 Asian
Percussion
Watch
a Kanjira solo by kanjira master Ganesh Kumar
Visit
Ganesh Kumar's website to see more
In
Japan, the taiko drum speaks volumes:Business writer
YURI KAGEYAMA reminisces about her son's love for an ancient Japanese
tradition.
SABIR
MUSIC - Instructional DVD - Learn Tabla and Harmonium
at home [Canda Based]
Taalim
School of Indian Music and Premiere
Institute of Tabla
Lessons conducted in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
www.tablaplayer.co.uk
- UK based tablaplayer Udit Pankhania's website.
Sandip
Bhattacharya Tabla player from Varanasi, India . Sandip
is currently based in Holland, and performs with top Indian Musicians
and well-known musicians of other cultures arround the world.
Sitar
Maestro Biswabrata Chakrabarti - interesting sound samples
here
Check out Beat
of India, a wondeful site on Indian folk music.
Thai
Percussion Homepage
Thai
Classical Musical Instruments a great page, sound
samples of Thon Ramana, Glawng That, Ta Phon, Glawng Khaek etc
Visit Mridangam
maestro Umayalpuram
K. Sivaraman
 A
good resource for lovers of Taiko Drumming is
Rolling Thunder.
They have tons of links to Taiko Groups all over the world.
Asano
Taiko One
of the oldest Taiko drum manufacturers in Japan
Mochizuki
Taiko Drums Handcrafted
for the Most Demanding Taikoists completely awesome drums. See
this site to believe.
It's becoming obvious that there's too
much going on in the asian drumming scene for just one page,
so look in the future for separate pages on India, Japan, and
Indonesia.
You have favorite Asian music links?
Indian, Japanese Taiko, Indonesian Gamelan from Java or from Bali,
whatever, SEND THEM
and we'll post them here on the Asian rhythms page at rhythmweb.
We were sadly lacking in Bhangra
pages, and then Lilitu sent us some good ones! Thanks Lilitu!
www.bhangra.org
www.bhangra.com
(chat room)
www.indianmelody.com/bhangra.htm
actually, this whole domain is nice, not just the bhangra pages.
Sandip
Bhattacharya, a Holland based Indian percussionist, has
played with many of the most illustrious musicians in India and
with well-known musicians of other cultures arround the world.
The Sandeep
Raval multi percussionist Website features instruction
information, world grooves, new age and more
Tabla
Gharana
is dedicated to furthering the knowledge and history of the six
main schools of tabla playing. Kudos to Ajit Acharya and Christopher
Meehan at the U of Michigan.
Gamelan: Music of Indonesia
Gamelan
Son of Lion is a NY city based new music ensemble
playing on Indonesian gamelan instruments. Their instruments are
half American built and half actual Indonesian gongs, etc.
Bali
and Beyond is a group of Los Angeles performing artists
inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. an outstanding gamelan resource;
pictures, sounds, all about the instruments, everything, really
the best gamelan page we've seen...
Gamelan
in Bali a Bali based group
Deep
Down Productions
World Music MP3s, CDs and information specializing in Georgian,
Indonesian, Gamelan and Jazz
Gamelan
Music Groups in North America - lists over 75 groups who play
gamelan (gong-chime orchestra) music. Resources page for additional
information about related arts and about Indonesia. Calendar of
Events.
Indonesian
Music More gamelan from Bali and Java
 The
Japanese Taiko group Kodo live on an island and
practice up to 18 hours a day. their
website is just awesome, a real testament to musicians'
dedication.
Best Taiko Video:
Kodo
Live at the Acropolis,
Available at amazon
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