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(via Black Letters)

I don’t know what “Falter” is trying to do, and that’s a good thing. The latest song by Bengaluru’s Black Letters starts off like it’s going to build into a Portishead groove before stopping and taking a clearer, R&B-like turn. Now I hear romantic Mogwai. Now I see an endless horizon and a blood red sky going on and on and wanting to drive all through it. The song’s music video shares a similar dreamlike haze. It’s all quite lovely.

From Bandcamp:

“Falter is the debut single from upcoming full-length album by Black Letters.
The new release via Overfeed Records is a follow-up to Petrichor, EP (2015) and Shapes On The Wall, LP (2014).”

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(via Peter Cat Recording Co.)

You know that heady feeling you get when you listen to Broken Social Scene and Yo La Tengo? New Delhi’s Peter Cat Recording Co. specializes in this frizzy ghostly sound, which they refer to as “postmodern jazz.” And they’re wedding specialists?

All their releases, especially their latest ‘Transmissions,’ are worth listening to from start to finish. Stick around after “Bebe da Vyah” for “Connection (?)” and the BSS comparison will make more sense.

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Anoushka Shankar

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From: London, UK

Sounds Like: Classical Indian sitar

Anoushka Shankar has been playing the sitar since she was four years old when she began taking lessons her father, the late Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to western popular culture through his association with the Beatles and his performance at Woodstock. Famous father aside, Anoushka has an establish career of her own and now…

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World Music Wednesday: Kavita Shah – “Oju Oba (ft. Lionel Loueke)”

World Music Wednesday: Kavita Shah – “Oju Oba (ft. Lionel Loueke)”

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From: New York City

Sounds Like: A soft-spoken, jazzier Regina Spektor singing with Seu Jorge aka the guy who played the David Bowie songs in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Kavita Shahis a New York-based jazz singer of Indian descent who sings original arrangements based in her Indian origins along with some clever pop covers. Her partnership with West African guitarist virtuoso Lionel…

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Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle – The Queens Of Bollywood

Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle – The Queens Of Bollywood

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You might not recognize their names or faces, but you’ve heard the singing of sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle many times already. Together they hold the Guinness World Record for most recorded singers in history, each sister singing in over a thousand (!) Bollywood movies since the 1940s – and they’re still recording today. Pretty much when you think of Bollywood music and any sort of…

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