Folk Music of Uttar Pradesh - India (CD)

Instrumental Music

1. Nakkāḍā Solo in Tāl Tīntāl — Nakkāḍā: Rashid Ustad; Ḍholak: Suraju Lal; Laharā accompaniment, harmonium: Gopi Krishna Tiwari — 9:32
2. Ḍhol and Tāsā — Ḍhol: Ambar Lal, Mahadev Lal; Tāsā: Swami Nath; Rambhā: Badalu Ram — 3:27
3. Dhobī Ensemble — Sūp, Jhīkā, Ḍholak, Mañjīrā: Unknown artists — 1:47
4. Mahuvar Solo — Mahuvar: Unknown artist — 1:30
5. Ḍholak Solo — Ḍholak: Channu Lal; Kartāl: Lakshmi Narayan Yadav — 1:20
6. Bīn Ensemble — Bīn: Bake Lal, Kedar; Ḍholak: Khagga; Lejam: Bhaiya Lal; played by Dhānuk — 4:00

Vocal Music

7. Acarī — Vocals: Ram Adhar, Ram Charan, Sone Lal, Vamsa Gopal; vocals & Jhīkā: Ram Bharose; Ḍholak: Kishori Lal — 7:10
8. Ṭesū Gīt — Vocals, Group 1: Babu Shah, Jiya Lal Kathoriya, Mauji Lal; Vocals, Group 2: Pancham Lal Savita, Vishwanath Katiyar, Vishwanath Yadav — 4:56
9. Badhāvā — Lead vocals & Mradañg: Mewa Lal; backing vocals: Bhịm Singh, Radhjey Shyam; Kaśāvar: Ashok Kumar — 3:52
10. Bhajan — Sung by Dhobī; Sūp, Jhīkā, Ḍholak, Mañjīrā: Unknown artists — 3:57
11. Dhanukiyaā Dādarā — Sung by Dhānuk; vocals: Kedar; Bīn: Bake Lal; Ḍholak: Khagga; Lejam: Bhaiya Lal — 2:54
12. Lācārī — Vocals: Bharose, Pohakar; Sarangi (Cikārā): Babu Lal; Joḍi: Nand Lal; Mañjīrā: Kamalu; Huḍuk: Khaggu; Mañjīrā/ensemble: Camār — 3:32
13. Lācārī — Vocals: Chabba, Mulai, Mulchand, Natthu, Sadhari, Subedar; sung by Dhobī; vocals & Ḍholak: Chote Lal; Jhīkā: Nand Lal — 3:41
14. Devī Gīt — Sung by Kānyakubj Brahman; Mañjīrā: Vimla Shukla; Ḍholak: Rajkumari Tripathi — 3:08
15. Cakkī Gīt — Two women, vocals & Cakkī: Unknown artists — 3:00
16. Sākhī — Sung by Sagar Yadav — 2:38
17. Sakhīrī — Women’s vocals: Unknown artists — 3:18
18. Nirguṇ Birahā — Sung by Ahīr — 5:13
19. Sāvan — Vocals: Maya Shukla, Rani Misra — 2:58

Total playing time: 69:03

Recording Locations

• Tracks 1, 2, 9: Kanpur city
• Tracks 3, 10, 14: Dhanabad village, district Rai Bareily
• Tracks 4, 8, 15, 17: Nandana village, district Kanpur
• Track 5: Varanasi city
• Tracks 6, 11: Biraicamau village, district Unnao
• Track 7: Sandalpur village, district Kanpur
• Track 12: Tahirapur village, district Unnao
• Track 13: Gan Muradabad village, district Unnao
• Track 16: Akohariya village, district Rai Bareily
• Track 18: Nayapurva
• Track 19: New Delhi