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Indian Music?

Years ago I listened to Ravi Shankar occasionally and enjoyed a lot of what I heard. The other night I watched an interview Charlie Rose had with a very famous tabla player and his music was superb. I'm thinking that I should explore traditional Indian music a bit further but have little knowledge of the subject. Any suggestions on 2-6 CDs I should check out for starters? I prefer instrumental but would consider vocal as well. Thanks!
PS: If you're suggesting obscure titles, sources would also be appreciated.
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mcrosier
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I like all the suggestions listed, although most of them are not "traditional", they are all worth listening to. I was surprised to see the criticism of Ry Cooder as "tired". I think that is one of the best world/hybrid discs and one of the best moments in Cooder's career. It is also one of the rare moments where great music has been recorded to audiophile standards. The separation of the instruments and the mic technique is extraordinary.

I also join the others in suggesting that you can't go wrong with: Ali Akbar Khan

I also suggest looking for recordings by any of these artists: Dr. L. Subramaniam on Karnatic Violin, Amjad Ali Khan on sarod and Ustad Vilayat Khan on sitar

I am a big fan of the "India Archives Series". CD's are $12-$15 on average. I have picked up many of these and have not been let down once.

For younger artists I suggest: Deobrat Mishra (son of Pandit Shivnath), Purbayan Chatterjee and Ranajit Sengupta (although he is now 40 and I guess could be considered not so young)

Hope that helps a bit
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