23rd November 2012 at Barbican, London EC2.
Country: India (British resident). Style: Hindustani instrumental / Flamenco Fusion.
Lineup: Anoushka Shankar (sitar), “El Melón” [Daniel Jimenez] (g), Sandra Camasco (v), Sanjeev Shankar (shehnai), Pirashanna Thevarajah (mridangam/ghatam/kanjira/morsing), “Taalis” [Bernhard Schimpelsberger] (cajón/udu), Kenji Ota (tanpura).
Anoushka Shankar won the Songlines 2012 Best Artist Award. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar and studied the Sitar with him. Apart from still playing some traditional Hindustani instrumental concerts with her father she has largely moved off in other musical directions. The music played here came from the album “Traveller” described as a “Raga-Flamenco Journey”, and brings together musicans from both traditions. As well as India and Spain, they came from Austria and Japan. I’ve taken photos of Thevarajah playing in another fusion project (this time with Cuban music) and Carnatic music:
www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/pirashannathevarajah/.
More information:
www.anoushkashankar.com/.
