For the album by the Folkswingers featuring Harihar Rao, see Raga Rock (album).
Raga rock
Stylistic origins
Rock
rāga
psychedelic rock
pop
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Cultural origins
Mid-1960s, United Kingdom and United States
Derivative forms
Indian rock
Tyagaraju known for his extensive contributions to Carnatic music.
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Raga rock is rock or pop music with a pronounced Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar, tambura, and tabla. The term "raga" refers to the specific melodic modes used in Indian classical music.
The style emerged as part of the psychedelic rock aesthetic in the 1960s.[1] Most raga rock recordings originate from that decade, although there are subsequent examples of Indian-derived sounds in rock and pop music, particularly during the 1990s.
^Bellman, Jonathan (1998). The Exotic in Western Music. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. ISBN 1-55553-319-1. p. 294-95.
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