At the time of his death R. D. Burman's career had all but collapsed. Yet that same year, 1994, saw the start of a reappraisal and reawakening of interest in his music that, even today, is still going on as producers compulsively sample and remix his work.

Son of an established singer and composer, S. D. Burman, and husband of another Bollywood legend, Asha Bhosle - herself sister of perhaps India's most famous singer, Lata Mangeshkar - R. D. Burman had automatic entry to the celebrity aristocracy of his time.

Yet he applied himself to his work with a passion so that, by the 70s, he reigned supreme and today it's his musical wit, energy and a willingness to experiment - sometimes with surprising results - that separate him from his contemporaries.

These 2CDs include some of his biggest hits as well as a few rarities and were all originally released by one of the various incarnations of The Gramophone Company Of India, the country's oldest record company. Taken together they tell the story of one of the nation's most creative popular musicians.

Juno-award winner, Kiran Ahluwalia performs contemporary and classic ghazals and Punjabi folk songs with her five piece ensemble. Over three album releases, Kiran has forged a repertoire combining the poems of contemporary ghazal poets with her evocative musical arrangements and soaring vocals. She has emerged as a bright new star on the international stage. Her most recent release was selected by Songlines Magazine as one of the top 10 albums of 2005. Kiran’s new album on Times Square/4Q Records, WANDERLUST, consists of new compositions by Kiran, which have been influenced by music from the various countries which she has toured in over the last couple of years. Besides her normal instrumentation, Kiran has used instruments like the Portuguese Guitar and Oudh in her arrangements, while keeping the roots of her Indian heritage intact.

“Her crystal clear voice arched superbly above rhythms that coursed through the audience...an evening of fascinating, newly revealed music.” – Los Angeles Times

“A stunning singer and rising international star.” – Village Voice, New York

There is this other way of life in the south; a musical ethnicity that has simmered itself to a uniquely homespun flavor. Immersed in the culture since birth, Geno Delafose has lived the life of a true cowboy. He relies on his traditional Creole sensibility for guidance in music, and divides his time between touring and operating his Double D Ranch outside of Eunice, deep in Southwest Louisiana’s bayou country, where he breeds cattle and raises quarter horses.

"Le Cowboy Creole" (Geno's sophomore release for Times Square Records) marks the anticipated return of Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie. Expertly blending country, rock, soul, r&b, along with classic Louisiana Cajun, zydeco and swamppop, Geno's new cd further proves why this young Creole cowboy has been hailed as "The young hope of traditional zydeco" (CBS Sunday Morning).

Originally released in 1995, synaesthesia underlines Andy Summers’ stature as one of the most original guitarists of our times with a blend of complex, chordal textures illuminated by jazz and classical breeding and a dose of raving punk abandon.

The Guest sidemen on this album, include musicians whoe are superstars in their own right, including Ginger Baker (drums), Mitchell Foreman (keyboards), and Jerry Watts (Bass).

“Well-travelled guitarist delivers one of the most cohesive, inspired works of his career in this all-instrumental album of electric-guitar music” – Billboard.

“While showing the versatility of his playing, the album also highlights Summer’s approach to songwriting” – Total Guitar

Manuel Lopes Andrade, aka Tcheka, was born on Santiago, the most important African island of the Cape Verde archipelago. At a very early age, he began to perform with his father, Nho Raul Andrade, a highly popular violinist.
At 15 Tcheka began to develop a more personal style, based on batuque, one of Santiago Island’s more popular
beats, which was originally played by Women. His aim was to widen the appeal of batuque, turning it into a beat that
everyone would love. Today, Tcheka is well known for his work in modernising batuque, providing a new reading of
batuque while conserving its traditional Structures. On his new album, Nu Monda, he returns to Batuque. He also explores other styles such as tabanka, talulu and morna. To coincide with this release, Tcheka, will be touring North America in June 2007, as a special guest, opening for the great Cesaria Evora. He will also be appearing in various territories with his own band, both in June and in September 2007.
“Cape Verde delivers another promising talent…Crisp and percussive, his guitar playing creates potent Afro-Latin hooks behind his soaring, feathery vocals.” The Times(London)

