Music sans borders

I always had a difference of opinion with a couple of my real good music-knowledge buddies (http://twitter.com/ajitonline and http://abinavk.blogspot.com/) that I don't share the same passion as them for music whose lyrics I can't fathom. They always insisted that true music crosses barriers of language.. but for me, it always sounded better when I understood the meaning of the lyrics.. Of course there have been the occasional barrier-breakers like Shankarabharanam but the latest one to catch my ear, so to speak is Coke Studio. Its a pretty novel concept by a Pakistani to bring different artistes and do a jam-session fusing their different styles of presenting music.

Here's an interesting write-up on Coke Studio's effect on Indo-Pak discussion which happen on Youtube, and are not always polite...

A couple of good tracks I like thus far..