Putumayo Presents: India
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2009-02-24
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Soundtracks:
- Zara Zara - Bombay Jayshree
- Khwaab - Niraj Chag featuring Swati Natekar
- Naino Sey - Sanjay Divecha featuring Kailash Kher
- Shiva Panchakshara Stotram/Shiva Shadakshara Stotram - Uma Mohan
- Homeward Journey - Satish Vyas
- Tere Bina - A.R. Rahman & Chinmayee
- Nagumomo - Susheela Raman
- Ganesha - Deepak Ram
- Vo Kuch - Kiran Ahluwalia
- Maavan Te Tiyan - Rajeshwari Sachdev
Music reviews of Putumayo Presents: India
Music Review: Currently Ancient
Rating: 5 Stars
The colorful tapestry of the cover drew me to this disc in surprising ways that I discovered upon listening, and not surprisingly, it has become my favorite purchase of this year in a short time. While retaining the forms of traditional India music and instruments (tabla, sitar) it combines tastefully with synthesizers, flute and guitar to incorporate themes of current and other cultures, specifically a jazz fusion style reminiscent of Al di Meola, ballads, to name a few, and the color interplay of the drone, highly melodic sitar and tabla, and spirited vocals that carry one away on a sea of pleasant wistful sonority. It reminds of me of being in Australia in 1988 for the Pacific Festival of the Arts and hearing the sitar when Fiji came on, wondering if the south pacific had shifted for a moment! All elements combine to form a holistic and spontaneously joyful music experience. To the extent that the CD cover and music within share these elements, their impact mirrors that of the sort of cultural olympics and realizing that Indian music reaches out far beyond its native land, even in the south pacific. How much the more so with this collection of tunes that embody the timbres of newer electronic instruments and current patterns while remaining true to its original form, distinctly native and embracing accesible trends in a meaningful way. Covering a broad swath, Putumayo once again delivers an important slice of the worlds culture on a disc. How fortunate as only 100 years ago people had to travel miles or be able to perform western music, let alone that from the other side of the world. The only thing I would have added is either a second disc or a companion album of pure Indian music, but that may not be what the label attempts to provide. There are plenty of sources for that, and so Putumayo is unique.
Description of Putumayo Presents: India
Putumayo World Music's release India, is a CD collection that showcases India's rich musical variety, from classical and acoustic folk to Bollywood and lounge music. India's emergence as a global economic power has brought increased awareness of this extraordinarily diverse country's multicultural offerings, its music foremost among them. India's thriving popular music scene--an adjunct to the country's immense Bollywood film industry--is highlighted on this collection. The love ballad "Tere Bina," from last year's blockbuster Guru, was written by acclaimed film composer A.R. Rahman and features Chinmayee, the award-winning female playback singer (an artist who records the songs that actors lip-synch). Rajeshwari Sachdev's "Maavan Te Tiyan," is another hit Bollywood song from the film The Perfect Husband.Several stellar musicians display their Indian classical music expertise. Satish Vyas, represented by his song "Homeward Journey," is a renowned master of the santoor, or Indian hammered dulcimer. Deepak Ram ("Ganesha") is a virtuoso of the bansuri (Indian flute), while Bombay Jayashri ("Zara Zara") specializes in the Carnatic South Indian vocal tradition. The liner notes were written by acclaimed music journalist Jim Bessman and include photos by award-winning photographer Robert Holmes. As with its other country-themed collections, Putumayo's India CD features a recipe, this time by renowned New Delhi-born chef Suvir Saran. Saran is the author of two best-selling cookbooks and owner of the acclaimed New York restaurant D?vi. A portion of Putumayo's proceeds from the sale of this CD will be donated to India Foundation for the Arts in support of its efforts to enrich the practice, knowledge, public access to and experience of the arts in India.
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