Category Archives: Video

Ali Farka Touré – An Introduction to the Legend

By admin | Published: 07/13/2010
It is going to take some time and space to chronicle this really special artist. So here is part 1. Ali was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau near Gourma Rahous on the banks of the River Niger in the north west of Mali. He was the tenth son of his mother but the [...]
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Kanchenjunga (কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা) – A movie by Satyajit Ray

By admin | Published: 04/02/2010
Wikipedia’s entry on Satyajit Ray says: “…In 1962, Ray directed Kanchenjungha, which was his first original screenplay and colour film. The film tells the story of an upper-class family spending an afternoon in Darjeeling, a picturesque hill town in West Bengal, where the family tries to engage their youngest daughter to a highly-paid engineer educated in London. [...]
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Sitar player Extraordinaire — Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan

By admin | Published: 03/26/2010
Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan is a sitar player from India. He is a contemporary of the more well-known Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan. In the clip below, he plays the morning raga Sindhi Bhairavi (or is it Bhairavi). The accompanying on the tabla is by the superb  Sadashiv Pawar. The clip is from the documentary ‘Raga’ by [...]
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Vikku Vinayakaram and Shakti

By admin | Published: 02/20/2010
Folks at Kala Ghoda were treated to a concert by the master percussionist Vikku Vinayakaram. Vikku was part of a South Indian percussion group called Saptakshara. Vikku shared the stage with his three sons including the very talented Selvaganesh. <Photos by Nirali Joshi. Thanks Ehsan!> Vikku is a ghatam player and hails from Tamil Nadu [...]
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Gopi Gyne Bagha Byne — A Movie by Satyajit Ray

By admin | Published: 01/30/2010
Satyajit Ray is by far India’s most popular film-maker.  Serious movies like Pathar Panchali and Jalsaghar made by him are considered classics. What many people don’t know is that Satyajit Ray also wrote stories and made movies for children. These stories/movies often include aliens, fascinating creatures and characters/gadgets with supernatural power. I recently saw a movie [...]
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Ashish Khan: Master of the Sarode

By admin | Published: 01/26/2010
Here is a clip of Ashish Khan playing the sarode (Indian lute with Afghan ancestry). He is playing a melody by the name Malkauns consisting of 5 notes. Ashish is the son of Ali Akbar Khan and received his early training from the founder of Maihar School of Music – Allauddin Khan. Ashish continues to play [...]
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Chief Priest Fela Kuti

By admin | Published: 01/14/2010
Just when you think that civilization has been sedated to a point where it doesn’t produce feisty rebels anymore, a character like Fela ‘Anikulapo’ Kuti comes along and blows our minds. At least he blew my mind and continues to be a source of inspiration. His journey in the music world started with a band he [...]
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Ry Cooder – A friend of Music Lovers

By admin | Published: 01/13/2010
Ry Cooder is a Grammy award winning guitarist, song writer and composer. This post is not about the music of the LA-based musician but his contribution to world music or as Kutay Derin Kugay of KPFA puts it – music of the world. Ry Cooder is responsible for introducing at least 3 musicians to the world [...]
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Documentary on Allauddin Khan

By admin | Published: 01/12/2010
Art Hose brings to you a rare documentary of the great classical instrumentalist Allauddin Khan. Allauddin Khan to those who don’t know him is the Guru of some of the greatest instrumentalists of North Indian Classical music such as Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee  and Ravi Shankar. The documentary contains a duet by the late [...]
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No Analysis of Meditation

By admin | Published: 12/25/2009
3-part documentary series that shows some rare footage of monks in Tibet. Take it or leave it! Part 2: Part 3: This last one is quite incredible. See what you can make out of their faces.
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