Eternal Light
Released: Oct 10, 2000
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Released: Oct 10, 2000
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Virtuosic brilliance smoothly melds with complimentary group interplay on Shankar's Eternal Light. A quarter of a century after their first collaboration in the East-West fusion ensemble Shakti,...
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Raga Aberi
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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The South Indian violin virtuoso, L. Shankar, presents a dazzling rendition of a traditional rag in untraditional terms. He plays in a rhythm cycle of 4-3/4, beats, difficult enough to maintain,...
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Who's to Know
Released: November 1980
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Released: November 1980
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Having already established himself as member of John Mclaughlin's jazz and Indian music ensemble Shakti, violinist L. Shankar set himself up as a virtuoso leader in contexts ranging from Indian...
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Pancha Nadai Pallavi
Released: July 1989
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Released: July 1989
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As if playing one violin within the Western art music tradition wasn't difficult enough, the virtuoso L. Shankar has made it his trade to both sing and play a customized double violin within the...
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Soul Searcher
Released: 1990
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Released: 1990
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Though rooted in the traditions of North Indian classical music, this album adds a subtle modern twist that makes it more digestible to Western ears. Soul Searcher consists of one 50-minute track...
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Song for Everyone
Released: September 1984
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Released: September 1984
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Song For Everyone heralds the return of the groove in Shankar's East-West-minded music, with former Shakti colleague Zakir Hussain on tabla, Trilok Gurtu on percussion, and Shankar's own...
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Vision
Released: April 1983
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Released: April 1983
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L. Shankar's Vision is an ethereal tour-de-force -- an oxymoron, perhaps, but an appropriate description of the otherworldly visions he conjures with his manipulations of his 10-string,...
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