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
Week Ending: Jan 17 Dec 27 Dec 20 Dec 13 Dec 6 Nov 22
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
2. Jan 12, 2010: At the Cafe Bohemian
Behaal
5. Dec 19, 2009: Music Casserole
Parda
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
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

Track Listing
1. Rishte   7. Naya Dhin
2. Fragrance   8. Daaya
3. Aksar   9. Parda
4. Behaal   10. Soul Taker
5. Woh Dhin   11. Pensif Khayal
6. Special Rider Blues   .