The whispery vibrato of a melody performed on the bansuri -- a bamboo flute from India -- is enough to send chills down your spine. When that melody is played by Hariprasad Chaurasia, it is taken to another level. Accompanied by the driving pitter-patter of a tabla drum and a backing drone, Hariprasad's twisting sound can be dreamlike, airy or incredibly fast and tense. Practicing for 12 hours a day gave him the mastery over hundreds of North Indian raags -- groupings of notes perfo...  [+]