Tag Archives: tabla
Off To India
Next tuesday I’ll arrive in Chennai. I had an even birthday this past fall and my friends gave me a trip back home from India in january. Meanwhile Göran Kindlund is taking care of the C&E apparatus, you reach him at goran@countryandeastern.se Continue reading
All of our 2012 releases
During 2012 we released 8 albums. Here they are and if you want to give some away for Christmas you might want to include our VERY special Christmas album. Continue reading
The Amigo series of Hindustani classics
The complete collection of the famous swedish Amigo recordings of great north indian classical music is available for 500 SEK. The seven albums are:901 Ram Narain: Raga Puria-Kalyan902 Amjad Ali Khan: Raga Shuddh-Sarang/Raga Piloo-Kafi903 K. Sridhar: Raga Madhukauns/Raga Piloo904 Nikhil Bannerjee: Raga Piloo905 Nikhil Bannerjee: Raga Desh906 Zia Mohiuddin Dagar: Raga Gangeyabushan 907 Zia … Continue reading
Country & Eastern News – may 2012
May 10: The Bible ends – may 17: the Bucky Dome opens – may 22: Six new C&E releases. Continue reading
Ravi Bellare
This is a truly nostalgic tabla solo. Pandit Ravi Bellare begins with taking you through a traditional Farukhabad Peshkar as it must have been performed decades ago. Ravi explains and plays the intricate details of the Peshkar, showing us the … Continue reading
Shashi & Ravi Bellare
This recording from the Puniyatithi (memorial concert) for ustad Shamsuddin Khan in 1968 is going to be one of the finest authentic and rare tabla jugalbandis (duets) you will ever hear. Shashi & Ravi were the first to introduce tabla … Continue reading
Shashi & Ravi Bellare
Shashi Bellare (1927-2012) and his twin brother Ravi Bellare (1927-2005) were the first to introduce tabla Jugalbandi (duets) and Sawal Jawab (question and answer between the two artists). From a very young age in the early 1940’s they became two … Continue reading
Sebastian Åberg
Sebastian Åberg has been combining tabla studies in India with drumming on club scenes in Sweden and England during the last ten years. Two seemingly different worlds that now has merged on his debut album. ” I know that I’ve … Continue reading
Ram Narain
Pandit Ram Narayan, brother of Chatur Lal, the first tabla player to impress the western world on a larger scale in the company of Ravi Shankar, ranks among the most eminent sarangi players of today. His novel style of musical … Continue reading
Nikhil Bannerjee
Virtuoso Nikhil Banerjee, one of this century’s greatest masters of the Indian sitar, passed away in 1986 at the age of 55. Banerjee was widely acclaimed for his intensely individualistic pursuit of the poetry of raga. Nikhil Banerjee studied northern … Continue reading
