RE: Indian classical music

[George Henry <windharp@fcol.com>]

For anyone desiring an excellent introduction to Carnatic music, I 
recommend Shankar's albums _Who's to Know?_ and the more recent _Raga 
Aberi_.

[Does anyone need to be told that this musician and Ravi Shankar are not 
the same person?] This Shankar's first name (his surname, I believe) is 
Lakshminorayana. On his first western recordings, he was known as "L. 
Shankar", and lately he has even dropped the "L." (Too bad; I enjoy 
tongue-twisting non-English words.)

Shankar plays a 10-stringed, double-necked electric violin of his own 
design. He is unbelievably virtuosic. He's played on a lot of western 
popular-style (pop, rock, jazz, ambient) albums, to good effect.

- George
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