Karthik/ Rahman and Raqeeb Aalam enthusiastically deliver Jiya se jiya – but the song itself is a bit of a letdown – too dense in the backgrounds as it progresses....
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Music review: Mahaleela (Indipop – A Sivamani)
Sivamani intelligently merges with the flow in the first 2 tracks – the bouncy Dancing in the moon and the chants-meet-lounge, Kriya. Ustads Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain make inspired...
Continue reading...Music review: Delhi – The Underground, Vol. 1 (Assorted Artists)
There’s so much energy and life in Delhi – The Underground, that it may sound unfair to criticize a few and praise others. But, Kapil Srivastava’s incredible guitar in The...
Continue reading...Music review: Neha – The Rockstar (Indipop – Neha Kakkar, Tony K)
It could be Tony K’s tunes or it may be the genes. Neha sounds like her sister Sonu Kakkar, but in a terribly foul mood. There’s so much forced attitude...
Continue reading...Music review: Badra (Indipop – Rupali Dalal, Sanjeev Darshan)
Badra, Kar le singar and Dholana, to some extent, despite the assembly-line rhythm, are three of the most appealing tracks. Humnava’s strong and disparate Middle-eastern influence and the fused Punju...
Continue reading...Music review: Bismillah (Daler Mehndi)
With just two tracks, Bismillah is definitely an interesting experiment, barring the ‘Daler Mehndi’s first sufi album’ tag. Allah hu is the more sober and true to form of the...
Continue reading...Music review: Lagi Lagan (Madhushree)
Madhushree and her band, The Revivals’ debut album, Lagi Lagan is definitely interesting – repackaged thumris does seem a good idea when you listen to the sparkling Piya lagi, the...
Continue reading...Music review: Khwaishein (Aneek Dhar)
Lalit Sen’s Khwaishein rings of Euphoria’s Maeri, but Aneek does well in this folk-tinged number. The composer lets the young lad down in his other two tracks though. Jatin Sharma’s...
Continue reading...Music review: Tabeer (Shafqat Amanat Ali)
Tufail Niazi’s everlasting Main nai jaana forms the base for the incredibly sung and arranged Khairheyan de naal – Shafqat’s interpretation and vocals are truly breathtaking. Zeeshan ‘Shani’ Haider’s sole...
Continue reading...Music review: Waqt (Indipop, Suneeta Rao)
Suneeta and Sangeet Haldipur’s compositions – Sun zara, Indian Girl and Ye zameen are bland, with an embarrassingly dated pop sound while Dudul Saikia helps Suneeta in the insipid Ishq...
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