Shankar, Ravi / Man And His Music, The
Album: Man And His Music, The   Collection:World
Artist:Shankar, Ravi   Added:Mar 2006
Label:Times Square Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2006-05-07 Pull Date: 2006-07-09 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jul 9 Jul 2 Jun 11 Jun 4 May 28 May 21 May 14
Airplays: 2 1 1 3 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 24, 2010: It's Different, Quite Different!?
Raga Behag, Raga Rajya-Kalyan
4. Jun 29, 2006: Thursday Lunch Break
Raga Behag
2. Jul 07, 2006: No Cover, No Minimum
Raga Tilak Shyam
5. Jun 09, 2006: The Top Shelf Of Vaselines
Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)
3. Jul 05, 2006: It's different
Farewell, My Friend
6. Jun 02, 2006: The National Congress Of Vaselines
Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2006-05-08
The Indian musician who brought the music of India and the sitar to the World. The notes have great info. on the sitar, the music and the performances
CD #1
***1: 12:31 1992 recording, a tribute to film maker Satyajit Ray, melody from film Panther Panchali (1955) Nice track, no long warm up/introduction (alaap) gets right to the sitar & tabla. Nice short track for a sound from India
****2: 23:04 short alaap & Jhala ( where the rhythm emerges) @ 7:40 tabla kicks in big time. Great tabla/sitar groove.
****3: 22:21 theme from film "Gandhi" duet with Ustad Ali Khan on sarod
4: 5:52 an excerpt featuring two dance styles Kathak (North) & Bharatnatyam ( South India) choral & percussive style vocal.
5: 3:27 female vocal, from 1961 film.
CD #2
****1: 19:19 a light romantic raga, the sitar soars. Tabla @ 14:00 from 1992
***2: 29:07 from 1982 a late evening raga nice tanpura (drone) /sitar groove, . . . tablas @ 12:00
***3: 26:48 tabla & sitar from the start with sarod Live in concert D Farrell 04/2006

Track Listing
1. Farewell, My Friend   5. Kaisey Din Beetey (From Anuradha)
2. Raga Tilak Shyam   6. Raga Rajya-Kalyan
3. Raga Khamaj (With Ali Akbar Khan)   7. Raga Behag
4. Ghanashyam - Dance Drama (Excerpt)   8. Raga Mishra Bhairavi