Tagged: sarod

MAZAJ (VIBE)/A JORNADO DE SANTIAGO

Jazzy international collaborations with Jeremy Marais, Gian Berselli and Imroel Quays Spotify Apple Music Amazon Spotify Apple Music

Ragas Relax 2

Sarod and guitar duets in the time of Coronavirus lockdown. Twelve duets between my Indian stringed instrument sarod and Spanish classical guitar. Each melody is based on a classical Indian raga scale, with chords on the guitar formed only from the same notes used in...

TERRA INCOGNITA (1991) (Chinmaya’s Selection)

Spotify Apple Music Amazon My selection from two albums originally recorded in 1990 and 1991 These two CDs, played on a mix of Western, Indian and African instruments, were inspired by Osho:“Tao means only the path, no goal. There is no goal, but only the...

Karma Circles/Fragrance of the East

A compilation of highlights from ‘Karma Circles’ (2003) and ‘Fragrance of the East’ (2005) Spotify Apple Music Amazon “In India a profound musical moment will be greeted by spontaneous outbursts of “WAH!” from the audience. WAH is wow, deep appreciation and an expression of being...

CELTIC RAGAS

Paul McCartney’s favourite! Spotify Apple Music Amazon A musical love affair between Celtic and Indian instrumentation. The strings of Dunster’s sarod and Jaime’s guitar eloquently meld into rich, flowing melodies making the similarities between the musical traditions of these two cultures apparent. “I love the...

Meditation Ragas

Chinmaya’s soulful explorations on the sarod of Indian ragas blended with Western chords and instrumentation. Spotify Apple Music Amazon Tracks based on seven sense meditations taken from the ancient Indian text: Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Track 1: Sight MeditationTrack 2: Touch MeditationTrack 3: Heart MeditationTrack 4:...

Ragas Relax

Over 30 million streams on Spotify Spotify Amazon Apple Music In this CD, Chinmaya Dunster explores five traditional Ragas in an ‘alaap’ form – pure, directionless wanderings within the ragas structure but without the distractions of rhythm or fixed melody. With the simplicity of the...