#2444: Indian Vocals, Western Music

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

For this New Sounds show, there’s music built around Indian vocals, from the pop style known as filmi to the centuries-old devotional and love poems known as ghazal. Listen to works from the forthcoming Kronos Quartet release, You’ve Stolen My Heart. On the record, Kronos reworks some of Bollywood soundtrack composer RD Burman's best-loved tunes, collaborating with Burman’s wife and muse Asha Bhosle for the project, whose voice, even today, has lost none of the sweetness and fluidity that made her a Playback star back in Bollywood’s heyday, in the 1960’s. Also, there’s music from Brooklyn-based vocalist (and percussionist) Paula Jeanine from her American Ghazal project along with songs by the Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia, and her sometimes Celtic-seeming backing band. Plus, music from Terry Riley and Najma Akhtar rounds out the show.

PROGRAM # 2444, Indian Vocals, Western Music (First aired on Tues. 7/26/05)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Mehdi Hassan	Classical Ghazals	Abke ham bichhde, excerpt [1:00]	Navras #0001 – 3 Available online at www.sternsmusic.com
Najma	Qareeb	Zikar Hai Apna Mehfil Mehfil [6:30]	Shanachie #64009 www.shanachie.com*
Kiran Ahluwalia	Kiran Ahluwalia	Vo Kuch [5:30]	Triloka /Artemis #82055 ** www.triloka.com*
Paula Jeanine	American Ghazal	I Wasn’t Ready (Abke ham bichhde) [6:00]	www.paulajeanine.com
Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle	You’ve Stolen My Heart	Chura Liya [5:00]	Nonesuch #79856 Due out 8/30/05 www.nonesuch.com
Najma (w/Church of Betty)	Forbidden Kiss	Aaj Madhosh Hua Jaye Re [4:00]	Shanachie #64063 www.shanachie.com*
Kronos Quartet & Ashe Bhosle	You’ve Stolen My Heart	Rishte Bante Hain [6:00]	See above.
Terry Riley	Descending Moonshine Dervishes/Songs For the Ten Voices of the Two Prophets	Embroidery, excerpt [10:00]	Kuckuck 2 CDs #12047 ** www.harmonies.com*

*, ** - Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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