desi | Musicosity

Pankaj Udhas

Pankaj Udhas is a pre-eminent Ghazal singer from India. He is credited with bringing this unique singing style where Urdu verses of poets are set to music to the mass audience across the country along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz. Pankaj Udhas was born on 17 April 1951 in Savarkundla in the Gujarat State in India. His older brother Manhar Udhas achieved some success as a Hindi playback singer in Bollywood movies.He had sudied in Sir BPTI Bhavanagar. His family moved to Bombay and Pankaj attended St.

Link:

LastFm

Artist Type:

Charlie Gillett

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Jagjit Singh

'Jagjit Singh' (lang-paਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, lang-hiजगजीत सिंह, lang-urجگجیت سنگھ) (born February 8, 1941) is a prominent Indian ghazal singer. He gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of the modern ghazal singing and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music.

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Malokai

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Nansady Keita

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Remember Shakti

Remember Shakti is the second incarnation of guitarist John McLaughlin's group which plays a fusion of indian music and jazz. The original Shakti was most active between 1975 and 1978; Remember Shakti was formed in 2000 and has played on and off since then. The core of Remember Shakti is guitarist John McLaughlin and master tabla player and percussionist Zakir Hussain, both members of the original Shakti. On the first recording from 2000, T.H. Vinayakram (also a member of the original Shakti) plays ghatam and Indian drum, and Hariprasad Chaurasia plays bansuri flute.

Link:

LastFm

Artist Type:

Juggy D

Juggy D (born Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal on November 19)[1] [2] is a British bhangra singer from Southall in London, England Juggy D got his name from his first name Jagwinder which became Juggy, and the D from his last name Dhaliwal. Juggy D married his college sweetheart Harjeet Hayre after a year he hit fame and 4 years later she divorced him. Regardless he still has a tattoo of both their names in sanskrit on his left arm

Mandeep

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Channi Singh

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type:

Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle (born in the indian state of Maharashtra, city Sangli on 8th September 1933) is best known as a 'playback' singer, having provided the female singing voice for around 1000 bollywood movies. Her talent was celebrated on the single "Brimful Of Asha", recorded by Cornershop and later remixed by Fatboy Slim. Asha is the sister of the legendary Bollywood singer, Lata Mangeshkar. She is also a fine classical Indian singer, having worked with masters such as Ali Akbar Khan.

Last.fm Tags:

Link:

Artist Type: