Another masterpiece from "Playing For Change", Songs Around the World.
From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes an incredible track written by Pierre Minetti performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe. "Don't Worry" is the follow up to the classic "Stand By Me" and the second of many "songs around the world" released on the "Songs Around The World" CD/DVD in stores now everywhere.
Get your groove on after the Fleur-de-Kos
Pierre Minetti
Bio: Pierre Minetti is a songwriter, a singer and a guitarist living in Barcelona. Born into a Uruguayan family in Nancy, France, Pierre draws his inspiration from different musical styles like Reggae, Afro Cuban, Samba, or Candombe. Writer and composer of Don't Worry, the first original Playing For Change song around the world, Pierre is currently involved in different musical projects like "Calle Sol" and "Batukeros de la Calle."
The Indian instrument in not a Sitar but a Veena, played by Rajhesh Vaidhya.
Bio: Rajhesh Vaidhya was brought up in a rich musical environment. His father Sri K.M. Vaidyanathan was a stalwart both in Mridangam and Ghatam. His tutelage under Smt. Jeyalakshmi started at the age of six and he continued learning the finer nuances of music from Smt Rama Nambinarayanan his advanced training from the world-renowned carnatic veena maestro, Shri Chitti Babu. Rajhesh Vaidhya is not only a renowned musician in India, his fame and popularity spreads in all the musical stages around the world including Europe, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Canada, USA and many more. He has also performed with the Switzerland based contemporary dance troupe "BEJART BALLET."
Within the Veena and south Indian music tradition, he is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing and technically beguiling artists. Apart from his blistering speed, Rajhesh's performance is distinguished by his use of electric and amplified strings. In 2001, Rajhesh Vaidhya was honored with the title "Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta Aasthana Vidwan." However, his lists of talents don't end here. He has, to his credit, his performance as an actor in the famous Tele-serial, "Prem," directed by "Iyakkunar Sigaram" Sri K. Balachander and also devotes his time to the enlightening of young minds in the area of music by tutoring at "VEENALAYAM," Canada.
A bit more from Rajhesh.
Playing For Change has to be one of the most inspiring project to come along in a long time.