In the press she’s been called (Gillian) ‘Welch’s lost young daughter’ 
Bluegrass-country-folk songwriter Sarah Jarosz - a Texan teen, born in 1991 - is still very young and a huge talent. Her breakthrough album ‘Song Up In Her Head’, released in the summer of 2009, was now given a five star ‘top of the world’-review in Songlines (September 2010) by reviewer Rose Skelton who uses superlatives like ’supertalent’, ‘fabulous moments’ and ‘exceptional piece of work’. On YouTube I found this track from Sarah Jarosz’s celebrated album, titled Shankill Butchers, a song she covered from The Decemberists. All the other tracks she wrote herself. Great to hear this new young talent.
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Texan teen Sarah Jarosz is a huge talent
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Natacha Atlas releases new album ‘Mounqaliba’ in September 2010
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Natacha Atlas is a great singer. I remember her solo debut album ‘Diaspora’ was one of my favourites in 1994. Through the years she made a lot of other great albums and now there’s a new one on its way, to be released in September.
I look forward to the release of Mounqaliba, where - as is explained in the video below - she explores links between Western classical music and Arabic classical music, ‘blending Middle Eastern, African and European sounds. Mounqaliba features new songs written in classical Arabic by Atlas and collaborator Samy Bishai, who learned violin from Russians and Armenians in Egypt. Atlas’ multicultural background - half Moroccan/Egyptian/Palestinian and half British and largely raised in Belgium - plays out in her genre-bending music, with its appreciation of Western electronic music and pop alongside a thorough grounding in Arabic musical traditions. For the new record, Altas had ambitious intentions: “What I hope I have achieved is to match the lyricism of classical music with the inherent poetry of Arabic… To create a melange of ideas and examined opposites.” Mounqaliba will release 21 September via Six Degrees Records.’ (quoted text from: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/30/2992535/riff-report-new-music-this-week.html#ixzz0yE48cYHU )
Natacha Atlas explains about the upcoming release of Mounqaliba
One of Natacha Atlas’ lovely dance hits, Mon Amie La Rose
Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna in ‘Gharana’ 31-07-09 on Concertzender
Friday, July 31st, 2009
On Friday 31 July 2009, from 21.00 to 22.30 PM (dutch time), Gharana - my Concertzender programme on raga musicians and their performing tradition - features singer T.M. Krishna (b.1976) from Chennai (formerly Madras), one of the young top performers in carnatic -or South Indian- raga music. He’s known for his glowing voice and (more…)
Radio: World Routes - Darbar Festival 2009 (Pt.2): Aruna Sairam
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Aruna Sairam
Last saturday, 30 May 2009, BBC Radio 3’s World Routes focused once more on the Darbar South Asian Music Festival 2009 at London’s Southbank Centre, this time highlighting the concert of carnatic star singer Aruna Sairam. I was there too in the Purcell Room in London, it was a fantastic concert! The programme offers large segments of the concert and an interview with Aruna Sairam who explains some of carnatic music’s intricacies. This edition of World Routes is available for ‘on demand’ listening until 6 June 2009. Read more at BBC Radio 3. A must for evryone with an interest in Indian classical music.
23/5 BBC Radio 3 - Darbar Festival 2009: Rahul Sharma and Ashwini Bhide
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
In April 2009 I visited the Darbar Festival in London. Among the great concerts were those featured on Saturday, 23 May 2009, 15:00 on BBC Radio 3. The BBC Radio 3 programme World Routes brings highlights from (more…)
Ranjani & Gayatri on Youtube : brilliant performance Tamil song in raag Behag
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Ranjani & Gayatri
Sometimes you hear music and right from the start you can’t get enough of it. Its beauty and its emotional content overwhelms you and you want to experience the musical sensation over and over again. The sounds you hear reverberate in your soul, seem to satisfy an inner need and connect with your deeper self. And when the music reaches really deep (more…)