Various Artists, The Rough Guide to Bhangra - 1h 12m 50s

Tracks & Durations

1. Alaap - Bhabiye Ni Bhabiye	5:14
2. Rama & Bally Sagoo - Mera Laung Gawacha	7:26
3. Bombay Talkie - Chargiye	5:37
4. Sangeeta - Pyar Ka Hai Baira	4:40
5. Malkit Singh - Boliyan	7:42
6. Mohinder Kaur Bhamra - Gidda Pao Haan Deo	3:38
7. A.S. Kang - Valeti Bolyan	6:21
8. Satwinder Bitti & Bally Sagoo - Pendha Gidda	6:22
9. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Piya Re Piya Re	4:33
10. Baldip Jabble - Janj Mahi Ley Aya	5:21
11. Safri Boys - Parlinhade	7:32
12. Saqi - Saqian Da Dhol	4:19
13. Labh Janjua & Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke	3:56

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Review

This Rough Guide CD details the danceable and diverse music of bhangra. It was born in India's Punjab region as a rural dance, powered by piercing dhol drums, and emerged as disco/house/world music created by Indian immigrants in the United Kingdom in the '70s. It ranges from "Bhabiye N Bhabiye," written by Channi, the haunting lead singer of the bhangra supergroup Alaap, to the Safri Boys' storytelling lyrics on their teen love story "Par Linghade." Female singers like the pioneering Mohinder Kaur Bhamra with the club favorite "Gidda Pao Haan Deo" and the seductive Sangeeta with her hit "Pyar Ka Hai Bairi" highlight bhangra's modernity, while producers and DJs like Bally Sagoo on "Mera Laung Gawacha" marry subcontinental syncopations to Jamaican reggae. Labh Janjua & Panjabi MC drop a sample by hip-hop's clown prince, Busta Rhymes, on "Mundian to Bach Ke" and build a curry-flavored bridge to African American hip-hop. As salsa sprung from its Cuban son origins and linked Latin America, bhangra rhythmically reaches out to the Indian diaspora, from Hollywood to Bollywood. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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