PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2011
WITH GUEST MAMAK KHADEM
11:00AM – 1:00 PM
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com
Time - Artist (country) - Album - Track – Label
11:00 Shweta Jhaveri (India) – Anahita – Invocation – Intuition Music & Media
Shweta Jhaveri performs on Friday, May 13 at 8 PM at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd (off 405 freeway – exit Skirball Center Drive), Los Angeles 90049. With Will Bernard (guitar), Eyvind Kang (viola) and Scott Amendola (drums/percussion). Info and tickets: www.skirball.org www.877-722-4849
11:10 Ketil Bjornstad, Svante Henryson (Norway) – Night Song – Visitor – ECM Records
11:16 Marcin Wasilewski Trio (Poland) – Faithful – An den kleinen Radioapparat – ECM Records
11:20 Omar Sosa (Cuba) – Afreecanos – Mon Yalala– Ota Records
11:25 Omar Sosa (Cuba) – Afreecanos – Ollu– Ota Records
Omar Sosa Quintet performs at the Getty Center on Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 pm, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Information: www.getty.edu
11:32 Jeff Grace (US) – Soundtrack to the movie Meek’s Cutoff - Ending and Titles – Milan Records
Now playing in movie theatres in southern California and Los Angeles
11:40 Charles Lloyd (US) – The Water Is Wide – The Water Is Wide – ECM Records
Jazz legends Charles Lloyd, George Duke and Stanley Clarke headline an all-star line-up of performances (including Phil Ranelin) and celebrating Billy Higgins and benefiting Pacifica Radio KPFK, on Saturday, May 1st at 7 PM at Catalina Bar & Grill, 6725 West Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Info and tickets: www.kpfk.org
11:48 Davy Sicard (Reunion) – Kabar – Zwazo La Kol – Up Music
11:52 Angelique Kidjo (Benin) – Logozo – Malaika – Mango (Island)
Angelique Kidjo performs on Sunday May 1st at 8 PM at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles 90032. Info and tickets; www.luckmanarts.org
Interview with Mamak Khadem performing her new CD with her ensemble with guests Omar Faruk Tekbilek and dancer Shahrokh Moshkin - Ghalam on Saturday, May 14th at 8 PM at the Wilshire Ebel Theatre, 4401 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, For tickets go to: www.mamak-khadem.com or the Music Box or Ketab Corp on Westwood Blvd. or online at www.melliticket.com Also at the Bodhi Tree Bookstore.
12:03 Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – Shakpooy parts I and II – www.mamak-khadem.com
12:26 Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – Invocation – www.mamak-khadem.com
12:40 Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – Rapture – www.mamak-khadem.com
12:43 Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – A Call To Beginning – www.mamak-khadem.com
12:51 Axiom of Choice (Iran) – Niya Yesh – Parvaz – Narada World
12:56 Le Trio Joubran (Palestine) – As Fâr – Nawwar – World Village
EVENTS
Angelique Kidjo performs on Sunday May 1st at 8 PM at Luckman Fine Arts Complex. Info and tickets: www.luckmanarts.org
Free Film Screenings
2701 N. SEPULVEDA BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
310-440-4500 WWW.SKIRBALL.ORG
A double screening documenting legendary sitar master Ravi Shankar
Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul of India
Saturday, May 7, 2:00 pm
FREE SCREENING – NO RESERVATIONS NECESSARY
Originally released in 1971, Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul of India directed by Howard Worth documents the life of sitar master Ravi Shankar in the late 1960s and early 1970s, following him on his return to India to revisit his guru, Bengali multi-instrumentalist and composer, Baba Ustad Allauddin Khan. It further explores Shankar’s life as a musician and teacher in the United States and Europe, initiating those in the West to the exceptional world that is Indian classical music and culture. Through rare and candid footage shot in both India and the United States, Raga sheds light on Shankar’s influences and collaborations, from Allauddin Khan to his famed dancer brother Uday Shankar, and master tabla player Alla Rakha, to his associations with Western musicians Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison and Colin Walcott. Fully narrated by Shankar himself, Raga reveals music as the soul of India and of Shankar’s life. (1971, digitally remastered – UK – 97 mn)
“As satisfying musically as it is visually, Raga celebrates Ravi’s artistry and passion…” Songlines Magazine UK
The Extraordinary Lesson
Ravi Shankar was the first ambassador of Indian music, popularizing it in the West as of 1956. Throughout his long career he has raised the question of effectively transmitting his art. Directed by Frédéric Le Clair, this documentary shows Ravi Shankar on his last visit to Europe, where he chose to give his first public music lesson at the Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris. This fascinating film further documents the daily work at the Ravi Shankar Center in Delhi, India, with his followers and his daughter Anoushka, who shares her father’s purpose with equal conviction: to respect the essence of classical Indian music while opening new horizons. (2010 – France – 53mn 20)
Vusi Mahlasela, Agelique Kidjo and Youssou N’Dour will perform at the Greek Theatre on Thursday June 16th at the Greek Theatre. Info and tickets: www.greektheatrela.com
