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London-based DJ and producer Nabihah Iqbal (formerly known as Throwing Shade) brings you an ethnomusicological perspective on weird and wonderful music from around the world. Expect regular themed special episode; a good dose of history, and above all, good music to broaden your horizons. Every other Tuesday, midday-1pm. You can listen back to previous Throwing Shade episodes here

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An hour of selections from Giorno Poetry Systems, the platform launched by NYC poet and performance artist John Giorno in 1972. As well as engaging in live performances and performance art projects – including his famous "Dial-A-Poem" project – the record label wing of the platform released over 40 records featuring music and poetry from Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Allen Ginsberg, John Cage, and William S. Burroughs and more. Selected by ML of 150 Session.

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 8 April 2015. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's music has been featured on 31 episodes.

Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian Santoor player. The Santoor is a folk instrument from Jammu and kashmir. Sharma is often referred to by the title Pandit.

He was born in Jammu to the singer Uma Dutt Sharma and his mother tongue is Dogri. His father started teaching him vocals and tabla when he was just five. Uma Dutt Sharma did "extensive research" on the santoor, and decided that Sharma should be the first musician to play Indian classical music on the santoor. So he started learning santoor at the age of thirteen, and made his father's dream come true. He gave his first public performance in Bombay in 1955.

Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the Santoor, after some years as a vocalist. He is credited with making the Santoor a popular Classical Instrument.[4][9] In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Shivkumar said that it was his father who decided that he should play the Santoor and that he never thought he would be choosing it when he started learning music.[7] He composed the background music for one of the scenes in Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje[10] in 1956. He recorded his first solo album in 1960.

In 1967, he teamed up with flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and Brij Bhushan Kabra to produce a concept album, Call of the Valley (1967) which turned out to be one of the greatest hits in Indian Classical Music. He has composed music for many Hindi films in collaboration with Hariprasad Chaurasia starting with Silsila (1980). They came to be known as the 'Shiv-Hari' music duo. Some of the movies they composed music for that were big musical hits are Faasle (1985), Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991) and Darr

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Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 8 April 2015. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's music has been featured on 31 episodes.

Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian Santoor player. The Santoor is a folk instrument from Jammu and kashmir. Sharma is often referred to by the title Pandit.

He was born in Jammu to the singer Uma Dutt Sharma and his mother tongue is Dogri. His father started teaching him vocals and tabla when he was just five. Uma Dutt Sharma did "extensive research" on the santoor, and decided that Sharma should be the first musician to play Indian classical music on the santoor. So he started learning santoor at the age of thirteen, and made his father's dream come true. He gave his first public performance in Bombay in 1955.

Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the Santoor, after some years as a vocalist. He is credited with making the Santoor a popular Classical Instrument.[4][9] In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Shivkumar said that it was his father who decided that he should play the Santoor and that he never thought he would be choosing it when he started learning music.[7] He composed the background music for one of the scenes in Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje[10] in 1956. He recorded his first solo album in 1960.

In 1967, he teamed up with flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and Brij Bhushan Kabra to produce a concept album, Call of the Valley (1967) which turned out to be one of the greatest hits in Indian Classical Music. He has composed music for many Hindi films in collaboration with Hariprasad Chaurasia starting with Silsila (1980). They came to be known as the 'Shiv-Hari' music duo. Some of the movies they composed music for that were big musical hits are Faasle (1985), Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991) and Darr

Original source: Last.fm

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Feelings
Shiv Kumar Sharma
EMI, His Master's Voice1985
Raga Mishra Mand
Shivkumar Sharma
Saregama1998
Raga Jhinjhoti In Rupak Tal (7 Beats) And Tintal (16 Beats)
Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia
Ravi Shankar Music Circle0
Dhun
Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
Magnasound2004
Raag: Kalavati
Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma
T-Series, SCI1991
Kaunsi Kanhra
Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain
His Master's Voice1994
Ghara - Dadra
Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hemisphere, EMI1995
Raga Kirwani
Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain
His Master's Voice1979
Gat: Vilambit Teentaal
Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain
His Master's Voice, EMI1985
Thumri Based Dhun - Taal Keharwa
Shiv Kumar Sharma
His Master's Voice1991