Kiran Ahluwalia
"Wanderlust"
"Wanderlust"
Toronto-raised Ahluwalia is becoming a major contemporary interpreter of ghazal, the Indo-Persian romantic song; here she adds a cross-cultural twist with fado instruments and ornamentation, but more as a gentle suggestion of emotional kinship than as an attempt at fusion.
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- Top CD picks of 2007
- James Reed
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- Joan Anderman
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- Steve Greenlee
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- Jonathan Perry
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- Scott Alarik
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- Jeremy Eichler
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- Christopher Muther
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- Sarah Rodman
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- Complete list

