Shankar, Ananda / A Life In Music
Album: A Life In Music   Collection:World
Artist:Shankar, Ananda   Added:Mar 2006
Label:Times Square Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-04-09 Pull Date: 2006-06-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jun 11 May 14 May 7 Apr 16
Airplays: 2 2 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. May 02, 2015: Mix Tape
The Alien
4. Mar 17, 2010: "In Your Indian Ear ..." with David Bug, subbing for sri
Rajput Bride
2. Feb 21, 2015: Mix Tape
Dancing Drums
5. Feb 20, 2010: Music Casserole
Night In The Forest
3. Feb 16, 2015: Mix Tape
The River
6. Jun 07, 2006: the evils twins
Streets Of Calcutta

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2006-04-10
Indian Classical sound influenced by Rock & Funk from the nephew of Ravi Shankar, sitar teacher for Jimi Hendrix. The Asian Underground movement revived interest in his recordings. He passed away in 1999.
CD #1
1: 3: 34 Fast funky guitar, tabla and soaring violins
2: 5:21 fast guitar w/ tremolo? Flute, rock sitar Moog, big drum set fast minimal tabla . @ 3:40 slower than back up to full speed with sitar & fem chorus.
3: 4:35 keyboard Moog & sitar
4: 3: 03slower flute intro., mid tempo, with fem chorus.
5: 4:05 almost spy thiller intro., pounding percussion, some unusual sounds.
6: 4:06 percussion,Moog, violins minimal funky wah wah guitar, galloping tablas.
7: 4:37 Moog, keyboards,big drum kit, fast funk guitar & moog.
8: 5:17 appropriately named "Storm" , slow & low intro., bird chirps,,thunder,sitar & perc.,violins, flute & fast tabla.
9: 4:23 slower sitar,rock/funk guitar, Big sound.
10: 2:41 mid tempo, flute, sitar fem voc/wail
11: 4: 04 slower dreamy could be nice soundbed D Farrell 03/2006

CD#2
1: 5:58 mid to fast tempo sitar & other strings picking, big percussion, tabla.
2: 5:35 mid tempo sitar & tabla with big background sound nice flute.
3: 4:31 sitar sounding a bit like a banjo???, a dulcimer?? And minimal flute.
4: 5:14 flute?? Intro. slow to mid, nice soundbed.
5: 4:07 slow, chorus & flute??
**6: 3:54 slow almost drone intro., cool flute??
7: 4:04 big tabla & sitar.
**8: 4:11 fast smooth big orchestra sound. Reminds me of backup to Tuvan Throat singers.
9: 4:51 chorus reminds me of music from the "Spaghetti Westerns"
10: 6:12 slow smooth big orchestra sound.
***11: 5: 43 cool percussion intro., mid to fast tempo,nice sitar & tabla groove.
D Farrell 04/2006

Track Listing
1. Jungle Symphony   12. Anjali
2. Dancing Drums   13. Radha
3. Back Home   14. Celebration
4. The River   15. Namaskar
5. The Alien   16. Discovery Of India
6. Charging Tiger   17. Night In The Forest
7. Streets Of Calcutta   18. Universal Magic
8. Storm   19. Exploration
9. Renunciation   20. Gypsy
10. Cyrus   21. Indrasabha
11. Missing You   22. Rajput Bride