Saturday, April 15, 2006
An age old tradition upheld
Some men of learning declare that there is no such thing as a 'musical' gene and that musical prowess cannot be passed down through the generations by physiological means alone. They obviously haven't heard the story of Mohammed Hashmi Khan Bangash, an Afghani horse-trader, who settled in India in the mid seventeenth century and created the Bangash dynasty of musicians. 
Hashmi Khan's virtuosity was inherited by generations of revered musicians, many of whom were in the employ of the Maharajah of Gwailor and today it inhabits the dextrous fingers of his direct heir Amjad Ali Khan, a man who's name is synonymous with the sarod in the minds of all true Indian music cognoscenti. -BBC
I watched the Ustad perform along side his two sons at the Carnegie Music Hall last night. Priceless....
# posted by Surya Swamy : 10:46 AM
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i could've told you that k ;)
suya... since you always do these kickass musical things i should tell you that in the last month i've heard armin van buuren, oakenfold and ferry corsten spin in boston. if that sounds like your kinda thing you should visit more often! :)
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suya... since you always do these kickass musical things i should tell you that in the last month i've heard armin van buuren, oakenfold and ferry corsten spin in boston. if that sounds like your kinda thing you should visit more often! :)
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