Rajasthan Folk, Volume 1 (Vale Entertainment, 2006)
The 10 tracks on this CD provide close to an hour of authentic Rajasthani folk music from the Langas and Manganiars groups. Supported by wealthy landlords and aristocrats over the years, the groups sing in the same dialect but different styles and for different audiences.
The Muslim Langas sing for both Hindu and Muslim communities, while the Manganiars sing only for the Hindu community. Featured instruments include sarangi, khamaicha, algoza, dholak and khartal. The profiled songs celebrate life and gallantry, marriage and harvests, childbirth and monsoons. Also see also our earlier review of the album ‘Discover India: Rajasthan” by Kohinoor Langa and Party.
Author: Madanmohan Rao
Madanmohan Rao is an author and media consultant from Bangalore, and global correspondent for world music and jazz for World Music Central and Jazzuality. He has written over 15 books on media, management and culture, and is research director for YourStory Media. Madan was formerly World Music Editor at Rave magazine and RJ at WorldSpace, and can be followed on Twitter at @MadanRao.
