Cultures of Rhythm (Virgin)
Percussion fans, rejoice! This collaboration album is for you, with 8 tracks making for over an hour of percussion pleasure. One of the few percussion albums to blend tabla with mridangam, the CD features Taufiq Qureshi (son of table maestrao Ustad Alla Rakha), Shridhar Parthasarathy (mridangam expert), and kathak artists Ravindra Rajabhatt and Rajesh Rajabhatt.
Our favorite picks include the tracks Movement, Tabla Tarana, and Rhytharmony. The album ends in fine style with the track Raindance. At a very affordable price, this album belongs not just on your CD shelf but on your list of gifts for friends too.
Buy Cultures of Rhythm.
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.
