With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge
With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge Amit Chaudhuri charts his musical journey in a new book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.” Amit Chaudhuri’s “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music,” out now from New York Review Books, blends memoir and music appreciation.Credit...Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times out now from New York Review Books. In it, Chaudhuri charts a personal journey that began with a Western-oriented love for the singer-songwriter tradition, followed by a headlong immersion into Indian classical music. That her...
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