Artist: Najma
Genre(s):
Folk
Miscellaneous
Discography:
Ghazals By Najma
Year: 1988
Tracks: 9
Atish
Year:
Tracks: 8
Najma (born: Najma Akhtar) has apace risen to the upper berth echelon of Indian music. Although born in England, Najma has remained rooted in the pop and movie music of her patrimonial base. Songs from her 1987 debut album, Qareeb, were featured in Hanif Quereishi's moving picture, Sammy and Rose Gets Laid. Her 1988 record album, Ghazals By Najma, featured her interpretations of the traditional Eastern poetical form, while she recorded an album of songs by Indian moving picture composer S. D. Berman, Forbidden Kiss, in 1996.
The Western world has shown their appreciation for Najma's talents, as easily. In addition to tattle harmony with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on their rendering of "The Battle of Evermore" on their 1994 MTV Unplugged special, she made various invitee appearances on their No Quarter world enlistment. Najma has likewise collaborated with Jah Wobble, Andy Summers, Carol Grimes, and Maartin Allcock. A song that she recorded with Jah Wobble, "Raga," was heard in Robert Altman's moving picture, Pret a Porter.
A chemic engineering graduate, Najma gave small thinking to a career in euphony until victorious an Asian song contest in 1984. Her transcription debut on the number 1 WOMAD/RealWorld digest followed shortly afterwards. Najma's popularity has continued to uprise. In 1991, her s album, Atish, reached the number quadruplet position on the humans music chart compiled by Billboard. Her third album, Pukar (Vocation You), which sold more than 50 1000 copies in Japan alone, was released in North and South America by Miles Copeland's Mondo Melodia label.
