Chinmaya Dunster & Vidroha Jamie - Celtic Ragas - The Goddes

Artists: Chinmaya Dunster and Vidroha Jamie.
Album: Celtic Ragas.
Theme: The Goddess.
Original Release: 1998.

Although it's not quite the fusion of reel and raga suggested by the title, Celtic Ragas features sarod player Chinmaya Dunster and guitarist Vidroha Jamie finding a surprisingly fertile common ground between Irish and Indian music. Dunster and Jamie, along with a group of musicians who play violin, percussion, flute, bass, and tanpura, create gentle soundscapes that range from the playful rhythms of "A Gypsy Tale" to the haunting, almost spooky beauty of "The Mists of Ruantallain." The arrangements are focused, and even on slow, meditative tracks like "Mere Hamsafar," the tempo never drags and the melodies don't meander. The mix of Indian and Irish elements works particularly well on "Tara," on which the buzzing, microtonal sound of the sarod meshes with the rhythms of a courtly dance and creates a sonic dream where the musicians of Ireland and India play in the castle of an ancient Celtic king. Dunster and Jamie describe Celtic Ragas as "Indo-Celtic chill-out music," a too-trendy term that nonetheless captures the essence of their soothing sound. --Michael Simmons

Celtic Ragas is a musical love affair between Celtic and Indian instrumentation. The strings of Dunster's sarod and Jamie's guitar eloquently meld into rich, flowing melodies making the similarities between the musical traditions of these two cultures apparent.

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[suriyuri1]

superb!!!

[69fed69]

siempre que voy al monte o quiero relax, Celtic ragas es mi medicina!!!!!! :D

[ewammu]

Hace tanto que no oía Celtic Ragas... es simplemente genial la sencillez y la belleza que transmite.

[chinmayadunster]

From my CD 'Celtic Ragas' on New Earth Records. Fabulous images to go with the music, well done!

[5171967cafk]

LOVE the vid too......awesomely spellbinding!

[paun9]

Amazing

[Qpidon]

Absolutely wonderful...Ohhh this is miraculously beautiful !!