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India |  | Artist: Putumayo Presents
Label: Putumayo World Music
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Seller: -importcds
Rating:  9 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: PUT 288
ISBN: 1587502321
UPC: 790248028828
EAN: 9781587502323
Release Date: February 24, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Zara Zara - Bombay Jayshree | | • | Khwaab - Niraj Chag featuring Swati Natekar | | • | Naino Sey - Sanjay Divecha featuring Kailash Kher | | • | Shiva Panchakshara Stotram/Shiva Shadakshara Stotram - Uma Mohan | | • | Homeward Journey - Satish Vyas | | • | Tere Bina - A.R. Rahman & Chinmayee | | • | Nagumomo - Susheela Raman | | • | Ganesha - Deepak Ram | | • | Vo Kuch - Kiran Ahluwalia | | • | Maavan Te Tiyan - Rajeshwari Sachdev |
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Product Description
Putumayo World Music presents India, a CD collection showcasing India's rich musical variety, from traditional and acoustic music to Bollywood and electronica. India's emergence as a global economic power has brought increased awareness of this extraordinarily diverse country's multicultural offerings, its music foremost among them.
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 Fun CD for Kids May 23, 2010
Jacqueline M. Muehlbauer (carrboro, nc)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use this for my classroom and the kids love it. Every day I put in a different CD and they always ask what country is this again? They love hearing the cultures around the world. Thanks Putumayo for making these CDs!
Great Music but Acculturated March 25, 2010
AA Dude (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
There are some wonderfully creative tunes on this album with high quality musicianship throughout. But any of the pure classical or folk styles are completely missing. I am surprised there are no examples of the imitative duets between voice syllables and drums that are so well-known and featured in movies like the original black and white Chori Chori. Some of the most wonderful selections hardly sound Indian at all, but more like softer jazz or relaxed Spanish music. While this CD does not give a great variety of the many styles of authentically ethnic Indian music it is relaxing music at its best.
Currently Ancient July 19, 2009
Jay Tobias (jay_tobias@yahoo.com) (SF Bay Area, CA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The colorful tapestry of the cover drew me to this disc in surprising ways that I discovered upon listening, and not surprisingly, it has become my favorite purchase of this year in a short time. While retaining the forms of traditional India music and instruments (tabla, sitar) it combines tastefully with synthesizers, flute and guitar to incorporate themes of current and other cultures, specifically a jazz fusion style reminiscent of Al di Meola, ballads, to name a few, and the color interplay of the drone, highly melodic sitar and tabla, and spirited vocals that carry one away on a sea of pleasant wistful sonority. It reminds of me of being in Australia in 1988 for the Pacific Festival of the Arts and hearing the sitar when Fiji came on, wondering if the south pacific had shifted for a moment! All elements combine to form a holistic and spontaneously joyful music experience. To the extent that the CD cover and music within share these elements, their impact mirrors that of the sort of cultural olympics and realizing that Indian music reaches out far beyond its native land, even in the south pacific. How much the more so with this collection of tunes that embody the timbres of newer electronic instruments and current patterns while remaining true to its original form, distinctly native and embracing accesible trends in a meaningful way. Covering a broad swath, Putumayo once again delivers an important slice of the worlds culture on a disc. How fortunate as only 100 years ago people had to travel miles or be able to perform western music, let alone that from the other side of the world. The only thing I would have added is either a second disc or a companion album of pure Indian music, but that may not be what the label attempts to provide. There are plenty of sources for that, and so Putumayo is unique.
My new favorite cd from Putumayo May 10, 2009
E. Anderson
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Putumayo has yet to put out an album that disappoints me. Every album from the label that I have listened to is pure bliss. PUTUMAYO PRESENTS INDIA is another gem and has quickly become one of my personal favorite albums from Putumayo. I have been on a Indian music binge after falling in love with the soundtrack to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE so it was obvious that I would gravitate to Putumayo's collection of Indian music. Granted the cd is short and just gives the listener a brief glimpse into India's music. As much as I like bhangra music, I often find the rhythms repetitive so it was to my relief to hear that the music on this compilation is more mellow. One of my personal favorite songs on the cd is "Shiva Panchakshara Stotram/Shiva Shadakshara Stotram" by Uma Mohan. I love the gentle percussion rhythms and Uma's airy vocals. The melodies is quite exquisite. My other favorite song is A.R. Rahmna & Chinmayee's "Tere Bina" from the film GURU. The melodies and vocals is what makes this song so enjoyable for me. I can listen to this wonderful cd without skipping a single song.
 Only one good song April 18, 2009
Newton Ooi (Phoenix, Arizona United States)
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this album after going to the Putumayo web site and hearing the featured track of this album on the website. I have since listened to the album 3 times, and I really only like that one track featured on the website. This is track #6, titled Tere Bina, which is from the Bollywood movie "Guru". Overall, a disappointing buy.
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