When darkness set in Chennai on Monday, with the mysticism came the sounds of the ektara, dholak, and raw, raspy voices. |
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The very emergence of soca is a tribute to Indian percussion instruments, particularly tabla, dholak, dhantal and jhanj. |
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With this new CD version I realised that he also appears on a third track, minus his shoes and sitting cross-legged playing the dholak. |
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The poetic delicacy of her singing, the rhythm underlined by traditional dholak and harmonium stole the hearts. |
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