On Jan 14, 2008 3:02 PM, Charles Haynes wrote: > I confess that I actually already knew about Shakti, and have seen > "Remembering Shakti" live in the US. I've also seen Zakir Hussain > perform a fair number of times, including here in Bangalore when he > performed with Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. That may be the intial spark of > my interest in Indian music actually, lo these many years ago.
Theres also Mynta (http://www.mynta.net/) which is in the Shakti mould..., and according to a couple of albums that I have, they sound pretty good. The bengali Baul singer , Paban Das Baul has made a couple of fusion albums, on the Real World label, one was called "Real Sugar" and the other was called "Tana Tani"..... One of the really interesting albums is the one with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (who plays a modified hawaiian guitar in the indian classical style) and Ry Cooder called "a meeting by the river" .... Then of course there are the qawalli proponents: nusrat fateh ali khan has made various fusion albums with michael brooks, massive attack.... i have also seen a decent fusion album with the sabri brothers....
