Asha Bhosle and the Kronos Quartet's "You've Stolen My Heart" is a delightful yet soulful collection of 're-imagined' R D Burman's numbers. Asha's silky smooth vocals never cease to mesmerize. Richard Gehr of the The Village Voice reviews this album and holds ARR to the same pedestal as RDB. Interesting that even non-Indian listeners are able to make this comparison!
http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0549,gehr,70688,22.html While no other filmi composer's work quite equals Burman's scintillating '70s masterpieces, he has at least one formidable successor in Allah Rakha Rahman. Still in his thirties, Rahman has been writing hit film scores for a decade, and in interviews decries the decline in quality film songs. His music for the recent musical- historical epic Mangal Pandey: The Rising, however, proves he's not just Jack White to Jimmy Page. Rent the movie, a rich, controversial, and often cartoonish history lesson (Pandey has been mythologized as India's first anti-colonial martyr) punctuated by cannabis-infused bhang swigging and dancing nautch girls (courtesans); then buy the album at your favorite appliance store around Lexington and 28th. Dig the rusticated Punjabi beats, the smooth mujra numbers, and my favorite, the groovy qawwali track "Al Maddath Maula," where Rahman (as Burman sometimes did) makes a rare vocal appearance. Less demo- driven than elsewhere, mainstream Hindi films strive to entertain the whole family. And I don't gather that young desi audiences are altogether dismissive of the older likes of Burman and Rahman, at least not yet... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VwqHaC/.VHMAA/n1hLAA/iyUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
