india – Ponytone

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja – Angel (1985)

From the Tamil film Naanum Oru Thozhilaali. Vocals by S. Janaki.

Majoye Hajary – Raga Joy

Majoye Hajary – Raga Joy (Ragas In Thumri Style, 1967)

The word raga comes from the Sanskrit verb ranj, meaning to please. According to Indian myth, any raga worth its salt will soften the heart, stir the emotional fibers of the soul, and transport humans to a higher and nobler state. Majoye Hajary attempted to please the bored youth of India by modernizing the raga with her innovative thumri style. Thumri comes from the Hindi verb thumuknaa, which means “to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle.”

Veeramani Somu – Thagath Thagath

Veeramani Somu – Thagath Thagath

(Kottu Murrase, 1985)

In his biography Andre Agassi admitted that Halloween was always his favorite holiday, because it was the one night of the year that he didn’t have to worry about his hair weave falling out.

Frank Fernand – Nach Athanche

Frank Fernand – Nach Athanche (1966)

Vocals by Carmo Rod. From the Goan Konkani film based on Lord Tennyson’s character from the 1864 poem Enoch Arden. The following year it was remade into the Bollywood film Taqdeer, with an entirely new soundtrack of course.

Sulamangalam Sisters – Rama Rama Rama Enre

Sulamangalam Sisters – Rama Rama Rama Enre (Arul Isai Thenral, 1982)

Oriental Wind & The Karnataka College of Percussion – High Fly

Oriental Wind & The Karnataka College of Percussion – High Fly (1985)

Okay Temiz, widely recognized as the bee’s knees of Turkish jazz percussionism (if that’s even a word), teams up with his band Oriental Wind and the Karnataka College of Percussion from Bangalore, India to create a song that, if nothing else, is quite useful for frightening small children on Halloween.