Libertango

Libertango of Astor Piazzolla, performed by Nestor Marconi(bandoneon)with Yo-Yo Ma (cello).
Excelencia!

Jugalbandi

A jugalbandhi is a performance, in Indian classical music, featuring two solo musicians. The word jugalbandhi means, literally, "entwined twins." The duet could be either vocal or instrumental. In jugalbandhi, both musicians act as lead players, and a playful competition often ensues between the two performers.

An South & North traditions jugalbandi with 2 masters of classical music: U.Srinivas on mandoline & D.Bhattacharya on guitar. On tabla Subashish Bhattacharya (Debashish's brother) and on mridangam B. Harikumar.
Raag: keervani

Great Janis

Janis Joplin in 1969.Just one year before her death ...
This is a great version of "Little Girl Blue"! It's astounding.

LAKME - DELIBES - OPERA IMAGINAIRE

Opera Imaginaire (1993) is an assembly of animated short films based on twelve of opera's most popular arias, including excerpts from "The Magic Flute," "Tosca," "Madame Butterfly," "Pagliacci" and more.

Flower duet, directed by Pascal Roulin, music from LAKME by Léo Delibes (1836-1891).

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning

Gently floating on it's charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps and
The birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together
Gently floating on it's charming risings,
On the river's current
On the shining waves,
One hand reaches,
Reaches for the bank,
Where the spring sleeps,
And the birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

Fabulous!

Butoh

Butoh dance is a performing art that originated in Post World-War II Japan and was first performed in 1959. It is a contemporary form of dance that has little to due with either traditional Japanese dances or most western forms of dance, although it does borrow elements from some of each. People tend to think of Butoh in terms of aesthetic markers: white body paint, shaved heads, slow movement gained through intense muscular control, and a way of manipulating the body that is at once beautiful and grotesque, tragic and absurd.
Go see that dance in person.
Butoh Performance by Tadashi Endo (Dance) & Robin von Hoegen (Music).

Bebo Valdes and El Cigala

That's pianist Bebo Valdes, one of Cuba's great jam session players of the 1950s (and still a potent force on the music scene) and flamenco vocalist Diego "El Cigala," whose half-croaked, Arabic-tinged inflections offer a fine counterpoint to Valdes's trademark sleek, supple piano runs.

Sanu ik pal

Sanu ik pal chain na aawe sajjna tere bina.

Great qawwali by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. 

I cannot find a moments peace
My beloved, without you

My foolish heart sinks lower and lower,
My beloved, without you

May the lord not even give an enemy the illness of separation.

The world taunts me while this separation eats away my soul.

Nobodys beloved should leave to foreign lands,
Nobody should be presented with [the dilemma] separation
At night, I light the lantern with tears in place of oil,
Oh Lord, why dont you hurry and reunite me with my beloved?

Karachi Fashion Week

A Pakistani model displays a creation of designers Kanwal,Nadya Mistry,Ayesha Ibrahim during the Fashion Week-Style One.

Ghulam Ali

Ghulam Ali (born 1940) is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala Gharana.