What's your favorite Eastern-tinged music?

[Marlowe01]

when I hear Eastern-tinged I kinda think "Indian Summer" and "The End" by The Doors, as well as Ravi Shankar and anybody else out there. This is a pretty broad question, but I'm curious.

[academic punk]

ASIA - "Heat of the Moment".

[secrets]

Recommended listening

All of these are really good IMO:

Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Whirling

Highly recommended if you like Eastern music.

Zakhir Hussein - Making Music

Nice fusion of Jazz with Indian music.

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Jerry Douglas - Bourbon & Rosewater

An exotic musical cocktail

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Ry Cooder - A Meeting by the River

Cooder and Bhatt stretch out on four mesmerizing tracks.

[secrets]

I used to have this and let a friend borrow it, never got it back, but it is really good.

[secrets]

Here's a review of Bourbon and Rosewater:

The North Indian Bhatt stretches in a different direction for this collaboration with country/bluegrass dobro virtuoso Douglas and bassist Meyer, Douglas's frequent partner in Nashville. Both the dobro and the upright bass employ sliding tones, of course, and are quite compatible with Bhatt's mohan vina. All but one of the eight tunes on this all-instrumental album were written by one or more of the three musicians, and they come up with lovely, shimmering, legato lines. Instead of the earthy qualities elicited by Mahal's blues, Douglas and Meyer bring out the yearning and melodic qualities of Bhatt's playing with the result that this is Bhatt's most tuneful and accessible project yet.

[secrets]

BTW this thread may interest you:

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19155

[tydhurst]

George Harrison

[Warham]

Norwegian Wood

[nosuchluck]

anything by Hellborg, Lane & Sipe.