Das, Ekendra / Ethnomusicology
Album: Ethnomusicology   Collection:World
Artist:Das, Ekendra   Added:Apr 2011
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-05-08 Pull Date: 2011-07-10 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Jul 3 Jun 26 Jun 19 Jun 12 Jun 5 May 22 May 15
Airplays: 3 1 1 1 1 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 01, 2011: bricolage
World Radio
4. Jun 21, 2011: broken flowers
Mpm
2. Jun 30, 2011: Youth Demographic Radio
Orisha
5. Jun 18, 2011: Music Casserole
Percussion Discussion
3. Jun 28, 2011: At the Cafe Bohemian
Orisha
6. Jun 07, 2011: broken flowers
Percussion Discussion

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2011-05-09
World percussion driven blend of Jazz, Latin and smooth Jazz,
Percussionist Ekendra Das and various musicians & vocalists.
***1: 5:54 small hip hop then Afrio Cuban Salsa
2: 5:12 mellow percussion Latin Jazz, keyboards, female vocal
***3: 4:50 anti war, fem vocal funky rhythm
4: 6:38 fem vocal, smooth Jazz
5: 3:40 mellow percussion, keyboards, vocal "thank you"
**6: 4:55 mellow instrumental with a driving percussion & nice bass jam
**7: 5:47 mellow instrument noodling, smooth jazz, some fem voc in Portuguese.
**8: 4:37 smooth jazz, first minute noodling, fem voc, nice percussion
**9: 1:34 spoken word/poetry,wailing sax
**10: 4:59 wailing sax, piano, lots of percussion, male voc/wail at end
****11: 4:48 fast Latin/African percussion, Afro Cuban fem chorus, slows down to just percussion
****12: 6:03 nice mellow groove, brass, wailing sax, minimal chorus "WORLD RADIO around the World", organ.
D  Farrell 05/2011

Track Listing
1. Orisha   7. Regeneration
2. Una Promesa   8. Life's Highways
3. Where Will We Go From Here   9. The Word
4. Love Divine   10. Mpm
5. Harina Con Sal   11. Percussion Discussion
6. Never To Return   12. World Radio