Rakesh Chaurasia | de

Hariprasad Chaurasia (Hariprasād Caurasiyā - geborenam 1. Juli 1938 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh) ist ein indischer Meister der Bansuriflöte. Er war als Komponist für mehrere Filmmusiken und Soundtracks verantwortlich. Sein Vater war ein Ringer, seine Mutter starb als er vier Jahre alt war. Er begann mit dem Erlernen der Vokalmusik im Alter von 15 Jahren bei seinem Nachbarn Pt. Rajaram. Später wechselte er zur Flöte unter der Leitung von Pt. Bholanath von Varanasi. Jahre später, während seiner Arbeit beim All India Radio, erhielt er Unterstützung von der Musikerin Annapurna Devi, der Tochter des Musikers Allauddin Khan. 1986 spielte er zusammen...

Kiev outfit Marakesh have attained national renown with their breakthrough second album "M" (2008), designed to give voice to the band's cherished themes of "sex, glam, rock, pop, and electronica... And love, too." Their theatrical streak and evident fondness for mascara, especially in the appearance of lead singer Mark, works towards the visual expression of what Marakesh call "androgyny-rock. It's both musically sexless and emotionally overloaded." This is also a description of the band's eclectic sound. Unprecedentedly all the songs from "M" were used in the soundtracks for multiple TV series on Channel One in Russia, while one of them...

The term Gnoua/Gnaoua/Gnawa refers firstly to a North African ethnic minority that traces its origins to West African slaves and soldiers. Gnawa communities in the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) trace their origins to sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, like the term "African-American," Gnawa refers to a group of people whose ancestors came from diverse regions of Africa but took on a collective identity in exile. Secondly the term is used to define a religious/spiritual order consisting of aforementioned Moroccan Black Muslims, and thirdly a music style connected to this order. While the Gnawa people have retained many of the customs, rituals...