Dedicated to Indian classical music
The North Indian sitar and surbahar masters Balaram and Ashok Pathak are under-represented on recording. Aside from our CDs (see catalog and upcoming releases for news) only one CD exists of the late Balaram Pathak. His son Aashok is continuing a family tradition which exclusively served the Maharajahs of Kassim Bazar, West Bengal, for five generations. This website features audio files by both Pathaks. Their heritage is among the rarest of surviving court raga traditions, most of which disappeared when Indian gained its independence and disenfranchised the Maharajahs who supported India's finest artists. The performances to be heard are profound examples of their lineage.
An important new blues webzine has been created. Look for surprising
articles, including a retrospect on Rev. Gary Davis, featuring
an interview with Bob Weir, and some recollections by Arbiter's
founder Allan Evans. Included is a recipe given to Evans by his
widow Annie Davis!
A site dedicated to the works, legacy and writings of this
multifaceted genius, including a contact for Martina Weindel,
who is editing Busoni's letters (more than 2,000!) for publication.
Links to recipes from countries throughout the world. The Egyptian
is decent, very good Bulgarian, some rare European corners (Slovenia,
Malta) are included. Most are in English. Lots of info on world
music, to boot.
A fine website, with detailed recipes from regions of India
and technical advice. On that same site, don't miss Saroj's
Cookbook, which includes (along the right-hand side) with
good brief descriptions of regional Indian cuisines.
Polish author/philosopher, who invented existentialism long
before Jean-Paul Sartre and did so with humor and aplomb!
A website about eating around New York and around the world,
by restaurant critic Jim Leff. Full of tips and evocative food
writing. Message boards include "What's My Craving?",
there's a section on food poisoning and indigestion (entitled
"When Bad Food Happens to Good People"), and the latest
update on "What Jim Had For Dinner Last Night".
An on-line radio and one of the few remaining stations to understand
the need for erudite commentary and wholesome listening to such
entities as The Shaggs, Alan Watts, Joe Frank, and the finest
in Popular Culture.
What a lovely world we live in! Listen to the radio dramas
by Joe Frank and take a deep breath. Life was never so beautiful!
Someone had to properly bridge the culture of India with Western
thought and do so in a way to make both comprehensible. Danielou
is a pioneer who brought Indian classical music westward, translated
and wrote on Shaivite philosophy and the Kama Sutra. This home
page is in both French and English.
India's most ancient musical art. This list of available recordings serves as a guide to the vocal and instrumental music predating the Mogul conquest. One cannot help but understand our Western culture more fully after listening to such a profound musical style.
Dispatches from the Vanishing World
Alex Shoumatof, explorer, writer and journalist, maintains a web site dedicated to some of our planet's natural and cultural treasures in danger of extinction. Worth reading regularly, along with Shoumatoff's insightful books. Don't overlook his essay (originally published in Rolling Stone in 1971) on Rev. Gary Davis.
(More to come!)
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