hur Kiz
An intro: Yulduz Usmanova is from Uzbekistan, along the fabled Silk Road trade route in Central Asia. Her singing is a fusion of intricately coded styles, which includes borrowings from Turkish and Persian rhythms and scales. She is accompanied by the tanbur (a long-necked lute) and the doira (a hand drum) but often wields a wicked backbeat and sees no reason why she should not use the latest electronic percussion and synthesizers. She is a folk singer and a club diva, a Moslem woman who wears miniskirts and was elected to her country`s parliament, and an international figure who resides in a rural area outside of Tashkent. Her elders admire her espousal of endangered folkways while young girls, emerging from the dual oppressions of Soviet life and religious fundamentalism, cherish her as a role model. Yulduz is a bundle of contradictions but knows exactly who she is. --Christina Roden
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Yulduz-Usmanova

2. The Pamet River Band - Celtic Vision
Planxty Irwin

I will post a few other later.

Enjoy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGCpQPC

#121 by swarrier,

Turns out mine is on tape as well. I thought I had it on CD (chin scratching). I can still probably rip it to .wav but that won`t be any good. Too large a file. But I`ll try to get it on CD and rip it for you :)

Re: # 122

Swarrier - Thank you.