PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 4, 2011
SPRING FUND DRIVE WEEK ONE
11:00AM – 1:00 PM
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com
Time - Artist (country) - Album - Track – Label
11:00 Penguin Café (UK) – A Matter Of Life – That, Not That – Penguin Café Ltd (distributed by Harmonia Mundi in the US)
Brooklyn Rider (US) – Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass – Suite from “Bent” for String Quartet, “Mvt V” – Orange Mountain Music www.brooklynrider.com www.philipglass.com www.orangemountainmusic.com
Mathias Eicke (Norway) – Skala – Edinburgh – ECM
Phyllis Sues (US) – Tango Insomnia - Adios –
Ravi Shankar (India) – The Man and His Music - Raga Khamaj - Times Square Records
See information below on the double screening of films on Ravi Shankar Sat. May 7, 2 PM at the Skirball Cultural Center
Fund drive premiums: Going East Pack
Deva Premal and the Gyuto Monks of Tibet (Germany – Tibet) – Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times – Purification – Om Benza Satto Hung – White Swan Records
Prem Joshua & Band (Germany – multinational) - Luminous Secrets – Meera – White Swan Records
Amjad Ali Khan (India) – Samaagam – Khamaj – World Village
Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – Rapture – www.mamak-khadem.com
Mamak Khadem performs 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
Le Trio Joubran (Palestine) – As Fâr – Nawwar – World Village
Tickets:
Shweta Jhaveri (India) – Anahita – To A Beloved – 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
Non-fund drive music
Karsh Kale (East Indian American) – Cinema – Island – Six Degrees Records
Elisa Vellia (Greece) – La Femme Qui Marche – A pano stin triandafilia – Le Chant du Monde
Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan (India) – Naina Lagai Kei – Aaja Re Piya – Four Quarters Entertainment
Fund drive premiums: Going East Pack
Amjad Ali Khan (India) – Samaagam – Bhupali – World Village
Mamak Khadem (Iran) – A Window To Color – At The Water’s Edge – www.mamak-khadem.com
Le Trio Joubran (Palestine) – As Fâr – Zawaj El Yamam – World Village
Deva Premal and the Gyuto Monks of Tibet (Germany – Tibet) – Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times – Perfection – Teyata Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Soha – White Swan Records
Prem Joshua & Band (Germany – multinational) - Luminous Secrets – Song of the Weaver – White Swan Records
Concert tickets to Shweta Jhaveri, Friday, May 13 at Skirball Culturla Center
Shweta Jhaveri (india) - Anahita - To The Spring - Intuition
EVENTS
Free Film Screenings: Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul of India and
The Extraordinary Lesson
Saturday, May 7, 2:00 pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. SEPULVEDA BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
310-440-4500 WWW.SKIRBALL.ORG
A double screening documenting legendary sitar master Ravi Shankar
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
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, The Extraordinary Lesson is a documentary showing 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)
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
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
