http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgklBdphZY0  

Piece: Raga Manavati

Artist: S.D. Batish

Country of Origin: India (South)

This piece is a great modern, globalized example of the South Indian Raga.  It is mostly monophonic, but there is percussion and strumming on the sitar to add some interesting musical layering.  The piece was composed in memory of Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, a famous person in the Indian classical scene from as early as the 1930s.  because of this, the piece incorporates many of his favorite idioms.  Although the harmonies are based on a south Indian scale, the composition style is more North Indian influenced, and you can ever hear traces of Western Music within its framework.  Very cool stuff