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The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.
Inside is a live album by American flautist and composer Paul Horn, released in 1969 by Epic Records. It was recorded inside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India on April 25, 1968, during Horn's visit to produce a documentary about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation. It features Horn playing solo flute with an unidentified guard of the ...
As per the 2011 Census of India, Agra city has a population of 1,585,704; its metropolitan population is 1,760,285. The sex ratio of Agra city is 875 females per 1000 males, while the child sex ratio is 857 girls per 1000 boys. The average literacy rate of Agra city is 73.11% of which male and female literacy rates are 77.81% and 67.74% ...
A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, the album was nominated for 6 awards, winning two; Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year with Paul McKercher.
The film was released on 8 November 2007, coinciding with the festival of Diwali. [6] [7] In the review by Sify.com, the critic noted "Agra, is a simple straightforward love story, packaged with enough steamy scenes to attract the audiences and carrying an "A" certificate with cuts from the censors", adding "the film's main attraction is the steamy scenes in the first half and a sizzling ...
The city of Agra is near three World Heritage Sites: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the nearby Fatehpur Sikri. [3] Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".
As with the Gwalior gharana, the Agra singers accentuate the importance of the bandish and its methodical exposition. Singers following Faiyaz Khan's style resort to the dhrupadic nom-tom alaap before singing the bandish. The singers of this gharana are also great masters over layakari or the rhythmic component. In fact, layakari is the ...
Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81 is an American-only [3] compilation album by Simple Minds.It was released in November 1981 by Stiff Records.At the time, the only Simple Minds album released in the US was Life in a Day and this was designed to introduce the American audience to their other albums (which would soon be issued there by Virgin).