{"id":1143,"date":"2023-08-17T04:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2023-08-17T04:54:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:54:01","slug":"shakti50-celebrating-shaktis-golden-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakti50.com\/2023\/08\/17\/shakti50-celebrating-shaktis-golden-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakti50: Celebrating Shakti\u2019s Golden Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Scott Hopkins of Music Fest News<\/em> writes: \u201cAfter an excellent jazz fusion album (Extrapolation<\/em>, 1969), a superb psychedelic explosion (Devotion<\/em>, 1970), and four seminal recordings with Miles Davis,\u00a0John McLaughlin<\/strong>\u00a0surprised many when\u00a0My Goal\u2019s Beyond<\/em>appeared in 1971, listed as\u00a0Mahavishnu John McLaughlin<\/strong>. Side one of the album featured two riveting compositions that introduced many of us to \u201cworld music,\u201d with a strong Indian influence. That was followed shortly by the first of eight incendiary fusion albums from\u00a0The Mahavishnu Orchestra<\/strong>.\u201d He adds: \u201cShakti reformed at the beginning of 2023, with a European tour now behind the band and a U.S. tour beginning Thursday in Boston. They would also record a new album, This Moment<\/em>, which was issued in June. The tour is called Shakti50<\/strong>. Shakti are: John McLaughlin, guitar; Zakir Hussain, tabla; Selvaganesh Vinayakram<\/strong> (aka V. Selvaganesh), percussion; Shankar Mahadevan<\/strong>, vocals; Ganesh Rajagopalan<\/strong>, violin. McLaughlin is using an electric guitar rather than acoustic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full article in Music Fest News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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