Pakhawaj

Shivkumar Sharma & Hariprasad Chaurasia - The Valley Recalls (1995) {2CD+2DVD5 NTSC Sony Music-Navras}
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© 1995, 2004, 2009 Sony Music / Navras Records | 88697 56085 2 / NRDVD 005/6
World Music / Indian Classical / Raga / Santoor & Flute Jugalbandi / Pakhawaj & Tabla Duet

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia reunite some 30 years later for a follow-up to their beautiful and groundbreaking Call of the Valley. Sharma (santoor) and Chaurasia (flute) were highly regarded on their instruments back then, and are now acknowledged as living masters. Although Brij Bhushan Kabra has been replaced on Indian acoustic slide guitar by Jayanti Shah, the overall mood is just as lovely and contemplative, even though the role of the guitar has been diminished. The Valley Recalls is beautiful, gentle work, and a worthy successor to Call of the Valley.

Percussion Ensemble "Laya Lavaniya" - Percussion of India (1992) {King Records Japan KICC5168, World Music Library Series}
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© 1992 Seven Seas / King Records Japan | KICC 5168
World Music / India / Carnatic / Folk / Percussion

Percussion Of India is a 1992 album by the Percussion Ensemble 'Laya Lavaniya'. This was released by Seven Seas via King Records in Japan. This album is contained typical south Indian's mridangam by U.K. Sivaraman, percussion ensemble featuring kanjira V. Nagarajan, drums gharam, jew's harp morsing, konnakol beated rhythms with voice, drums in northern India tabla, pakhawaj and so on.

The second of two collaborations with Kevin Braheny inspired by the desert, this album pays homage to the Edward Abbey book of the same title. It inadvertently became a memorial to that Southwestern nature writer when Abbey died shortly after the music was recorded. Featuring some powerful work by Michael Stearns, this album taps into the psychological depths of stark Southwestern landscapes through a subtle set of soundscapes depicting the hidden dangers, unseen gifts, and intoxication that the desert promises.