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Ghazal: The Rain
by AAJ Staff
Six years and four records after forming the unit known as Ghazal, a collision between Persian and North Indian traditions, Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Husain Khan have stepped off the Silk Road. Kalhor is a master of the fiddle-like kamancheh and thoroughly steeped in the Iranian classical repertoire; he also spent considerable time learning Western classical music. Shujaat comes from a long line of musicians, specializing in the Imdad Khan school and emphasizing the lyrical aspect of the sitar. His ...
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