Anoushka Shankar

Shankar began training on the sitar with her father as a child, gave a public performance at the age of thirteen, and signed her first record contract at 16.^[1]

She released her first album, Anoushka, in 1998. Later, in February 2000, Shankar became the first woman to perform at The Ramakrishna Centre in Kolkata. Both Shankar and her half-sister, Norah Jones, were nominated for Grammy awards in 2003.^[1]

Shankar, in collaboration with Karsh Kale, released Breathing Under Water on 28 August 2007. It is a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. Notable guest vocals include her half-sister, Norah Jones, Sting, and Ravi Shankar who performs a sitar duet with his daughter.

Rise

Rise

Rise is an album by Anoushka Shankar released on September 27, 2005. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com‘s Top 100 Editor’s Picks of 2005 (#82). On previous recordings, she followed in her father’s footsteps, Ravi Shankar, by performing relatively traditional, raga-based music. Rise, however, is another animal entirely, incorporating jazz, pop, and pan-ethnic world-music textures in an unpredictable melange. At the center of it all though are Shankar’s unerring sitar expertise and traditional Indian roots.

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HNoKT1_-qc

visit Anoushka’s site at www.anoushkashankar.com.

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