theartsdesk Radio Show 24 - hot subcontinental sounds with guest Viveick Rajagopalan

Viveick Rajagopalan: Carnatic and rap collisions

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Viveick Rajagopalan: New Indian Maestro

This episode of Peter Culshaw's occasional global music radio update features guest interview Viveick Rajagopalan, one of the hits of this summers WOMAD Festival. He talks (from 40 minutes in) about how he mixes South Indian rhythms and contemporary Mumbai rap in a very cool and innovative manner. The rest of the show is almost entirely subcontinental, featuring film musicians from Lahore, groovy 1960s Bombay hipsters, and sufistic music from the likes of the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, among other delights.

 

To listen to the show  - click this link 

 

Playlist:

 

Ananda Shankar  - Jumpin Jack Flash

 

Sachal Studios Orchestra  -  Take Five

 

Ustaad Saami -  My Beloved Is On The Way

 

Yazz Ahmed -  Jamil Jamal

 

Soumik Datta and Modernt Chamber Orchestra  - Within You Without You  

 

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -  Nit Khair Mansan Sohnia Malin Teri

 

Vivieck Rajagopalan  Feat. Swadesi -  Ta Dhom 

 

Susheela Raman and Sam Mills - Beautiful Moon

 

Music From The Temple Of Light - The Fire and the Rose are One

 

Music From The Temple Of Light -  Shiva In the Rain

 

Le Trio Joubran - Shajan

 

Sachal Studios Orchestra -  Samba de Verao

 

Vivieck Rajogopalan -  Aum

 

Vivieck Rajogopalan - Divani

 

Vivieck Rajogopalan  -  Moving Images

 

Paban Das Baul and Sam Mills -  Dil Ke Doya 

 

Yo Quiero Trabajar - La Dame Blanche

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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