S/D: Indian / Hindustani / Karnatik fusion music

wow, it is indeed

xp thx, will def check out more Najma

S: saicobab - peculiar psych/indian/japanese mix: sitar, double bass, riq (tambourine) & yoshimi p-we on vox. lots of dazzling riffage, quite high energy and choppy

It's crazy to me how the western world really knows and understands none of this music. I don't think there's even a mention of Vilayat Khan or Nikhil Banerjee in the history of this board, despite the fact that they're probably the two most popular names in Hindustani classical following Ravi Shankar.

Not making a judgment either way necessarily, but it just seems like music obsessives are relatively well-versed in music from around the entire world, but Indian music is mostly a giant void.

Pretty easy to disprove your "no mention" supposition about the board via the search function -- maybe you're not aware that this is not the only thread on this topic? At any rate I'd wager it's less about a lack of interest and more about intimidation around the level of knowledge required to understand / enjoy / interpret this music, i.e. become "well-versed" in it. What books do you read? What websites? etc. The learning curve is, or at least appears to be, much steeper than in other cases imo.

And speaking personally, I feel like my knowledge of non-pop East Asian music is far far poorer -- not only can I not name the equivalent of Vilayat, I don't even really know how to categorize what I don't know.

Some other threads if you're actually curious:

Indian Classical
RFD: Indian music
Ravi Shankar
Carnatic Music Recommendations?

Plus various mentions on "world" music threads, long song threads, etc.

This thread is more about fusions but FWIW zacata, from Dec 15 to Jan 15, I watched/listened to at least one Carnatic concert a day via the virtual Kalakendra festival. I'm happy to talk about it (but prob on a Carnatic thread).

well this is bengali / bangla but really am fascinated with all aspects of this live session

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp6_RawHAD0

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/asia/pankaj-udhas-dead.html

Pankaj Udhas, Bollywood Singer and Maestro of the Ghazal, Dies at 72
His soulful renditions of ghazals, or traditional love poems, were featured on the soundtracks of hit Bollywood movies and moved generations of Indians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmKEX8fIWg

Sawani Mudgal and Khushal Sharma singing magnificently with tabla, mardal, & flute accompaniment live at Kennedy Center ( archived too)