Indian Classical

huh

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/shujaat-khan-at-rockvilles-jewish-community-center/2012/05/20/gIQAIFimdU_story.html

Wish I had seen this gig

this record is really something else

http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec346

"Also recommended....MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE"

Feeling it straight away! - thanks.

Got the record - his voice is all silk.

I've found the Dagar Bros recordings to be intensely gratifying, however CDs are difficult to find and usually pricey. Orissi Dance music is a good general category, but i am unaware of any specific group or established names to recommend. V.M. Bhatt is another name i seek out, try the "Burbon and Rosewater" album he did Jerry Douglas (Dobro) if you need an easier entry point. L. Subramaniam plays some wicked violin. And don't let his entry into pop culture scare you off, Ravi knew the raga forms inside and out.

Is there a book anyone can recommend about the history (as far as we know it) of indian classical music, or at least a sort of beginner's guide that discusses the key players of the past century or so, defines specific terms and instruments, etc?

xp to 2013 - i sprung for an out of copyright 4 disc set of 6 ravi lps it was pennies and i was blown away - i'd somehow always assumed that ravi shankar was the vanilla option, the lazy shorthand, the only brand people remember, but the phrasing, vibrato, the build - all grand. prefer the playing to imrat khan or vijayat khan, but that's just my preference.
what hits the spot like nowt else for me right now, tho' is ZIA MOHIUDDIN DAGAR on the rudra vina.
yowzer! transports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuia43tJUI

easily one of the heaviest things i've ever heard - pandit pran nath performing raga malkauns

Better library collections (i.e. "city") usually have a respectable range of relevant titles -- that's where i found the basis of my Indian stax. It was nearly 20 years ago, but the CDs could be checked out for free and you could keep them 2-3 weeks -- used to get 20-30 titles at a time and steep myself in them, so having titles with extensive liner notes was always appreciated.

I'm listening to this a lot the last couple of days: https://mandolinprakash.bandcamp.com/album/gayaki-mandolin

Even when just streaming, his tone and the recording sound really good imo.

Lossless is sounding amazing. Playing is beautiful too, of course.

This is beautiful. What an incredible tone.

That said, not paying $13 for a download.

Would buy this on vinyl or even CD in an instant though

It's a little steep, I agree, but, eh, lossless files sound as good as CDs with less physical clutter.

Kahsmiri singer Shameem Azad. Great singer and the orchestration is really fascinating as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo6VwSnbj_M

Not absolutely sure it belongs on this thread. The song might be folk music but the technique seems to be classical to me.

(Also I remember little about the politics of Kashmir but I'm thinking this probably shouldn't have gone here.)

Is there a book anyone can recommend about the history (as far as we know it) of indian classical music, or at least a sort of beginner's guide that discusses the key players of the past century or so, defines specific terms and instruments, etc?

― Wimmels, Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:09 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Late reply, but I read The Music of India by Reginald & Jamila Massey. Not sure how it compares to other books on this topic, but I found it informative. It gives a brief history of the nation of India in addition to a more in depth discussion and description of Indian classical music. There are many pages at the end devoted to just about every instrument imaginable as well as an overview of prominent musicians (note: it was published in the 70's, so that part's a little out of date).

I've just noticed the excellent Nooran Sisters are playing at Wembley Arena in September.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQuWH0xbypo

This is a v good twitter account for this:

https://twitter.com/sentaanrudra

not any more there isn't

:-(

Sharanjeet Singh Mand livestream concert tonight in about 3h:
https://www.facebook.com/events/543450103187078/

rest in peace shivkumar sharma, one of my favorite musicians of all time https://t.co/5GpNDwUnX0

— greg davis (@gregdavismusic) May 10, 2022

An ok list.

https://zikzak.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-hindustani-classical

Why is Shahid Parvez Khan always overlooked?

It's an OK list, but it doesn't make any mention of percussion as far as I can see? For me that's such an important aspect - for example in the Ali Akbar Khan link, the percussion is as important for me as the sarod playing.

Percussion just isn't there in many records. Nikhil Banerjee -- which I've been listening to -- is just solo sitar, so I don't know if that's important.

Why is Shahid Parvez Khan always overlooked?

― zacata, Thursday, 22 December 2022 bookmarkflaglink

What would you recommend?

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There’s a long and rich history (and theory and practice) of percussion in Indian classical music.

What would you recommend?

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:19 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

I mean he’s an absolute master so I feel like the recommendation is really whatever raags you enjoy that he has recordings of, which at this point is probably most of the main ones and some rarer ones as well…I particularly like his versions of Madhuvanti and Bhupali.

I’d check out Kushal Das’ surbahar recording of Marwa while you’re at it.

Also just rereading through some of the above but Nikhil Banerjee was definitely accompanied by tabla players, and in fact, I can’t think of any ICM musicians who play fully solo (you can’t really play the gat without it)

tabla is the best

Yes the other side of Banerjee has tabla, but first side is solo.

I am downplaying it a bit since I've never heard solo tabla records..

There have been plenty of notable percussionists. Check out Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain for example.

Listening to vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty now

I really like this YouTube channel of Indian Classical live videos:

https://youtube.com/@darbarfestival

Nice channel and now they have an app too.

Kaushiki Chakraborty Washington Dc area gig sold out quickly. She sent me voice memo answers via What’s App for an article I was writing.

how cool is jaltarang?

been checking out this record recently since it's on spotify

https://i.imgur.com/HA3Mdlq.png

esp the track "Nagumomu - Aberi - Adi - Thyagaraja"
https://open.spotify.com/track/21QuIzIytSKIgTSb78C1kd?si=34296ab2a6a74ef5

love this wiki image:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Milind_Tulankar_with_Jaltarang.jpg