Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha live in London, 1978.
Setlist:
Raga Is Charukeshi with the Gat in Roopak taal
Raga Jog with gat in Teen taal
Tabla solo by Ustad Alla Rakha in Jhaptaal
Raga Manj-Khamaj in Thumri style
In case you missed it, I posted two tracks from Atlanta’s Naan Violence in September, 2019. I also posted one of their songs in The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow, the global-music, Xenophobia-fighting weekly music podcast I did for a year.
From Episode 14 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow:
“We first heard Naan Violence when this track was posted by our friends over at Aquarium Drunkard. The group's label, ZAP Cassettes describes them as: "a freak-in transcendental free-sitar underground super-group from Memphis, Tennessee, the home of Isaac Hayes. Lilypadinman.com says: "Fronted by sitar player Arjun Kulharya, Naan Violence creates dreamy, mirage-like sitar music that evokes the mystery of an endless expanse of desert sand. It’s traditional sitar music re-invented for a barroom audience." Aquarium Drunkard describes the music as: "Layered with analog synthesizers, acoustic guitars, flute and tabla, Naan Violence’s expansive palette of sound feels at once organic and untethered." However you'd like to describe the music, we dig it and we think you might too.”
Here is Naan Violence “on Radio Boise's Global Grooves as part of their Treefort 2018 in-studios.”
Aquarium Drunkard calls it “Transcendental free sitar music” and that seems just about right.
Pandit Ravi Shankar (Sitar), Yehudi Menuhin (Violin), and Ustad Allarakha (Tabla).
Purchase West Meets East: The Historic Shankar / Menuhin Sessions at Amazon.