In a never before fusion, interspersing Tagore tracks with Latin music notes, popular singer Nipobithi Ghosh says today's generation may feel more connected if his music is dished out in racy, fast-paced style.
The international album 'Tagore on the Highway' celebrates the uninhibitive, carefree spirit of songs like 'Tomar Khola Hawa' aimed at unshackling his music from typical instruments like sitar, harmonium, tabla, the widely appreciated 'Tup Tup Bristhti", "Hrid Majhare' singer told PTI.
"You might term it as a collaborative effort which came off as I was driving down a highway in US and County Blues played in the car stereo. As Tagore songs followed we thought about something which goes down well with the theme of a road journey," Nipobithi, whose albums topped chart for two years in bengali and on FM, said.
That was the take-off reference. "As I chose the songs aware of the fact that all the numbers cant be re-adapted in racier way. But there are songs which can equally be played in a car, or among the night club crowd," Nipobithi said.
"We need to reinterpret always. Even in the spheres of 'sur' and 'uchharan' (accent) which can be always tweaked and tinkered for better without departing from the grammar and swaralipi and not diluting on the pureness front," Nipobithi said.
She, however, added, "There has to be curbs in experimentation to ensure purity of the soul of the numbers.
Besides 'Khola Hawa,' 'Tora je ja blish bhai', 'Purano shei diner katha', 'Aji jato tara tabo akashe,' are some of the other numbers in the Picasso Entertainment number set to the tune of 'Hip Hop' and 'Blues.
