Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: World Music Network
• ASIN: B000E41KQA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,220 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rail Gaddi - Four Of A Kind

2. Dil Tera - Soni Pabla

3. Captain Bhangre Da - Ravi Bal

4. Dil Nai Lagda - Aman Hayer

5. Gal Sun - Partners In Rhyme

6. Sajna - Veronica

7. Chal Hun (Get Up Fix) - Malkit Singh

8. Billo Raneeay - Binder

9. Akheer - Juggy D

10. Paisa - Manak-E

11. Mahndi/Madhorama Pencha - Madan Bata Sindhu

12. Lakh Hilda - Indy Sagu

13. Taweet - Daljit Mattu

14. Apna Sangeet - Taz

15. Nain Preeto De - Panjabi By Nature

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great intro to bhangra, June 13, 2006

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Smita (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (Audio CD)

being born in the states to bengali parents, there isnt as much popular music thats influenced by indian culture (bad rap looping aside). mostly, we (as in first generation americans) usually have to turn to british stuff for that crossover. bhangra is, for us, what rock en español or reggetón is for latinos.... its dancable and familiar. this cd, i think, has some awesome tracks on it... there is a whole spectrum of bhangra types- from the reggae-inspired to the more 'hip-hop' flavored stuff to the calm, religious 'akheer' (which is totally my favorite). you dont have to understand punjabi to enjoy it (i mean, i dont and nor do most of my indian friends... but we connect with it even though bhangra is a regional punjabi phenomenon... then again, reggetón is supposedly a puerto rican/caribeño thing and even argentinians and spaniards can dig it). anyway, the point is this cd has a good collection of songs that is very cool regardless of your background. neat songs, a lot of indian backgrounds (with traditional instruments like the veena and harmonuim) and pulsing dhol/syth rhythms. it makes you want to get up and dance, which is exactly what bhangra is for!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complex, lively music for listening or dancing, May 21, 2006

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Carl Scharenberg (Kansas City, KS, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (Audio CD)

I stumbled across this CD on a display rack at Borders and listened to a few minutes and then bought it. I fell in love with the complexity and liveliness of the music. Most of the tracks have complex percussion of standard 4/4 count dance music but with lots of other percussion rhythms thrown in with various instruments. I can't identify many of the instruments but I certainly enjoyed them. The singing was also excellent and sometimes quite intricate.

This music is good for driving or anytime when you want to get into a happy energetic mood. It's also great for organized dancing. Most of it will work with salsa, hustle, or west coast swing. The energy of the music encourages a lot of improvisation and messing around. It is nearly perfect dance club music.

This is fun, lively, interesting, and enjoyable music. I highly recommend it. It inspired me to rip it to mp3 at a much higher quality level than I usually do. Usual is variable @ 192 kbps. This one rated averaging @ 256.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bhangra Lives., December 12, 2007

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E in the World "Latin Mermaid" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (Audio CD)

I teach water aerobics at 6 am in the morning. My class consists of warmup and stretching exercises - intense cardio... and then as a treat some Bhangra music (followed by deep water exercises - cool-down and stretching exercises - ending with pranayama - breathing exercises). The women love Bhangra. We do some free style dancing to Bhangra - the greatest pick up at 630 AM. What a way to start your day. We dance to some selections from this CD... and women have listened to some of the songs on youtube. The favorites are Rail Gotti and Capt Bhangra - more bhangra, please.