Recorded in Chamba, Kulu & Simla, Himachal Pradesh in the 1970s. Released as part of an extensive collection of international music by Nonesuch Explorer Series.

This is an old folk song sung in the Mandi dialect, telling the story of a young Gujjar wife talking with her lover identified as Krishna.

Dr. Natesan Ramani (1934 – 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. Ramani was born into a family of flautists, learning first from his grandfather, Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. He later became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, T. R. Mahalingam.

Rudrapatna Keshavamurthy Suryanarayana (1937-2003) played the "Gayathri veena", which apparently has 17 sympathetic strings like a sitar. Accompanied by K. Sivaraman (mridangam), Dayanand Mohite (ghatam), S. V. Giridhar (morsing).

Carnatica Brothers are cousins K N Shashikiran and P Ganesh. They were taught by taught by the same guru, Chitraveena Narasimhan, who is Shashi’s father. Shashi's elder brother is N. Ravikiran.

with Nagai Sriram (violin), Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy (mridangam)

Veena Sahasrabuddhe (1948 – 2016) was from Kanpur. She was trained in the Gwalior gharana, but like many modern classical singers borrowed from others - in her case, the Jaipur and Kirana gharanas.

M. S. Sheela, born in 1952 in Bangalore, is a Carnatic classical, light music and devotional singer. Her initial training was from her mother M. N. Rathna, and later from R. K. Srikanthan.

with Radhika Mani (violin), Anoor Dattatreya Sharma (mridangam), A. V. Kashinath (kanjira)

Music issued on this record was recorded by Kabul Radio. Mohammed Omar lived from 1905 to 1980.

The Rubab is of central Asian origin. The body is carved out of a single piece of wood, with a head covering a hollow bowl covered by skin which provides the sound-chamber. The bridge sits on the skin and is held in position by the tension of the gut strings. The Rubab is considered the ancestor of the Sarod.

On this recording, he is accompanied by Shafaat Ahmed Khan on tabla.

Sudha Raghunathan was born in 1956 in Chennai. Her main guru was M. L. Vasanthakumari.

This is in the raga Saranga

With Debashish Sarkar on tabla.

Ramchandra Kundgolkar Saunshi, popularly known as Sawai Gandharva, was born in 1886 in Kundgol, not far from Dharwad, Karnataka. He was one of the foremost disciples of Abdul Karim Khan of the Kirana gharana. Sawai Gandharva taught famous vocalists including Gangubai Hangal, Bhimsen Joshi and Firoz Dastur. He died in 1952, age 66.

This recording was digitized from an old 78 rpm disc.

Sindh is a province in Pakistan, in the southeast, bordering Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, and the Arabian Sea.

Vocalist: Husna Naz