{"id":178,"date":"2011-12-07T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T06:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apsaramusic.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2023-04-30T21:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T21:24:45","slug":"lightsweetcrude-raga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/apsaramusic.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"LIGHTSWEETCRUDE: THE MANY SHADES OF “RAGA”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Raga? It’s one of the building blocks of Indian classical music, but it’s also one of the world’s hardest musical terms to define. In the simplest sense, “raga” means “color,” and consists of a collection of notes that musicians build a song around. Toronto-based lightsweetcrude’s<\/a> debut album Listen to the Colour <\/em>proves that “raga” doesn’t require a neat definition.<\/p>\n

Lightsweetcrude plays with and creates new shades of traditional ragas on Listen to the Colour<\/em>, which released in October 2011. Producer and keyboardist Jason Steidman envisioned the album, and brought together the ensemble’s team of talented artists. Before launching the project, Steidman studied Indian classical music for several years\u00e2\u20ac\u201deven studying harmonium in order to learn the feel of the music.<\/p>\n

“Ahir\/Now”<\/strong><\/p>\n