or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
23 used & new from £5.99
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
A Meeting by the River
 
See larger image 

See 1 customer image
Share your own customer images

A Meeting by the River

~ Ry Cooder, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Price: £13.98 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Saturday, November 14? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
19 new from £5.99 4 used from £7.00

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this with Talking Timbuktu ~ Ry Cooder

A Meeting by the River + Talking Timbuktu
Price For Both: £24.96

Show availability and delivery details

  • This item: A Meeting by the River ~ Ry Cooder

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Talking Timbuktu ~ Ry Cooder

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Talking Timbuktu

Talking Timbuktu

~ Ry Cooder
4.7 out of 5 stars (10)  £10.98
Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas

~ Ry Cooder
5.0 out of 5 stars (6)  £5.28
Into the Purple Valley

Into the Purple Valley

~ Ry Cooder
4.5 out of 5 stars (6)  £5.28
Borderline

Borderline

~ Ry Cooder
4.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £5.98
Boomer's Story

Boomer's Story

~ Ry Cooder
5.0 out of 5 stars (5)  £6.08
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Sep 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Waterlily Acoustics
  • ASIN: B000005L9Z
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,659 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in this category:

    #16 in  Music > Blues > Instruments > Slide Guitar

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Windows Virtualisation opens new browser window
Novell.com/Windows-Virtualisation  -  Virtualisation Of Windows On Linux. View Demo & Download White Paper. 
   Volkswagen.co.uk opens new browser window
www.volkswagen.co.uk  -  Visit our website for news and info on our wide range of vehicles 
   VMware Virtualisation opens new browser window
www.STGConsulting.co.uk  -  Save money, time and IT resources with STG and VMware vSphere 4 
  
 
1. Meeting By The River
2. Longing
3. Ganges Delta Blues
4. Isa Lei

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Ry Cooder has long had an interest in other people's music, from the blues and gospel of black America through classic jazz and the music of Cuba. Even by this standard, his meeting with Mohan Vishwa Bhatt is certainly a departure. He is neither a serious student of Indian music nor in any way a master of its intricacies. Yet on his improvised session (this album was recorded without rehearsal in one evening), he and Bhatt truly collided musically and created moments worthy of the world-music Grammy they received for it. Bhatt is an iconoclastic character himself. He plays a modified box he calls the mohan vina that is a hybrid of a classical Indian instrument and slide guitar. He is long trained in the arduous classical style, yet his work has always demanded a lot of freedom. His duets here with Cooder are completely unique, liberating both artists from the usual constraints and creating a new musical style that is unlikely to be repeated or imitated. --Louis Gibson

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
ry cooder
world music
india
blues
audiophile
blues guitar
acoustics
vm bhatt
v m bhatt
stereophile album of the year
slide guitar

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

4 Reviews
5 star:
 (3)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another successful collaboration, 22 Nov 2000
By A Customer
Ry Cooder scores again, magically matching up his guitar skills with those of VM Bhatt. Sublime melodies with plenty of slide action from Ry, in the sparse vein of Paris Texas, but Bhatt keeps up alongside very admirably. I've no idea how these two guys met, but Mr Cooder seems to have a very sensitive nose for seeking out like-minded musical playmates... and to think that some pleb travelling in my car described this as '..curry house music..'! It's sublime, not ridiculous.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A musical meeting of the West and the East shapes sound landscapes of melody, calm and beauty, 6 Sep 2007
By jayhikkss - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

Rick Turner, founder of the fable Alembic Guitars Company, is a friend of Ry Cooder. He played him an album recorded by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt for Water Lily Acoustics. Bhatt is an Indian musician who conceived and plays an instrument called the "mohan vina" which, used with a metal slide, strongly recalls a slide guitar.

Cooder, a master of the latter instrument, was so moved by what he heard that he decided to meet Bhatt. Subsequently, both recorded this instrumental gem of an album.

The recording sessions were very loose and the music was entirely improvised.

The interplay between those two master musicians is such that, as the music progresses, Ry's guitar lines start bending their heads toward India while Vishwa's get bluesier. The two seemingly disparate guitars eventually embrace one another and intertwine until you can't tell where one leaves off and the other begins

The music is powerful yet tranquil and the vibe creates a whole universe of modal patterns. Complementing each other, Cooder and Bhatt lay out vast landscapes of sound that seem to transport you, upon listening, into another "musical zone."

Backed by the rhythm section of Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari (tabla) and Joachim Cooder (dumbek, bongo-like instrument), the two master slide guitarists converse in ancient melodies and weave a spell that begs for darkness and infinite repeat.

Moreover, thanks to the fine engineering, the recorded sound is flawless. This is one of the best-sounding acoustic guitar recordings that I have ever heard.

I want to tell you that "A Meeting by the River" is just flat-out astounding. It is, without a doubt, one of my three favourite Cooder albums. It fully deserves a place of choice in his many fans' library.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Peace and longing, 7 Oct 2001
By J. Terry "jack73" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
I'll leave technical remarks to one more musical if I may. Suffice to say that listening to this album evokes such feelings of harmony, peace and acceptance in me. This is due partly to the beautiful, soulful quality of the music, and partly to an understanding that this is two musicians meeting in a world which seeks to be rid of such arbitrary boundaries as culture, nationality or 'style'. The music that these two create represents, for me, a very powerful unifying force in all things. And if that sounds too esoteric, just give it a listen!

If you love tender, meaningful music, I can't recommend this highly enough.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Be at peace with the world and yourself
I bought this CD some years ago - can't remember when or why - but whenever life gets overloaded this is the one to bring peace back to your world. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2005

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

A Meeting by the River
86% buy the item featured on this page:
A Meeting by the River 4.8 out of 5 stars (4)
£13.98
Talking Timbuktu
6% buy
Talking Timbuktu 4.7 out of 5 stars (10)
£10.98
Paradise and Lunch
3% buy
Paradise and Lunch 4.5 out of 5 stars (4)
£6.58
Paris, Texas
2% buy
Paris, Texas 5.0 out of 5 stars (6)
£5.28
Explore similar items

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject







i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.