Friday, 10 August 2007

CD: Kaushiki Chakraborty

My favourite upcoming young Indian classical singer...

Sublime Music from the Subcontinent

Kaushiki Chakrabarty

Kaushiki (Sense World Music, 2007)

Classical Indian vocalist Kaushiki (prodigious daughter of vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty), marries power, grace and beauty with mature vocals that belie her youth. On her second (self-titled) Sense World Music album, Kaushiki's vocals are featured in both a studio setting (Disc 1), and a recital captured at the Saptak Festival in India. The hearty vocals that appear on the live discs certainly command the attention of our ears. Kaushiki's flawless vocals sail seemingly effortlessly through Raga Rageshri (Disc 2), and the Thumri Misra Pilu Jiya Mora Na Lage (Disc 3), and backed by Yogesh Samsi's tabla beats. Listeners do not need to be experts on Indian classical music to thoroughly enjoy listening to these live discs.

The studio recording, which ...

3 comments:

FLOATING WORLD WEB said...

You can listen to some of her singing at http://floatingworldweb.com/plex/#-8944

afterbach said...

Greatings. Please where are the link to download. Excuse. I can't find it. Thanks

Shen said...

Well, there's Floating World Web's link above, or you could try searching iTunes etc?