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India Season Special

Bobby Frcition and Jo Whiley celebrate India Season with four live acts who have musical roots in India - Anoushka Shankar, Niraj Chag, Raghav and Raxstar.

Bobby Friction and Jo Whiley celebrate India Season with four artists who have their musical roots in India. Classical sitarist Anoushka Shankar, alternative underground producer, Niraj Chag, Bollywood and Desi pop artist Raghav and urban Asian rapper Raxstar perform their individual and Indian inspired music.
Anoushka Shankar, one of the world's most accomplished sitar players, joins Bobby Friction & Jo Whiley to perform her unique brand of contemporary classical Indian music, with a sneak listen to a new track.

Those classical sounds are echoed in the music of producer Niraj Chag, who uses those same classical elements and intertwines them with both folk and electronic sounds to create an alternative Hindi sound.
Niraj Chag, is now most closely associated with big instrumental pieces he does for film and TV, from wild life films to hard hitting documentaries, however he will be performing from his most recent album, Mud Doll, which takes us back to his roots, bringing on the vocals of Japjit Kaur and a return to songs and music that pulls in elements of classical Indian along with folk influences.
Raghav is at the other extreme, with influences from America and Canada Raghav first made his mark in desi hip hop and pop, selling over a million copies of his debut album Storyteller. Since then Raghav has traversed the world of Bollywood play back singing and has most recently worked with arguably the finest hindi music composer of our time, AR Rahman. Raghav will be performing an unplugged version of one of his biggest Bollywood hits.
Raxstar brings us firmly back to the UK desi scene. This eclectic rapper takes his influences form the UK grime scene as well as the Indian music from his heritage combining it to form a very current, urban desi sound.

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Christmas Day 2015 12:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network

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Music Played

  • Asrar (Syed Asrar Shah)

    Afghan Jalebi (from Phantom)

    • Phantom.
    • T-Series.

  • Javed Ali & Sunidhi Chauhan

    Daawat-E-Ishq (from Daawat-E-Ishq)

    • Daawat-E-Ishq.
    • Yash Raj Music.

  • Javed Ali & Sunidhi Chauhan

    Daawat-E-Ishq (from Daawat-E-Ishq)

    • Daawat-E-Ishq.
    • Yash Raj Music.

  • Bups Saggu

    Jump To The Bhangra (feat. Manjit Pappu)

    • VIP RECORDS.

  • Atif Aslam

    Tu Chahiye

    • Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
    • T Series.

  • Diljit Dosanjh, Jyoti Nooran & Sultana Nooran

    Tung Tung Baje (from Singh Is Bliing)

    • Singh Is Bliing.
    • Zee Music Company.

  • Benny Dayal & Ranveer Singh

    Aadat Se Majboor

    • Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl.
    • Yash Raj Music.

  • Benny Dayal & Ranveer Singh

    Aadat Se Majboor

    • Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl.
    • Yash Raj Music.

  • Sukshinder Shinda

    Samne

    • Jadoo.
    • Music Waves.

  • Wajid, Ritu Pathak, Shalmali Kholgade & Danish Sabri

    DJ Bajega To Pappu Nachega

    • Kas Kisko Pyaar Karoon.
    • Zee Music Company.

  • Sunidhi Chauhan

    Yeh Mera Dil

    • Don: The Chase Begins Again.
    • Eros International.

  • Arif Lohar

    Rung Jindri

    • Coke Studio Pakistan Season 8.

  • Immi

    Chal Mere Naal

    • TaZzZ Music.

  • Sukriti Kakkar & Prakriti Kakar & Siddharth Mahadevan

    Pehli Baar

    • Dil Dhadakne Do.
    • T-Series.

  • Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam

    Bole Chudiyan (from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham)

    • Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
    • Sony Music.

  • Tindy, Rixx & Jaswinder Daghamia

    Tera Hogeya

    • Calibar Records.

  • Rahul Pandey & Shalmali Kholgade

    Jab We Met (feat. Divya Kumar & Jigar Saraiya)

    • Hero.
    • T-Series.

  • Shreya Ghoshal

    Mashallah (Royal Albert Hall 2013)

  • Bally Sagoo, Reema Das Gupta, Debashish Dasgupta & Cheshire Cat

    Chura Liya

    • Bollywood Flashback.
    • Oriental Star Agencies.

  • Panjabi Hit Squad & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

    Dil Mera

    • World Famous.
    • Major Moves.

  • Raghu Dixit

    No Man Will Ever Love You, Like I Do (Asian Network Music Night, Glasgow)

  • Asha Bhosle, Bappi Lahiri & Shashi Kapoor

    Raat Baaki Baat Baaki

    • Namak Halal.
    • Saregama.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Raghav

    Ishq Shava (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ India Season 2015)

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Untitled (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ India Season 2015)

  • Mumford & Sons

    I Will Wait

    • Gentleman Of The Road / Universal Island.

  • Raxstar

    Poison (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ India Season 2015)

  • Niraj Chag

    Chamba (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ India Season 2015)

  • Panjabi MC

    Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware Of The Boys)

    • Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware Of The Boys).
    • Showbiz/Instant Karma.

  • Kanika Kapoor

    Desi Look (from Ek Paheli Leela)

    • Ek Paheli Leela.
    • T-Series.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 10 Sep 2015 17:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network
  • Christmas Day 2015 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Asian Network

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