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The thing is, I'd actually be more interested in what people who are somewhat into Bhosle (or even more familiar with the Kronos Quartet) think of this thing, than in what I think of it. Most of the songs have certain sub-passages I really like, but overall I am not into Bollywood, or even much Indian music,whether through a Kronos Quartet prism or not.

(I like the Mysore Nagamani Srinath recording Sundar sent though. Carnatic classical, which seems to be my the broad sub-area of Indian music I find most accessible.)

Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 24 December 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...
I really love the Bhosle/Kronos album -- grows on me every time I hear it (especially since my mom-music defenses were up at first). One thing I like about the way Kronos plays the stuff is that I don't think they really "westernize" it so much as just "kronos-ize" it. They don't try to iron out the quirks and nuances that make it bollywood music.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Joan Jeanrenaud is doing a record release show tomorrow night -- are such things special enough to make a weeknight effort to see?

Leee, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link

three years pass...

Anyone heard them play Reich's 9/11?

etc, Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:54 (eleven years ago) link

lol @ hstencil upthread

Carrie Antwoord (jaymc), Thursday, 17 May 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link

nine months pass...

Aleksandra Vrebalov's "…hold me, neighbor, in this storm…" & Nicole Lizée "Death to Kosmische" were amazing.
40 year anniversary this year, wonder if Nonesuch or someone will do anything?

etc, Monday, 11 March 2013 10:00 (eleven years ago) link

Saw 'em in a collaborative project with Laurie Anderson recently

curmudgeon, Monday, 11 March 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link

Saw 'em in a collaborative project with Laurie Anderson recently

How was it? I'm seeing it in May.

Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:23 (eleven years ago) link

I was kinda disappointed tbh. Laurie's verbiage did not really impress me, and Kronos' playing was ok but not wow-worthy.

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link

eleven months pass...

Just saw Kronos with Malian group Trio de Kali, and it was a great show (their first public show together). I liked Kronos better live than I did a year ago. They did 2 compositions themselves first-- a short impressive kinda noisy one and then a longer one that was dedicated to their friends in Ukraine. After the intermission they were joined by Trio de Kali- a great southern Mali female vocalist; a Malian balafon player, and a Malian bass ngoni player. They adapted Malian tradionals plus a Mahalia Jackson song. All very nice.

curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 February 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link

five years pass...

I like the song just released that will be on their new album Placeless that features vocals from Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat and her sister Marjan

https://youtu.be/TK2sHz8Rs5k

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link

They've also been doing "Music from Banned Countries" shows with compositions from some of the original countries on trump's banned list--Yemen, Syria, Iran

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 06:19 (five years ago) link


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