The Sounds of India

The cult album by Ravi Shankar, which introduces classical music of Northern India to Western listeners. At the beginning of the album, Ravi Shankar provides a definition of raga in English, and then performs a series of compositions, accompanying them with explanations of how they are structured. Despite this, the music is performed very authentically. The album was inspired by the works of Ali Akbar Khan, a renowned sarod player and teacher of classical music from Northern India, and produced by George Avakian, one of Miles Davis' producers.

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