Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

V616

Never Let Me Down Again

Angel

Lullaby

A Meeting By The River

"Ry Cooder has long had an interest in other people's music, from the blues and gospel of black America through classic jazz and the music of Cuba.  Even by this standard, his meeting with Mohan Vishwa Bhatt is certainly a departure.  He is neither a serious student of Indian music nor in any way a master of its intricacies. Yet on his improvised session (this album was recorded without rehearsal in one evening), he and Bhatt truly collided musically and created moments worthy of the world-music Grammy they received for it. ..."

"...Bhatt is an iconoclastic character himself. He plays a modified box he calls the Mohan Vina that is a hybrid of a classical Indian instrument and slide guitar. He is long trained in the arduous classical style, yet his work has always demanded a lot of freedom. His duets here with Cooder are completely unique, liberating both artists from the usual constraints and creating a new musical style that is unlikely to be repeated or imitated." - Louis Gibson

"...Don't Cross The Streams!"

Far from "It would be bad!"...

In setting out to write this article in one morning, I've read and enjoyed a digital musical magazine from the USA, learning about Russia's 'Rolling Stones' the 'Mumiy Troll'.

Raag Bhairav by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Then replayed some old favourites of Hindustani Slide Music and rediscovered Guitar Player Zen, as well as some home truths about the 'Music of Australia' especially it's history of Rock and Roll and Aussie Valve Amplifiers.

 The Break "Squid" Live 

As the enjoyment and performance of Music is unique to every ear and culture, how we 'roll it' together in the future, is playing out every day...