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Giving a whole new spin to the term ‘world music’ — A.R.Rahman spins his magic on an absolute scorcher, featuring Jordanian singer –Farah Siraj along with Nepalese Buddhist Nun Ani Choying. With the traditional Nepalese Buddhist hymn forming the base of the song, layered with a traditional Jordanian melody, and bridged seamlessly with composition written by A.R.Rahman, this song truly brings together diverse cultures and musical genres…

Not sure commentor Schrodinger’s Cat would want credit for this, but following her Bollywood-Sufi YouTube links led me to [email protected], which is an endless delight. Only wish I could embed “Kattey” — a driving collaboration between traditionalist Rajasthani folk singer Bhanvari Devi and female rapper Hard Kaur — but you’re gonna have to click the link if you’re intrigued…

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  1. 1.

    seaboogie

    Enjoying the music, but the “Coke Studio” graphics kind of not helping much…sorry to be a downer, but they are intrusive on the experience.

  2. 2.

    seaboogie

    @seaboogie: So, in the spirit of raising things up a bit, I proffer Krishna Das’ Hanuman Chaleesa….

    KD’s sonorous voice and chants have guided me down many dark and twisty roads and seen me through to the other side. KD was an early founding member of Blue Oyster Cult before he went to India, found a guru, came back to the US and got lost in cocaine and crack, then kind of started the whole kirtan movement in the US.

  5. 5.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack: Hey, Steep – that’s kind of super-disparate. Don’t know that version of Seger, but his music is kind of seminal to me, esp. as we moved to SW Ontario (down Detroit way) when I was a late teen. Really like Pharoah Sanders…thanks for the intro….

  7. 7.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack: So….you’re a sax man then….you like it deep and saxy late at night….mmmm-hmmmm

    Thank you for the mellow profferings late at night – much appreciated. My musical knowledge is somewhat lacking. Keep putting it out there…

  8. 8.

    Groucho48

    I hadn’t been familiar with much of this music before folks started posting links in thread here. Some very nice stuff!

    For something I am familiar with here is a set of some Celtic jigs and reels, performed by my favorite Celtic group, Arcady.

    https://youtu.be/3-oq7vfJlIg

  9. 9.

    Steeplejack

    @seaboogie:

    [. . .] that’s kind of super-disparate.

    Hence Door #1 or Door #2. Choose wisely.

    That song is early Seger—the Bob Seger System—before he emerged a few years later as the eponymous solo act. I’ve always liked the early incarnation; “2 + 2 = ?” is a great but little-remembered antiwar song.

  14. 14.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack: I’m sort of realizing that I am super-square, musically. I am circle-curious, but probably a rectangle at best. I will never be a musical sophisticate, but do please keep educate me in ways musical as you have done in ways functional on web-skillz using the site – which have always been appreciated.

    BTW, Seger’s Lucifer is auto-playing now, and the graphics are great.

  16. 16.

    Steeplejack

    @seaboogie:

    I don’t claim any special knowledge—just years of listening and discovering what I like. YouTube is a great resource for finding “more like that, please!”

    Milton Nascimento, “Dancing.”

  22. 22.

    mdarst so oregon

    Still up on the West Coast….Glenn Yarbrough passed a night or two ago. My FB and high school classmates and I remembered him today.

  23. 23.

    Anne Laurie

    @Groucho48: You should most definitely click on the Kattey link, if you haven’t already. Spousal Unit wandered past and asked “Celtic-Asian fusion?” — the tune has a driving percussive rhythm that, like some of the best Celtic stuff, is based on a tonal pattern not among the “proper European” sets!

  24. 24.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack:

    A Charlie Brown Christmas—my favorite Christmas album.

    Mine too.

    I love “Dancing”. New sounds for me, and my life is on the edge of the cusp of big changes – so very welcome…I is expanding and you are helping me in your wonderful way – thank you!