Cape Verdean music is normally associated with the great, iconic Cesaria Evora. However, few people in North America, except Cape Verdean and Portuguese expatriots, realize that there is a male icon of Cape Verdean music who is a legend in his native Cape Verde and Portugal – Tito Paris. Even fewer people are aware that in 1985, Tito produced Cesária Évora’s first album. Tito is a multi-instrumentalist, composer , arranger, producer, performer. Tito has been responsible for setting the standard and pioneering the Luso-African musical tradition, introducing influences from Angola, the north of Portugal, Mozambique, and the samba of Brazil. These influences are reflected on his new album “Acústico”. The album contains the recording of the magical live session of Tito and his band
at the Aula Magna in Lisbon. It also features three new studio recording, all written by important composers from Cape Verde in the 60’s. Their music has in many ways set the standard for the music we hear today from Cape Verde. The songs on the album Acústico display the full range of Tito Paris as a musician, singer, composer and arranger.

The music of Cape Verde - an archipelago 300 miles west of Dakar, Senegal - is a music of emigration. While the island nation’s best-known singer is Cesaria Evora, a young singer born and raised in Lisbon’s émigré community is presenting once-hidden Cape Verdean styles to American and European audiences. Her name is Lura.
Lura is part of a new generation of musicians rediscovering the hidden traditions of her ancestral homeland. Her music is inspired by the styles of Santiago - the most African of the islands, and the island from which her father came; styles such as batuku, funana, and coladera.
On M’bem di Fora ("I've come from far away"), Lura's new album, which is her debut release on Times Square/4Q Records, Lura gives a dazzling performance. Provocative, sensual and spicy, Lura's voice breathes life into the wide range of songs on the album, eleven of them magnificently produced and arranged by Nando Andrade (also producer of Cesaria's latest, Rogamar).

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Shankar Mahadevan - musician, songwriter, classical vocalist... but beneath the genius' exterior beats the heart of a highly evolved artist.
Here exists a a man with captivating depth of thought, originality and expression that has highly motivated and inspired many people the world over.
His priorities clearly in order and he's all set to storm the world music scene with his breathless vocals.
The vocal cavities resonate overtones to the point where these became audible as distinct tones and dreamscape hums.
This compilation album is a passionate introduction, covering music spanning some of the most popular works that affirm Mahadevan's versatility.

Recorded in 2005, 'Concerto em Lisboa' took place in the gardens in front of Torre de Belem (Belem Tower), a famous and beautiful neighborhood of Lisbon, with a magnificent view of the city on the banks of Tejo River, Mariza's voice soared above the orchestra conducted by Jaques Morelenbaum enrapturing the assembled audience. The set was perfect for an evening that will always be remembered by her countless fans who were present, and who will have the good fortune of seeing it now on DVD.

The orchestra 'Sinfonietta de Lisboa' was conducted by Jaques Morelenbaum, the producer and arranger of Mariza's most recent album, 'Transparente'; and also famous for being the 'man behind the work' of Caetano Veloso during the past 15 years.

In this second solo album on times square records - "the real rd", which follows on the heels of her successful debut on the label, "love supreme", Asha Bhosle pays tribute to her late husband r.d.burman, considered by many as one of the greatest indian film music composers / producers of all time. Asha has re-recorded some of r.d.'s favorite compositions, and at the age of 73,she scales new heights on this 2 cd set, her voice sounding as young as ever. The album is enhanced, including the video of "1, 2, cha cha cha" which has been filmed with all the opulence of a Bollywood scene.

The roots of many world music forms were recorded by the seminal German jazz label CMP with a selection of releases at the beginning of the 1990s.
Seeking out living masters who embodied the traditions of music from their respective countries, CMP made digital recordings in the field to preserve their current renditions.
Sufism is the main inspiration for all fine arts in Turkey and the most important source of musical literature within the entire Islamic world.
Recorded digitally in Turkey, Gazel features Turkey’s finest singers assembled and supported by a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi, Kudsi Erguner who has performed with Peter Gabriel.
“A milestone in the dissemination in the West of traditional music from non-European cultures” – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung