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With its tapestry of varying customs, the state of Uttar Pradesh has a rich treasury of folk musical traditions. In its simplest forms, this music penetrates the soul of the listener, for folk songs reveal the joys and sorrows of the common folk. For village people, storytelling, folk theater and folk songs are the means by which they learn about their ancient heritage. The material for this compact disc was recorded during 1972-1999 in the state of Uttar Pradesh, concentrating on rural villages in the districts of Kanpur, Unnao, Raibarely, Lucknow, Hamirpur, and Varanasi, by the eminent ethnomusicologist, Dr. Laxmi Ganesh Tewari.Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Ph. D. Trained as an ethnomusicologist by Dr. Dieter Christensen at Wesleyan University, Dr. Tewari has studied Indian classical vocal music in the guru-shishya-parampara (teacher/disciple-relationship) tradition; Turkish music and Ghanaian drumming. He has conducted numerous field researches to India, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, and Fiji. He enjoys sharing his first-hand experiences with the music of South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East,and Africa, in the “teaching-what-youknow-best” theory. Tuning the Dholak before a Bhajan SessionTracks1 Purvi (7:032 Phag (4:07)3 Kajari (4:54)4 Bhajan (5:39)5 Bhajan (4:17)6 Bhagat (7:26)7 Lahacari (5:06)8 Dhimariyai (7:07):9 Khari Phag (5:21)10 Dhapali solo (2:22)11 Kandal music (3:07)12 Folk Tune (1:54)13 Folk Tune (2:49)14 Nakata (2:08)15 Kataki (3:15)16 Savan (3:07)
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