April 7 is the birthday of Ravi Shankar, the first he won’t be around to celebrate with us. So we celebrated a few days early with songs by the sitar master performing with a variety of other musicians in the first hour of the show. Plus new releases and requests in hour 2.
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Hour 1
Ravi Shankar “Raag Mishra Ghara Dhun” from Best of Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar & George Harrison “Vandanaa Trayee” from Chants of india
Ravi Shankar “kathakali katthak” from Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar & Ustad Alla Rakha “Tribute to Nippon” from Towards the Rising Sun
Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale “Oceanic, Pt. 2 feat. Ravi Shankar” from Breathing Under Water
Ravi Shankar “Raga Satyajit” from The Living Room Sessions Part 1
Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan “Bhangla Dhun (excerpt)” from Master Musicians of India
Hour 2
Anoushka Shankar “Mahadeva” from Rise
Red Baraat “Apna Punjab Hove” from Shruggy Ji
Rachid Taha “Zoom Sur Oum” from ZOOM
Lobi Traore “Bi Donga Fa Ko” from Raw Electric Blues From Bamako
Bassekou Kouyate “Poye” from Live From Festival au Desert 2012
Fatoumata Diawara “Bakonoba” from Fatou
Cesaria Evora “Mãe Carinhosa” from Mae Carinhosa
Rokia Traoré “Lalla” from Beautiful Africa
Bombino “Zigzan” from NOMAD
Orchid Ensemble “Three Variations On Plum Blossom” from Life Death Tears Dream
Bucharest Drinking Team “Nelu’s Forbidden Dance” from Bucharest Drinking Team
Kocani Orkestar “Romski Cocek” from A Gypsy Brass Band
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba “Moustafa” from Jama Ko