  28. 28.

    seaboogie

    @Steeplejack: Yes, thanks are in order. Unless we are in a relationship, in which case you should know that I will soon need to have some shelves installed in my new joint – a couple of weeks hence.

  34. 34.

    Msb

    Thanks for the video, that was great music. And I have to say I adore Siraj’s dress/robe, as well.

  36. 36.

    seaboogie

    @Mary G: I bought the CD at Starbucks (because latte and Snoopy and childhood memories) and then downloaded it on my phone.

  40. 40.

    Anne Laurie

    @Aleta: First music I ever bought was two cassette tapes (new tech, c1971) — Best of Melanie, and Mary Travers’ first self-titledsecond solo album, Morning Glory. I won’t apologize for either choice, but I really wish I could find a copy of the Travers album!

    ETA: My googling skills are improving, or (more likely) there’s more online than when I last tried finding this; I remembered the title of the album wrong, and since Morning Glory isn’t listed as being produced on cassette, the one I bought in Manhattan’s Chinatown may have been a bootleg.

  46. 46.

    Groucho48

    @Anne Laurie:

    I gave it a listen and did enjoy it. The fiddle definitely gave it a Celtic feel. It would be even closer if they replaced the drum set with a bodhran player. I thought the drums were a little obtrusive, anyway.

    Here’s another Arcady, with vocals by Francis Black and Sean Keane.

    https://youtu.be/t0u3CDx-I5s

  48. 48.

    Groucho48

    @Steeplejack:

    Love Peter Paul and Mary! The were either the first or second concert I ever saw. Joan Baez is the other possibility. Just saw her recently on her 75th birthday tour. Great show, even though her range is more limited, now.

  52. 52.

    Kathleen

    @seaboogie: I’ve still got his Black Orpheus vinyl, which features Cast Your Fate to the Winds. Side 1 is the soundtrack to the movie Black Orpheus, which I think was made in 1959. Fantastic album.

  53. 53.

    Kathleen

    @Steeplejack: My dad brought Meet The Beatles home from the radio station, where he always got promotional copies. Today Cincinnati is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ final concert here at Crosley Field. This thread is bringing back lots of musical memories and introducing me to new music (thanks for the links, AL and everybody else).

  55. 55.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Steeplejack: The first CD I bought was Abbey Road(it was a Japanese pressing that was the only Beatles CD available at the time, 1984).

  59. 59.

    Groucho48

    @Steeplejack:

    I like the Richie Havens version better but they are both great.

    I also like his version of Here Comes The Sun better than the Beatles version.

    https://youtu.be/357gZV2Nfsk

    In fact, I like him a lot. I used to have a couple of his albums on vinyl but I confess I haven’t thought of him in years. I think I’m going to have to remedy that.

  61. 61.

    laura

    I’m a failure at linking because I’m an old, but if you’re of half a mind, I highly recommend Slash’s blistering and masterful Love Theme from the Godfather that flows into Sweet Child O’Mine from the San Francisco AT&T Park Tuesday night.

    The jumboTron really captures the hand work of a Guitar virtuoso at the height of his craft and reunited in his band.
    Wow! What a performance.

  63. 63.

    the antibob

    @Anne Laurie: Fantastic link. Thanks so much! Always looking for world music sources. Coke Studio is amazing. Not sure how I missed it.

  64. 64.

    schrodinger's cat

    I will take all the credit I can get! I have linked to Coke Studio before but not this exact number. If you guys like Coke Studio, you will also like Rahman’s MTV Unplugged.

    From the movie Swades, Yeh Jo Des Hai Mera (This country of mine). Here is the movie version

    ETA: I hate the moniker Bollywood, makes it sound like the Hindi film industry is a derivative of Hollywood.

  68. 68.

    Ramalama

    Annie Laurie: I love this, cokestudio logo notwithstanding. I went to a buddhist university and had the pleasure of hearing some grog throat croaking Tibetan singers, but they were all men. And this was before the internet and the nuns joining Arabic musicians…

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