It seemed incongruous to look under "Fans" and see the Skatalites and Bob Marley. That's quite a stretch, from Ravi to Bob. Then I downloaded the album, and found the genre marked as "Reggae". LOL. Somebody can't tell their ragas from their reggaes. But it is a good album, no joke about that.
This rules. Totally rules, but also goes by the title "Three Ragas". Get it, but just don't buy both.
This is a very misleading title. It is a duplicate of an earlier official release called "The Genius of Ravi Shankar". Ragas featured here are: 1. Sanjh Kalyan (Alap & Jod) 2. Yaman - Gat in Matt Taal 3. Dhun
The three fascinating new albums on the Smithsonian Folkways imprint that are devoted to the Music of Central Asia (volumes seven, eight and nine in an ongoing series, for those keeping score) might have been titled "Music of the 'Stans." The compilations range from the musics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, into India, and then around the world to expatriate communities in New York and California. One album sets poetry composed hundreds of years… more »
