Blue Canoe Records – Look What The Cats Drug In

By Suman Sinha | Published: June 23, 2012
Look What The Cats Drug In

Or, The Modern Jazz Stylings of Blue Canoe Records Volume 1 – Look What The Cats Drug In, as the full name of this album goes, is a compilation of some contemporary jazz tracks by an independent record label from Atlanta, USA. This album has been licensed under Creative Commons thankfully, which is a great thing because it has helped us discover some absolute preciousness! For example the Saltman Knowles Quintet! The kernel of this quintet comprises of bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles and they are “known for serving up melodically alluring while rhythmically infectious music with a sincere and emotional collection of songs”. What About April, which is featured on this compilation is a fine example. This

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All Mankind – Break The Spell

By Suman Sinha | Published: June 22, 2012
All Mankind - Break The Spell

All Mankind is an Australian band from Sydney who are currently based in the UK and is made up of Rich Beeston (vocals/piano), Dave Beeston (drums/backing vocals), Gavin Perkins (bass) and Dorny (guitar). Their single Break The Spell is a lively pop anthem with an urgent, driven rhythm and some delicate melodies, which should get most people hooked at first listen. Think U2 in the 80s, think the album War, think New Year’s Day – you get the picture. Love the number? Go support the band – buy their debut album. All Mankind – Break The Spell Website Facebook Twitter MySpace Buy

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Mynta – Meetings in India

By Suman Sinha | Published: February 22, 2012
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Mynta, Swedish for mint, are veterans in the world of Music. Having started out in 1979 as primarily a blues, jazz, latin band they slowly turned to fusion and jazz rock in the 80-s. And then in 1987 on a tour of India they met Fazal Qureshi, the son of the illustrious Alla Rakha and the brother of Zakir Hussain. This meeting completely changed their Music into ‘A fusion of Nordic ice and Indian spice’. To quote from their website, Mynta’s music is “a lovely mix of Indian classical, African and Latin-American rhythms, Arabic sounds and Scandinavian Folk Tradition”. Quite eclectic! Their last album Meetings in India was released in 2009 and presented below are some of the tracks off

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Best of 2011

By Suman Sinha | Published: January 18, 2012
2011

Another year is over. And it is time to compile the best of the Music that was featured on AI over the last twelve months. My output last year was low due to myriad personal reasons. But starting this year that might change for the better – I am going to be joined by a co-writer soon for AI! But more about him later, in another post. So, as I was saying, due to my lower output I had a smaller pool to choose from this year. But I hope I could do justice and this compilation will appeal to some of us. All of us won’t be happy of course. To quote from last year, “Music tastes are as

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Amit & AI

By Suman Sinha | Published: January 10, 2012
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Normally, on AI, I only post Music. We’ve never had a post that has not talked about a song, or an album, or a band. But this will be an exception. Sort of. It will talk about a man, and me. Although, I admit, I didn’t know him personally. Of course, the man had something to do with Music – that’s why it’s on AI. He was a musician, part of a band. But that was not his claim to fame. His connection to Music, the reason that made him famous, kind of, was his love of Music. Sort of like me. Though I am not famous or anything. But he was. With a handful. A handful of people who

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