Music in the Park - New Delhi March 2010

This vocalist - USTAD ABDUL RASHID KHAN - is a living Indian legend and treasure - he is 103 years old and had to be wheeled in!!! Still singing on! The other act (and no good photo sorry) was Sri U. Srinivas on Mandolin - and this guy was just AMAZING - accompanied by violin, tabla and (wait for it) mouth harp! Reminded me a lot of the style of John Mcgloughlin's SHAKTI of the 1970s.

Why I love India # 3- Indian Classical Music

March 23rd 2010
Classical Indian Music - experienced in India Not everyone knows or even claims to enjoy Indian Classical Music. But let me tell you that for me - there is nothing more sublime than getting to a live Classical Indian concert IN India - and I tend to be more talking about instrumental than vocal - and a few more than others (including the use of western instruments): sitar, mandolin, sarode, san ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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