I don’t know a,b,c in western music. My ears are adapted to listen to mostly Indian classical – which is Carnatic (south) and Hindustani (rarely) (from north). Even the music instruments I am familiar with are ancient Hindu instruments such as the Veena, Tabla, Mrdangam etc., barring violin which is adapted to classical Carnatic. Apart from that the devotional bhajans that are classical based, and Bollywood/Tamil filmy songs are my favourite light music.
So when son was listening to this album I was really surprised. He says he listens to this artiste. The artiste took an year to make this India/classical Hindustani based album in which Anushka Shankar and even the veteran Asha Bhosle have rendered a part. I am loving this more as I listen to it. I have a little granddaughter who already has a great musical taste. I am introducing her to mostly devotional bhajans such as those sung by our young Soorya Gayatri for instance. Looking at Krishna, she feels inspired already to learn flute, not yet 5. Plus she sings along with her dad most of what he plays or sings. Its a treat to watch her sing. By 3+ she was already crooning the Mona song and the Frozen one. We all love this album that I am sharing here. I think it has beautifully captured the essence of classical Hindustani in the Indian backdrop. India is a phenomenon that cannot be bottled up by a single definition. But whatever the artiste managed to capture sounds good. My son has an ear for western music and keeps attending concerts. He was learning keyboard as a little boy that he left even as he was making great progress. He used to refuse to listen to Indian classical when he was still in high school saying that it was elitist. I never preached him anything. He used to read a lot even then and he decided that he would skip Indian classical that is not for the masses’ consumption. (Surprising that for the ritualist religious person I am, he is atheist.) For the same reason, he worships rap even though he is also tuned into varied genres of western music – like jazz, rock, metal etc., i think. I am not familiar at all with this kind of music so I don’t qualify to comment on western music. I am merely sharing this beautiful piece of totally different genre of Indian classical fusion music that I am loving more and more with each passing day. The album is pretty new, published in last 1-2 months and I think my boy has placed order for old type LP record.
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