sounds of India (an occasional series) All knotted up? You’ve come to the right place. Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), sitar Live, Raag Malkauns (excerpt) The best way to listen to this? Here’s what I suggest: somewhere out of the way, headphones, eyes closed. At the end you’ll be a different person than you were at the [...]
Archive for the ‘sitar’ category
Saturday, 8/6/11
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04/14/2011If all the music in the world were an ocean, what I’ve heard might fill a thimble. Nikhil Banerjee, sitar, October 14, 1931-January 27, 1986 Raga Gara, live (TV broadcast) ***** Raga Hemant, live, Amsterdam, 1970 (Raga Records 1994) More? Here. And here.
Wednesday, 1/26/11
01/26/2011Sometimes you don’t know you have a thirst until you hear a musician who quenches it. Nikhil Banerjee (sitar), October 14, 1931-January 27, 1986 Raag Maluha Kaylan (excerpts), live (with Anindo Chatterjee, tabla) Part 1 *** Part 2 *** Part 3 *** Part 4 Want more? Here. ********** lagniappe radio gems: Indian music Raag Aur [...]
