Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Saturday, October 07, 2006

India: Yesudas


Yesudas is a great Indian musician/vocalist who has made songs in several Indian languages (Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu..). He is also greatly participating in the Bollywood film scene producing background music, etc.
Hindi songs
Tamil songs
Malayalam songs
Kannada songs
Telugu songs
Enjoy :)

Nitin Sawhney - Mutlicultural Music from England

Nitin Sawhney (born in England) is an English musician of Indian descent. His critically-acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often presents themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality. The video below in in Hindi, although Sawhney sings in many languages.


Koyal


Related artists:
Trilok Gurtu
Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan
Talvin Singh

Friday, October 06, 2006

Punjabi dance; popular music, bhangra

Bhangra (Punjabi: ਭੰਗੜਾ, بھنگڑا, bhaṅgṛā) is both a lively dance which is from the region of Punjab, now divided between North India and Pakistan, and the musical accompaniment to the dance. A variety of popular music, also called bhangra, has developed from these traditions and has a keen youth following around the world.

Bhangra is a fusion of music, singing and the beat of the dhol drum, a single stringed instrument called the iktar (ektara), the tumbi and an instrument reminiscent of an enlarged pair of tongs called chimta. The accompanying songs are small couplets written in the Punjabi language called bolis. They relate to harvest celebration, love, patriotism or current social issues.

Today the word bhangra is more associated with the style of dance pop music derived from the above mentioned musical accompaniment. The dhol's smaller cousin, the dholaki, is sometimes used instead of or in addition to the dhol. Additional percussion, including tabla, is frequently used in bhangra.


Below now is just a typical example of how this looks in modern pop culture.
Song by Sabar Koti.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Warning: KITSCH


A song from my favourite Bollywood movie :blush: :blush:
"Dil se re" :|

And another song from this movie:


Sorry, I know it's terribly kitschy :| (but so beautiful ;) )