Category Archive for 'Fusion'

Colors of India - Ganesh Kumaresh

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Colours of India by Ganesh Kumaresh.
Colours of India is a fusion album that can rival some of the best fusion albums from India in the recent past. It was also my first review on my other music blog madrasbee where I review and write about music from the Indian sub-continent. If you thought Illayaraja’s “How [...]

Ready for some Indo-Swedish fusion?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

“Teabreak” by Mynta
Mynta is a Swedish band. Two Indian musicians feature prominently in their line-up. Fazal Qureshi on tabla and Shankar Mahadevan on vocals and of the two Fazal Qureshi is a permanent member and Shankar guests more often. Early Mynta music and took a jazz rock direction. In 1987 when the band toured India [...]

The Godfather of all Fusion albums from India

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Ananda Shankar
I have this one more album review to go before I can start writing about the ones that I thought would go first on this blog. 
If Caravan’s album that I reveiwed was 35 years old how about an album that is 36 years old. 
Even before the albums from Shakti (the John McLaughlin, L Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram group), Illayaraja’s [...]