Yorkston / Thorne / Khan - Navarasa: Nine Emotions
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - a trio of James Yorkston (guitar/nyckelharpa/vocals), Jon Thorne (double-bass/vocals) and Suhail Yusuf Khan (sarangi/vocals) - deliver their new album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. At the heart of YTK's transporting new album is the Indian subcontinent's navarasa; the nine (nava) emotions or sentiments (rasa) of the arts. This central unifying underpinning is a centuries-old organizing principle and directly connects an emotion to each song on the album: "Sukhe Phool" - Karuna (sorrow), "The Shearing's Not for You" - Bibhatsya (disgust), "Thumri Bhairavi" - Raudra (anger), "Westlin' Winds" - Adbutha (surprise/wonder), "Song for Oda" - Shringara (love/beauty), "Twa Brothers" - Bhayanaka (terror/fear), "Waliyan da Raja" - Veera (heroism/courage), "Darbari" - Shantha (peace/tranquility).
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Yorkston/Thorne/Khan - a trio of James Yorkston (guitar/nyckelharpa/vocals), Jon Thorne (double-bass/vocals) and Suhail Yusuf Khan (sarangi/vocals) - deliver their new album Navarasa: Nine Emotions. At the heart of YTK's transporting new album is the Indian subcontinent's navarasa; the nine (nava) emotions or sentiments (rasa) of the arts. This central unifying underpinning is a centuries-old organizing principle and directly connects an emotion to each song on the album: "Sukhe Phool" - Karuna (sorrow), "The Shearing's Not for You" - Bibhatsya (disgust), "Thumri Bhairavi" - Raudra (anger), "Westlin' Winds" - Adbutha (surprise/wonder), "Song for Oda" - Shringara (love/beauty), "Twa Brothers" - Bhayanaka (terror/fear), "Waliyan da Raja" - Veera (heroism/courage), "Darbari" - Shantha (peace/tranquility).
