Yorkston / Thorne / Khan: Navarasa: Nine Emotions (Vinyl LP)
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Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - a trio of James Yorkston (guitar/nyckelharpa/vocals), Jon Thorne (double-bass/vocals) and Suhail Yusuf Khan (sarangi/vocals) - deliver their new album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. At the heart of YTK's transporting new album is the Indian subcontinent's navarasa; the nine (nava) emotions or sentiments (rasa) of the arts. This central unifying underpinning is a centuries-old organizing principle and directly connects an emotion to each song on the album: Sukhe Phool - Karuna (sorrow), The Shearing's Not for You - Bibhatsya (disgust), Thumri Bhairavi - Raudra (anger), Westlin' Winds - Adbutha (surprise/wonder), Song for Oda - Shringara (love/beauty), Twa Brothers - Bhayanaka (terror/fear), Waliyan da Raja - Veera (heroism/courage), Darbari - Shantha (peace/tranquility).
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - a trio of James Yorkston (guitar/nyckelharpa/vocals), Jon Thorne (double-bass/vocals) and Suhail Yusuf Khan (sarangi/vocals) - deliver their new album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. At the heart of YTK's transporting new album is the Indian subcontinent's navarasa; the nine (nava) emotions or sentiments (rasa) of the arts. This central unifying underpinning is a centuries-old organizing principle and directly connects an emotion to each song on the album: Sukhe Phool - Karuna (sorrow), The Shearing's Not for You - Bibhatsya (disgust), Thumri Bhairavi - Raudra (anger), Westlin' Winds - Adbutha (surprise/wonder), Song for Oda - Shringara (love/beauty), Twa Brothers - Bhayanaka (terror/fear), Waliyan da Raja - Veera (heroism/courage), Darbari - Shantha (peace/tranquility).