MetaFilter posts tagged with India and music

Van Shipley and slide guitar music in India

nickyskye — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:37:43 -0800

Van Shipley was the first electric guitarist in India. The name Van Shipley is Methodist, he [was] from Lucknow [Uttar Pradesh, India]. He designed his own electric eight string steel guitar in the 1940's. The reason he did this was that he'd studied Indian classical music under Ustad Alaudin Khan, the leading classical musician in India, who was also a contemporary of Ravi Shankar. He also studied the violin with a German teacher... so he made an eight string guitar, instead of a five string. His guitar was a solid guitar, designed to his style at the time, it was futuristic. Van Shipley "Aawara Hun" & "Mujhe Kisi Se Pyar Ho Gaya" -.mp3 Van Shipley - Hum Donon Do Premi Duniya chor Chale -.mp3 More clips of Van Shipley's music from the excellent site, Hamara CD, packed with free gem sound clips from the Indian subcontinent, where you can also customize your own cd. Steel Guitar In India, Country Music From Another Country! l Debashish Bhattacharya is another Indian slide guitar musician who plays classical Indian music on the Hawaiian guitar, introduced to India through the music of Tau Moe l Indian Classical music on Hawaiian guitar l Another example of Indian classical music on Hawaiian guitar l Interview and concert footage of legendary world blues and slide guitar master Bob Brozman.

Mahanthappa picks Indian music

kenko — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:47:06 -0800

Destination: Out, an astounding mp3 blog devoted to mostly out-of-print free jazz and improv records, has been linked a few times on Ask, but never gotten the main-page exposure it deserves. Until now. The editors' selections are always interesting and written about well, and they're ready to go to the mat for the music. (The interview with Marsalis by the Bad Plus to which that's a response is also well worth reading.) But the real impetus for this post is only tangentially related to jazz: recently they got saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa to do a guest post on Indian (mostly Carnatic) music, and it won't be long before the links expire. Fall to! Another tangent: Mahanthappa's frequent collaborator Vijay Ayer somewhat recently Andrew Hill tunes jazz.com. No downloads here, alas.

Dance like an indian

hadjiboy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:45:40 -0800

You're my Love

Pehli Nazar (First Look)

Salaam-E-Ishq (Salute thy Love)

Tujhe Aksa Beach Ghuma Doon (May I show you around Aksa Beach)

Singh is King

Brimful of Kumar

Kattullus — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:07:50 -0800

Rare Kishore Kumar Songs is a website dedicated to the music of legendary Bollywood playback singer and comic actor Kishore Kumar. There are hundreds of songs, many with other Bollywood legends, such as Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar. There are also songs by Kishore's son Amit. All songs and videos are in Real Player format and in low quality.

Super! Super! Super! Superman!

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:51:42 -0800

Indian Superman sings and dances with Indian Spider-Woman. (SLYT) (Previously)

The intoxicatingly beautiful vocal music of south India

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:39:35 -0800

Queens of Carnatic singing: Nithyasree Mahadevan: 1, 2 and 3. Sudha Ragunathan: 1, 2, 3 and 4. And the legend of the legends, M.S. Subbulakshmi, in her film appearances from decades past: 1, 2 and 3, and as an elder stateswoman of Carnatic vocal artistry: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The Maestro

chuckdarwin — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:57:28 -0800

Being a huge fan of the late, great Mr Harrison, I was hunting around youtube and found this video of a sitar lesson... which led me to this stunning performance by Ravi Shankar on Dick Cavett's show. [Previously]

"We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians, that's all."

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:25:09 -0800

Introduced to Western culture by the Beatles in their single Norwegian Wood, the sitar has featured prominently in North Indian classical music for centuries. Princeton-based computer scientist Ajay Kapur updates the instrument with his ESitar, an audio and video controller that uses gesture input (PDF) and machine learning algorithms to facilitate joining the computer with Ajay in his sitar performance. Undergraduate engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania work from the other direction, building RAVI-bot, an award-winning, self-playing robotic sitar (YouTube) programmed to generate music from classical Raga scales and melodies all on its own. For those in the Philadelphia area, be sure to check out a live performance of RAVI-bot at the local Klein Art Gallery.

ETV music video

tellurian — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:07:45 -0800

Fantastic dancing and singing.

Love, Bollywood style

infini — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:33:52 -0800

It seems apropos today to post about Bollywood and its style of romance and love. Songs are often the equivalent of a bedroom scene, a fact I didn't believe until it was pointed out to me that there were numerous instances of extremely suggestive songs followed by pregnancy. Bollywood also uses songs to arouse patriotic fervour, a trait that master music director A.R. Rahman takes to new heights with his release of the classics Vande Mataram [Motherland, I salute thee] and Jana Gana Mana [India's national anthem]. But even before him, there were classics of public service advertising such as "Mile sur tera hamara..." a fuzzy video but inspiring nonetheless of the myriads of voices and languages spoken in India. Other loves that hindi cinema celebrates through its songs is that of a mother for a child, god, love across cultural boundaries and what is politely termed as "conjugal love".

Hindi cinema

nickyskye — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:13:38 -0800

Bollywood Dreams. Bollywood in a nutshell: Bollywood is the name given to the Bombay (Mumbai)-based Hindi-language film industry in India. Bollywood films are colorful, crammed with singing, dancing, loads of costume changes. In the past there were often absurd and hilarious take-offs on Western films or superstars, such as the Beatles, Michael Jackson , Elvis,70's music and hair styles. Spectacular collection of Bollywood posters and vintage original poster art for sale and t-shirts. Stats and faqs. The history of Bollywood, brief chronology [pdf]. The main actors, images. The main actresses, images. Some of the renowned songs and the singers who sang them. Bollywood song lyrics and audio at the excellent Music India Online. [more inside]

Indian vocal music

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:14:09 -0800

While you compose that incisive comment, or scour the blogs for an interesting post, or photoshop your latest masterpiece, or whatever you do on your computer, perhaps you'd like to do it to the mellifluous strains of some enchanting Indian vocal music. Learn more here. Listen to more Indian music of almost every type (including historic film music from decades past) here. [previously]

Learning and Loving it

kozad — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:43:30 -0800

Next step: English Video helping kids learn roman script

mesmerising rhythms

nickyskye — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:55:08 -0800

The tabla is the most popular and widely used drum of North India. Origins (embedded sound and mp3) of the tabla and tabla bols, the fascinating spoken sounds of the percussive beat. [more]

MetaRaga

Gyan — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:32:13 -0800

ITC Sangeet Research Academy - a guide and resource of Hindustani classical music
RealPlayer and Flash recommended

chutney music

dhruva — Sun, 29 May 2005 02:40:58 -0800

Chutney Music :"For these people, Chutney was more than just music (.asf files), it was their life, it was their culture. For a people twice removed from their native land, Chutney was their connection to the traditions they might have otherwise never known." [via]

Mehbooba O Mehbooba

eddydamascene — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:32:25 -0800

Raaga: streaming Bollywood soundtracks. [warning: realplayer, popups, and realplayer popups]

Rolling Stones Gather Moss In India

turbanhead — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 09:12:32 -0800

Stones 'fail to rock' young Indians The Rolling Stones have failed to sell out their first concerts in India - amid reports that many young music fans are simply not interested in them. [ the best part is the quote " Tell me how many college kids are into Rolling Stones? " by a guy called Brucelee Mani, Bangalore rock musician ]

davebush — Mon, 19 Feb 2001 18:50:21 -0800

The new Mahir?