Akhtar, Najma/Gary Lucas / Rishte
| Album: | Rishte | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Akhtar, Najma/Gary Lucas | Added: | Oct 2009 | |
| Label: | World Village | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-11-15 | Pull Date: | 2010-01-17 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 17 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 | Dec 13 | Dec 6 | Nov 22 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 19, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Behaal |
4. | Dec 26, 2009: | Blue Marathon (Music Casserole time slot)
Special Rider Blues |
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| 2. | Jan 12, 2010: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Behaal |
5. | Dec 19, 2009: | Music Casserole
Parda |
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| 3. | Dec 26, 2009: | Blues Marathon
Special Rider Blues |
6. | Dec 08, 2009: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Special Rider Blues |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2009-11-16
Reviewed 2009-11-16
Indo American Blues fusion. She is a London based Ghazal singer (she sings mostly in Urdu) he a veteran of Captain Beefhart/Jeff Buckley guitarist. Can not go wrong on any track for a GREAT pairing of talents.
1: 3:49 mid tempo strummed folk guitar, tabla and very nice female vocal
2: 3:41 a bit slower, mellow, more almost scat style singing, very good sound, blues/slide guitar
3: 3:04 mid tempo, mellow wailing vocal
****4: 3:59 fast vocal wailings, cool rock fusion guitar
***5: 7:59 slow vocal wailings, guitar noodling/drone, Very cool sound
***6: 5:57 cover of Skip James's "Special Rider Blues" very nice slow picking with mellow vocal wailing
7: 3:25 mid to fast vocal wailings & folk guitar picking, fast tabla plus violin
8: 5:43 slow wailing vocal, Indian drone intro, @ 1:30 tabla & guitar pick up the tempo
***9: 5:56 mostly Indian, mid to fast vocal wailings, fast fast tabla, violin, scat style vocals
10: 4:30 mid fast vocal wailings, tabla, blues/ rock infused guitar
11: 5:01 mid tempo blues/folk guitar with pounding tabla, vocal wailings D Farrell 11/2009
1: 3:49 mid tempo strummed folk guitar, tabla and very nice female vocal
2: 3:41 a bit slower, mellow, more almost scat style singing, very good sound, blues/slide guitar
3: 3:04 mid tempo, mellow wailing vocal
****4: 3:59 fast vocal wailings, cool rock fusion guitar
***5: 7:59 slow vocal wailings, guitar noodling/drone, Very cool sound
***6: 5:57 cover of Skip James's "Special Rider Blues" very nice slow picking with mellow vocal wailing
7: 3:25 mid to fast vocal wailings & folk guitar picking, fast tabla plus violin
8: 5:43 slow wailing vocal, Indian drone intro, @ 1:30 tabla & guitar pick up the tempo
***9: 5:56 mostly Indian, mid to fast vocal wailings, fast fast tabla, violin, scat style vocals
10: 4:30 mid fast vocal wailings, tabla, blues/ rock infused guitar
11: 5:01 mid tempo blues/folk guitar with pounding tabla, vocal wailings D Farrell 11/2009
Track Listing
| 1. | Rishte | 6. | Special Rider Blues | |||
| 2. | Fragrance | 7. | Naya Dhin | |||
| 3. | Aksar | 8. | Daaya | |||
| 4. | Behaal | 9. | Parda | |||
| 5. | Woh Dhin | 10. | Soul Taker | |||
| 11. | Pensif Khayal | |||||