TSP Saturday April 12, 2008 / Asha Bhosle

Listener comments!

6:30pm slugluv1313:

thanks for the Shujaat music, Rob! i am not working at the show to-night (bummer!) but ever since i first heard/saw him some years ago (as the sun was beginning to peek through the stained glass windows at the first All Night Indian Classical Music concert that i worked at . . . MAGICAL!) -- i have NEVER forgotten the unique, transforming quality of his music . . . and the "Hawa Hawa" album in particular (REALLY helped a lot as i was driving home after cremation ceremony for CHAOS some years ago) -- Mr. Khan's sitar playing is sooooo beautiful but i love it when he sings too!

7:45pm slugluv1313:

LOVING this interview with the amazing Ms. Bhosle!!!!!!! (you are SO lucky to have met with her !!!!!!! how were you able to arrange this????? i do not think i would have been able to have spoken a single word; i would have been in total awe!)

7:49pm Your DJ:

Thanks slugluv. You know it was a tricky interview, she's not a big talker especially in English. But you know it's special just to have a little visitation with a figure of her stature. To help things along I've chosen to drop in a lot of music; hopefully it can serve as a little introduction to Asha.

8:30pm will:

hey there rob,
i missed the show at gerome last friday night.i really wanted to catch miz rupa and the april fishes.family matters had precedence.i heard them on an achive show a week or two ago.while talat was the guest on the show.they were terrific too.and i would very much like to get there music.as for rupa,i hope that i might still have the opportunity to see their act.i am hoping you might have more info on their upcoming performances.and how i can get the schedule of events at gerome too.thanks for the fantastic music you play. will

2:17pm Ted from Baltimore:

Listening on the archives -- just a wonderful show. Every track has moved me in some way, but Yuhun Na Thi in particular is just breathtaking. And wonderful, of course to learn about Asha Bhosle and her family.

12:55pm Your DJ:

Yuhun Na Thi was the song that originally introduced me to Asha Bhosle, courtesy of the producers of the WOMEX festivals in England who included it on their "Talking Book Asia". Much credit should also go to Hariharan, who is responsible for the music. You might still be able to find the full Asha Bhosle / Hariharan ghazal album on which Yuhun Na Thi originally appeared, "Abshaar-e-Ghazal", at Indian / South Asian shops, or online.