BENGALE - RADHA BHAVA - PARVATHY BAUL -
Parvathy comes from a Brahman family of Bangladesh, but she studied in Bengal. She was drawn to the arts and particularly to painting, and it was while she was studying the latter that she first came into contact with the world of the Bâuls, whose visual
aspect and atypical behaviour attracted her. She became a disciple (rare for a woman), spent some time in Kerala in search of authentic tradition, and then returned to complete her initiation as a Bâul.
At the invitation of the Maison des Cultures du Monde (Paris) and the Ateliers d’Ethnomusicologie (Geneva), she made her first European appearance in 2001 as a soloist.
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The following year she returned, this time with other musicians, representing Bengal’s most authentic traditions. To hear the ecstatic voice of Parvathy (now twenty-five) is a remarkable and delightful experience.
ARTISTES: Parvathy Baul (Voix, ektârâ et duggî, ghungurû, nûpur) - Viswanath Das Baul (Ânanda-Iaharî, ektâra et duggî) - Somen Baul (Ânanda-Iaharî) - Khijmat Ali Fakir (Dotârâ) - Anasad Sheik (Sârindâ).
TITRES : 1 - Aji Chitra Pate Visakha Ssakhi ("tu as peint une image, Visakha Sakhi") 2 - Vrindavana Vilasini Rai Amader ("Notre Radha est la joueuse de Vrindavana") 3 - Vhadoro Adharo Rati ("Nuit noire et pluvieuse") 4 - Dwar Khule Dio Na Shyam Ke ("N'ouvre pas la porte à Shyam") 5 - Amar Anka Banka Loktike ("Le corps de mon bien-aimé rampe comme un serpent") 6 - O Kanhai Re ("L'union de Radha et Krishna") 7 - Jwalay Gela Moner Agun ("Il a incendié mon coeur") 8 - Kon Pathe ("Dis-moi comment mon bien-aimé s'est échappé") 9 - Kala ("Le noir") 10 - Ache Syam Ange Rai Ango Helia ("Le corps de Shyam repose auprès de celui de Radha").
Other Discs : Nastaran, Dengo, Zoura, Négra, Hapi Syté, Satsuma-Biwa, Bulenga, Sueno Gitano, Raighinas
New release : Varanasie Ras, Sarefi
