Mashkoor Ali Khan - Transcendence - Raga Desh Drut bandish in Jhap tal

Desh, meaning country or homeland, is a raga of extraordinary seductive power. Meant to be sung during the monsoon season it can bring out the emotions of separation and longing as well as that of romantic love. The bandish sung here is a rare one and represents an old style tarana, a style of composition which uses sounds and syllables with no meaning in the first verse and ends with a Farsi rubai (a quatrain in Persian) in the second.

Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan comes from a distinguished musical line that includes some of the foremost figures in Indian Classical music. A direct descendant of the family of the great Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and the legendary Sartaj-e-Mousiqui Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Maskhoor.

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Track 2: Shahana
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Track 3: Jhinjhoti
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Track 4: Bhupali
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