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. Tana Mana
Search: Memory Of Uday
by: Ravi Shankar
Release Date November 17, 1989
Released in 1987, the music on this album is quite unique amongst the Ravi Shankar collection. The mixture of traditional Indian classical with modern synthesizers, basses, autoharp etc. brings about a more modern feel that succeeds without making it overtly commercial. There are no traditional long ragas and the sitar is not featured as much as on his other cds, but there is still sitar present and on a couple of the tracks ('Friar Park' and 'West Eats Meat') it is very effective and works brilliantly with the accompanying instruments. Listen to the bass and sitar on 'West Eats Meat' for example. It really 'grooves'...(for want of a better phrase). A couple of tracks feature vocals. For example, the title track 'Tana Mana' -is beautiful ... Read More:
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