ARR has always made India proud. Mera ARR Mahaan.... On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Five Indians feature on list of world's greatest music ever > > Malvika Nanda > [email protected]<malvikananda%40hindustantimes.com> > NEW DELHI: > > Good news for Indian music aficionados. > Five Indian artistes have made it to Amazon.com's 100 Greatest World > Music albums of all time. The list includes albums of Asha Bhosle, > Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan, Shujaat Hussain Khan and A.R. Rahman. > > They share space with some of the most respected world musicians like > Bob Marley, French-Algerian Rachid Taha and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali > Khan. > > Amazon.com is an American multinational elec tronic commerce company > and a major online music and video retailer. > > The highest scoring Indian artiste on the list -n not surprisingly -- > is Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose album The Ravi Shankar Collection: > Live... sits at number 20. Rahman's Lagaan soundtrack is on number 44, > while Bhosle's Precious Platinum that was released last year is on > number 37. On number 38 is revered sarod player Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, > who along with his colleague Shankar is known to have popularised > Indian classical music in the west. > > Bhosle's son and manager, Anand, speaking to HT from Bahrain, said: > "It was for her 75th birthday last year. She put her best foot > forward... > and in spite of negligible promotion in India, it has made it to the > Amazon 100... list." While these albums are all on Indian labels, > 2004Grammy nominated sitar player Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan has made > it to number 52 with his fusion album on an American label. The album > Lost Songs Of The Silk Road by Ghazal features a beautiful synthesis > of Indian and Persian music. > > While calling it an honour Khan said it's time the Indian government > made a note too. > > -- regards, Vithur
