Was trying to find a song for my playlist in Gujarati but YouTube Music's search feature is, um, kinda random. Returned among other things the wonderful song Ya Sudahlah by Bondan Prakoso & Fade2Black
Ragamala! An all-night festival of Hindustani and Carnatic Indian classical music held at the Chicago Cultural Center. We only stayed for one session but we got to see Gaurav Mazumdar on sitar and Amit Kavthekar on tabla. They were students of the great Ravi Shankar and Zakir Husain respectively.
I love finding new music, especially ethnic roots music, and learning the stories and performers behind the tunes. As mentioned in my bio, I’m an amateur ethnomusicologist, and I collect music videos and have them organized into 19 playlists on my YouTube channel. The channel is over a decade old & my collection of tunes has been years in the making. In some cases, I have published articles about the various genres on my Medium page. Here’s a link to my Afrobeat/Afropop playlist - almost 130 music vids of the best the continent has to offer IMO. Especially fond of West African Griots and guitarists. Also the standout female African vocalists and instrumentalists like Kidjo, Diawara, Nneka, ASA and Jobarteh. #music#afrobeat#AfricanMusic#Africa#YouTube#MusicVideo#playlisthttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6DB27B73B588787
1/2 following up on my last toot, here’s a link to my “Indo/Desi” playlist of contemporary and traditional Indian music. I’ve got modern, “Coke Studios” performances by current stars, traditional and Carnatic musicians, and even some hot slide guitar. Names like Rahman, Shankar, Gandhi, Dey, Aftab, Subramanium, Bhatt and Bhattacharya. So if you haven’t heard Mohini Dey play bass and pandit V.M. Bhatt play slide guitar you don’t know what you’re missing. #music#IndianMusic#MusicVideo#playlist#indianmastodonhttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0iiAuVrDAzFKIf-ViiXZc99OlXL9dSMZ
Pts. Tejandra Narayan Majumdar and Tanmoy Bose, in RTP, NC.
I always have a bittersweet feeling about seeing Indian musicians based in India perform in the US.
While I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to see them up close and enjoy that intimate experience, I also wish they could perform in front of big venues just like they do back home.
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