Various Artists / Sufis At The Cinema
| Album: | Sufis At The Cinema | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2011 | |
| Label: | Times Square Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-06-26 | Pull Date: | 2011-08-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 21 | Jul 31 | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 30, 2012: | It's Bollywood
Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye |
4. | Aug 19, 2011: | Music Casserole
Ishq Kya Hai |
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| 2. | Sep 15, 2011: | It's Bollywood
Lambi Judai, Yeh Ishq Ishq |
5. | Aug 19, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Ishq Kya Hai |
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| 3. | Sep 01, 2011: | It's Bollywood
Mann Ki Lagan, Alla Hi Allah |
6. | Jul 26, 2011: | at the cafe bohemian
Darda Marya, Alla Hi Allah |
Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2011-06-27
Reviewed 2011-06-27
50 years Of Bollywood Qawwali and Sufi Song 1958 - 2007
Various Artists 2011
What Gospel is to R&B, Sufi music is to the more folklorish Qawwali, a music listened to on a daily basis with other forms of Bollywood music.
[Disc 1] 50s, 60s & 70s
1: 6:50 fast fast tabla with male vocal/wail & plucked strings
2: 5:00 mid to faster, male vocals, fast hand clapping percussion
***3: 5:05 female vocal/wail mid to faster, fem chorus, handclapping percussion
*****4: 7:09 male voc with fem voc & chorus, mid to faster, tabla
5: 6:49 male voc, fem voc & chorus mid tempo, tabla & hand clapping percussion
6: 7:38 male voc/wail solo intro then mid tempo, tabla & hand clapping percussion
***7: 5:46 plucked strings, horn, tabla, male voc/wail, mid tempo
8: 11:25 fast percussion, male & fem voc & chorus
9: 6:22 male wail, strings, percussion, male chorus, mid tempo
10: 5:51 male vocal/wail, percussion
11: 5:05 male wail drone intro, picks up @ 2 min tabla & hand clapping percussion
12: 6:33 big plucked & bowed strings intro then male vocal, fem wail, mid tempo
[Disc 2] the 80s,90s & the 21st Century
***1: 5:37 harmonium drone, male voc/wail picks up to fast
****2: 8:36 male & female vocals, mid tempo
***3: 6:27 slower to mid, female vocal, percussion, occasional plucked strings
****4: 6:43 mid to faster, male voc/wail, big percussion with chorus, short pause then more plucked strings male wails
5: 2:59 plucked strings, male vocal slow intro then faster, fem chorus
****6: 4:55 slow intro then big sound, flute, fast male voc/wail, chorus,percussion
*****7: 5:50 bowed strings, more of a contemporary rhythm, percussion, male voc/wail, very nice fem choru, mid to faster
****8: 7:17 flute intro, slow, very nice male vocal , slow sparse percussion
9: 9:03 slow male voc/wail, drone, violins, fem wail, violins
*****10: 6:30 slow male wail intro then fast big percussion, bowed strings, fem wail, chorus
11: 4:52 slow to mid, male vocal, tabla with a contemporary rhythm
****12: 4:41 flute intro, slow to mid male vocal, tabla, flute, bowed strings, contemporary rhythm
****13: 6:02 plucked strings, rainstick, flute intro, male voc/wail tabla, mid tempo contemporary rhythm, power ballad, hear ending credits at the movies. D Farrell 06/2011
Various Artists 2011
What Gospel is to R&B, Sufi music is to the more folklorish Qawwali, a music listened to on a daily basis with other forms of Bollywood music.
[Disc 1] 50s, 60s & 70s
1: 6:50 fast fast tabla with male vocal/wail & plucked strings
2: 5:00 mid to faster, male vocals, fast hand clapping percussion
***3: 5:05 female vocal/wail mid to faster, fem chorus, handclapping percussion
*****4: 7:09 male voc with fem voc & chorus, mid to faster, tabla
5: 6:49 male voc, fem voc & chorus mid tempo, tabla & hand clapping percussion
6: 7:38 male voc/wail solo intro then mid tempo, tabla & hand clapping percussion
***7: 5:46 plucked strings, horn, tabla, male voc/wail, mid tempo
8: 11:25 fast percussion, male & fem voc & chorus
9: 6:22 male wail, strings, percussion, male chorus, mid tempo
10: 5:51 male vocal/wail, percussion
11: 5:05 male wail drone intro, picks up @ 2 min tabla & hand clapping percussion
12: 6:33 big plucked & bowed strings intro then male vocal, fem wail, mid tempo
[Disc 2] the 80s,90s & the 21st Century
***1: 5:37 harmonium drone, male voc/wail picks up to fast
****2: 8:36 male & female vocals, mid tempo
***3: 6:27 slower to mid, female vocal, percussion, occasional plucked strings
****4: 6:43 mid to faster, male voc/wail, big percussion with chorus, short pause then more plucked strings male wails
5: 2:59 plucked strings, male vocal slow intro then faster, fem chorus
****6: 4:55 slow intro then big sound, flute, fast male voc/wail, chorus,percussion
*****7: 5:50 bowed strings, more of a contemporary rhythm, percussion, male voc/wail, very nice fem choru, mid to faster
****8: 7:17 flute intro, slow, very nice male vocal , slow sparse percussion
9: 9:03 slow male voc/wail, drone, violins, fem wail, violins
*****10: 6:30 slow male wail intro then fast big percussion, bowed strings, fem wail, chorus
11: 4:52 slow to mid, male vocal, tabla with a contemporary rhythm
****12: 4:41 flute intro, slow to mid male vocal, tabla, flute, bowed strings, contemporary rhythm
****13: 6:02 plucked strings, rainstick, flute intro, male voc/wail tabla, mid tempo contemporary rhythm, power ballad, hear ending credits at the movies. D Farrell 06/2011
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