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Kailash Kher Singer on his world tour with music director A R Rahman. 'Indian music is getting the attention like it never did before' How has the world tour with Rahman and other singers, been like? We started our world tour July onwards and have been to UK, Australia and Singapore. Also with us on the tour were singers Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Sadhna Sargam and rapper Blaaze. Our next destination is Bangalore, after which we'll perform in the US and Hong Kong. When Indian musicians perform abroad, the audience present is generally the NRI community. Does it imply that Indians are yet to get appreciation on a larger scale? That's not entirely correct. When we were performing in Birmingham and then Sydney, the one thing that struck us was that not just the NRIs but even the foreigners had collected in large numbers to listen to us. We were not limited to any genre like classical Indian, instead we played world music, understood by one and all. It was rather interesting to see a middleaged Japanese woman in the audience, get up and dance enthusiastically to my Mangal, Mangal track. What has been the high point of the tour? The track that A R Rahman has composed for the UN Pray for me received a phenomenal response from the audience wherever it was played. Interestingly, the outfit I had designed for myself inspired by the Gujarati dhoti called vanjda, became an instant hit with the audiences and I got a lot of interesting queries about it from the foreigners. Do you think Indian music is making a headway on the international scene? Most certainly. And right from classical raagas to the new-age tunes, Indian music is getting the attention now like it never did before. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shah Navas ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> A.R.Rahman Live in Bangalore - October 8th, 2005 The Countdown Begins - 6 days to go Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
