#2795: Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

New York guitarist/composer Gary Lucas and the Anglo-Indian singer Najma Akhtar step away from their bands and debut their mostly acoustic new project, a musical partnership that began in May 2007 when Gary invited Najma to join him onstage at a London concert. The fusion of influences and musical styles that Akhtar and Lucas is nothing short of brilliant and wonderfully unique. Listen for the results on this New Sounds program.

PROGRAM #2795, With Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas (First aired on Thursday, 5-1-08)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Najma	Atish	Ghoom Charakana [7:30]	Shanachie #64026 www.shanachie.com *
Gary Lucas	Busy Being Born	Shekhinah [2:00] Himay Ma Tov [3:00]	Tzadik #7121 www.tzadik.com
Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas	Live	Rishte [4:30]	Not commercially available.
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant	No Quarter	Battle of Evermore [5:00]	Atlantic #82706 Available at Amazon.com*
Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas	Live	Aksar [5:00] Tan Yr Hide (4:00)	See above.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Devotional And Love Songs	Allah Hoo Allah Hoo, excerpt [4:00]	Real World #62300** www.realworldrecords.com *

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