Wednesday 16 May 2012

Music to beat those Coalition Blues


I first came across Ravi Shankar when I was a callow (and shallow) student in the 60s. Before, I hasten to add, the Beatles etc got into him.  I've still got my old vinyl LPs of his tucked away somewhere but have not played them for a while. I can't remember how I came across this clip but I think it's great.
The actual track is taken from his album "Shankar and Friends - Towards The Rising Sun"  and is entitled "Improvisation on the Theme of 'Rokudan' (East Greets East)". Shankar is commonly held to be the greatest Indian musician of the 20th century. Who am I to disagree with this assessment? This is him at his best. Listen, forget the outside world and enjoy it. The visuals are pretty good as well.

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