Push my Love Rikshaw…

some desi hip hop video about bonking the maid…
Aye Hip-Hopper mujhe pyar to kar
Aye Hip-Hopper
Mere pyar ke rickshaw ko, mere love ke rickshaw ko.
Ek dhakaa do na sir!
Aye Hip-Hopper!

Morchang…

and an old soul stepped out of the desert lands…and he brought with him a small forked metal instrument that was the whole of the desert…and time got distracted by his playing and made the universe stand still for a moment…and it sounded something like this… (only obviously much much cooler in person)
Morchang:

the fadereu:

Darbar Morchang [...]

Sir Richard Bishop- Guitar Raga Blues

Listen to this guy- it combines the high subtle notes of a frenetic sitar raga and the heavy riffs of a Jimmy Page guitar solo. He’s quite a trippy guy actually and appears to be a tantrik Kali devotee. Do check out his website.

Sweet Taste of India- Stephen Tyler gets Laid

This is one of those songs that’s been playing over and over in my head-just somehow crept inside… I looked up the lyrics and found the soul power hard rock orientalism rather cute- seems like when Stephen Tyler came to India he ate some vidaloo and then some New Age Desi chick shagged his bones [...]

Barso Re… Rain Rain go Away…one last rain dance with Aishwarya.

image from ladygator.com
well as the last trickle of rains falls down in Bombay, we are enjoying the annoying house guests of the season; mosquitos. Some people are coming down with Dengue fever…or “Dengu” as our cook back home likes to call it. I guess too much of a good thing can get a bit pissing [...]

Music for a weekend Monsoon by the Colonial Cousins

This subtle song about rain mixes perfectly with the backdrop of rain falling on my window shutters. These guys have amazing voices with a mix of Indian classical and the song really captures the original idea of seasonal ragas, and brings out the sound of what it feels like to get lost in one’s thoughts [...]

Trippy tunes the Beatles made during their India travels

image from veda
“Within You Without You” was written on a harmonium at the house of long-time Beatles friend, Klaus Voormann, while “there were lots of joints being smoked”. It was written by George Harrison and recorded with a group of Indian musicians, without any input from his fellow Beatles. It was the second of [...]