John Perkins: Cheer-Char CD Track Listing
John Perkins
Cheer-Char (2001)
Description:\nsitar, guitar, tabla, vocal, flute, pipes\n\nHistory:\nperforming in U.K. since 1978\n\nMusic Style:\nworld fusion\n\nMembers:\nJohn Perkins and friends.WE ARE THE NEW CIVILISATION WE ARE HERE we are waking up\nnow, out of the past, to dream a bigger dream. we are friends and equals, we are diverse and unique\n and we're united for something bigger than our differences. we believe in freedom and co-operation,\nabundance and harmony. we are a culture emerging, a renaissance of the essence of humanity.\nwe find our guidance and we discern our own truth. we go in many directions, and yet we refuse to\ndisperse. we have many names, we speak many languages. we are local, we are global. we are in\nall regions of the world, we're everywhere in the air. we are universe being aware of itself, we are the\nwave of evolution. we are in every child's eyes. we face the unknown with wonder and excitement.\nwe are messengers from the future, living in the present. we come from silence, and we speak our\ntruth. we cannot be quieted, because our voice is within everyone. we have no enemies, no\nboundaries can hold us. we respect the cycles and expressions of nature, because we are nature.\nwe dont play to win, we play to live and learn. we act out of inspiration, love and integrity. we explore\n we discover, we feel, and we laugh. we are building a world that works for everyone.we endeavour\nto live our lives to their fullest potential. we are independent, self-sufficient and resposible. we relate\nto eachother in peace, with compassion and respect. we unite in community we celebrate the\nwholeness within and around us all we dance to the rhythm of creation. we weave the threads of the\nnew times. we are the new civilisation (found on liz yamal-france's sitting room floor) \n\nInstruments Used:\nsitar, guitar, tabla, vocal, flute, pipes, tanpura, clarinet, surbahar\n\nMusical Influences:\nIndia celtic \n\nSimilar Bands:\ngeorge harrison ravi shankar\n\nhttp://www.mp3.com/silversitarco
This folk cd contains 13 tracks and runs 67min 35sec.
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Category
: Music
Tags
: music songs tracks folk Fusion
- John Perkins - bhairavi dhun (02:38)
instrumental\n\nI learned this from prof. suresh misra in santiniketan in west bengal\nabout twenty years ago and have loved it ever since.\nIt was recorded in one take. - John Perkins - govinda (i wait each day) (04:00)
hindi\n\na dawn rag with a burst of energy\n - John Perkins - raglan road (10:47)
And I said let grief be a fallen leaf\nat the dawning of the day\n\nthe story of part of my life - John Perkins - Rag Rageshree Drut(fast) composition (02:20)
Instrumental\n\nThis rag was just about the first I heard\nfrom Ustad Imrat Khan in a concert at Dartington in Devon in 1969.\nThe themes used here came from Prof.Suresh Misra in Santiniketan. - John Perkins - she moves thro the fair (07:23)
a sunny day in devon with the right people dropping by at coombeshead college studio - John Perkins - rag alayha bilawal, electric sitar (02:41)
instrumental\n\nThis instrument is the product of three years of thought and collaboration with\nchris eccleshall. The music is a combination of two compositions in rag alayha bilawal.\nOne I learned from prof.suresh misra in santiniketan in west bengal, - John Perkins - sisters of wyrd (02:55)
wyrd\n\na sunny day in cornwall, up the creek - John Perkins - surbahar alap jor jhalla - yamankalyan (03:57)
instrumental\n\nYaman Kalyan uses a natural scale plus a much emphasised sharp fourth.\nThis instrument was made for me by Kanhai Lal of Calcutta.\nYaman was the first rag I learned from Alistair Dick in 1970 - John Perkins - gujeri todi drut (01:33)
instrumental\n\nunderground at kents cavern torquay for bbc music live - John Perkins - south hams radio interview rag piloo (08:32)
what happened when i retired to devon aged 21\n\nmorning outing - John Perkins - elation (05:51)
There is no information available for this song. - John Perkins - kafi drut (07:32)
instrumental\n\na cd of this concert is available from \nwww.mp3.com/johnsinclairperkins - John Perkins - DATA (07:18)
