The Shuffle

Rahul Sharma, Apple iPodA few months ago, the santoor exponent got a super present. ‘‘It stores 19 days of music,’’ says...

Rahul Sharma, Apple iPod
A few months ago, the santoor exponent got a super present. ‘‘It stores 19 days of music,’’ says 32-year-old Rahul Sharma, when you ask him about his iPod. A ‘‘fan’’ not only gave Sharma the gift, but also transferred music from his hard disk, along with photographs of CD inlays for the musician. ‘‘I haven’t listened to all the music yet,’’ says Sharma, who’s clued in to classical, but is also inclined towards some Bollywood pop.

Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin
East Meets West is interesting because it introduced the West to the sitar. It’s very traditional and not really fusion, but a great study on music.

RD Burman
He’s always been my favourite because he was ahead of his time. I love songs like Hum Tum Gum Sum, sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle, from the 1974 Rajesh Khanna-Tanuja starrer Humshakal.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brooks
In a CD called Night Song. I like it for the sheer compositions and how the soft qawwalis blend with the bass sound of the guitar.

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
There’s a piece based on Raag Malkauns, which is one of my favourite raags, and I think it sounds brilliant on the flute. The CD’s called Flying Beyond.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
Has to be my dad’s thematic album, Feelings. I’ve been listening to it since my school days.