The title song‘s lyrical melancholy interestingly contrasts with the lively, acoustic sound – wonderful listen. O jaana sounds straight out of a Kenny G album, but with little sax and...
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Topiwalleh (Music review), Indipop – Swarathma
Topiwalleh is all bassy reggae with lyrics that hits out at politicians; Sanjeev Nayak’s violin conversing with the guitar is a lovely touch. Koorane seems to be doffing a hat...
Continue reading...III (Music review), Indipop – Rabbi
Ganga‘s country’ish drawl and wonderful guitaring are enticing, as it always had been, since this is a much-heard Rabbi song from shows like MTV Unplugged. Cabaret Weimar, despite evoking intriguing...
Continue reading...The Silent Sea (Music review), Indipop – Advaita
Tremor, Meinda ishq and Spinning build on the Indian’ness of their momentum in very similar ways; if Tremor uses a vocal route to make this addition to tantalizing effect, with...
Continue reading...Call Me Rashid (Music review), Indipop – Rashid Ali
There are two outstanding facets of Rashid Ali’s debut album – one, the kind of exotic tunes that Rashid consistently delivers; and two, Keith Peters’ guitar, that almost becomes a...
Continue reading...Durbine Chokh Rakhbo Na (Indipop), Anupam Roy
Rondhre rondhre paap’s highlights are Anupam wonderful vocals and Rajkumar Sengupta’s superb 12 bar blues guitar. Tistaan 2‘s classical rock tune is endearing, while the unique 7/8 beat in Bijli...
Continue reading...Vaazhkai DJ (Indipop), Benny Dayal
Vaa ingey has a distinct George Michael flavor (think Star People’s Forthright Mix) – despite heavy auto-tuning, the song is addictive. Kankaatchi too is excessively vocoded, but Benny’s overall mix...
Continue reading...Teri Rehmatein (Music review), IndiPop – Harpreet
The title song has a pleasant, harmonious sound; the voices work too – Salim Merchant and the uncredited chorus and lady’s voices. Sanam Marvi’s voice is the only highlight of...
Continue reading...La Pongal (Indipop)
Tamil folk music, after being relegated as B-grade affair during the 60s and 70s (it also had a caste-based angle, incidentally), got a massive fillip when Ilayaraja entered the scene...
Continue reading...Papon – The Story So Far (Music review), Papon – Indipop
Bhavle jharne and Boitha maro are the most obviously Eastern in their sound – the former, a slow, haunting track that gains enormously from the lovely clap-like sound that joins...
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