The Rain (album)

The Rain is a live album by the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal, comprising kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor^[1] vocalist and sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan,^[2] and tabla player Sandeep Das, recorded at a live concert at Radio Studio DRS in Bern on May 28, 2001 and released on ECM in August 2003.^[3] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album in 2004.^[4]

The Rain
Live album by Ghazal
Released	August 2003
Recorded	May 28, 2001 (2001-05-28)
Length	53:06
Label	ECM ECM 1840
Producer	Kjell Keller, Manfred Eicher
Ghazal chronology
Moon Rise over the Silk Road (2000) The Rain (2003)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fire"	18:18
2.	"Dawn"	14:58
3.	"Eternity"	19:50

Personnel

Ghazal

• Kayhan Kalhor – kemenche
• Shujaat Husain Khan – sitar, vocals
• Sandeep Das – tabla

Technical Personnel

• Kjell Keller – recording producer
• Andy Mettler – recording engineer
• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Jan Erik Kongshaug, Kayhan Kalhor, Manfred Eicher – editing, remix, and mastering
  • Edited, remixed, and mastered at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway
• Sascha Kleis – design
• Gérald Minkoff, Cylla von Tiedemann, Ira Landgarten – photography