Jazz Articles about Anoushka Shankar

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Anoushka Shankar: Music Makes the World a Better Place

by Nenad Georgievski
April 17, 2019

Esoteric, eclectic and prolific, the Indian sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar has mapped out an intriguing artistic path by delivering intriguing music that has veered between the modern and the traditional. Her ambitious, progressive and multicultural musical world view has been growing exponentially from a record to record and has taken her on a path of creating music without borders. For the past 20 years, she has been crossing border after border and culture with culture, and most of the ...

Album Review

Anoushka Shankar: Reflections

Read "Reflections" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
April 12, 2019

Over twenty years, Anoushka Shankar has grown into one of the world's leading sitarists. She has long been omnivorous in her musical tastes and this has resulted in a journey without borders. A daughter and student of the late Ravi Shankar, who almost single handedly introduced Indian music to Western musicians and audiences, she has nonetheless pursued her own muse, one which has been as adventurous and multi-faceted as that of her father. Some of her achievements are compiled in ...

Live Review

OFFest, Skopje, Macedonia, June 1-6, 2013

by Nenad Georgievski
June 25, 2013

OFFestSkopje, MacedoniaJune 1-6, 2013Now in its 12th year, the younger sister of the Skopje Jazz Festival has been presenting a more contemporary or 21st century type of world music, where the music is a result of an accelerating fusion, a combination of local traditions with ideas and technologies from afar. It is even more than that, its umbrella has become a destination or a gathering point for a variety of forward-thinking musicians across the entire spectrum ...

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Anoushka Shankar: A Celebration of Joy

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
April 24, 2012

Anoushka Shankar is one of the rare artists whose attitude and creativity reflects her love, respect and appreciation for all people and cultures in the world today. This is contrary to traditional teachings and beliefs, which have historically taught patriotism for one's country and culture specifically. But Anoushka Shankar is not your typical contemporary artist. Certainly growing up in the presence of Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison and her father, Ravi Shankar--three of our greatest humanitarian artists--didn't hurt. But Shankar is ...

Live Review

Anoushka Shankar: New York City, NY, April 6, 2012

by Ernest Barteldes
April 15, 2012

Anoushka ShankarCity Winery New York, NY April 6, 2012Touring in support of Traveller (Deutsche Grammophon, 2012), Indian-born sitarist Anoushka Shankar kicked off the show at the Manhattan venue with a traditional raga backed by Sanjeev Shankar (shehnai) and Pirashanna Thevarajah (mridangam, ghatam, kanjira, moorsing ). The trio was then joined by Melón Jimenez (flamenco guitar), Sandra Carrasco (vocals) and Bernhard Schimpelsberger (cajon, Spanish percussion) for the material from Traveller, an experiment in bringing together Indian ...

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Live Review

Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 5-7

by Adriana Carcu
December 1, 2011

Week 1-2 | Week 3-4 | Week 5-7 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2011 Colin Vallon Trio The performance of the Swiss trio surprised from the onset, through their pronounced experimental character. Other than the steady narrative flow featured on their most recent album Rruga (ECM, 2011), the show became a fairly staccato exercise that combined pianist Colin Vallon's restrained, intellectually interpretive style with picks of chords and rash chafes of the ...

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Album Review

Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale: Breathing Under Water

Read "Breathing Under Water" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 17, 2007

Anoushka Shankar learned the Indian classical music tradition from perhaps its best teacher--her father, Ravi Shankar. She made her recording debut on In Celebration (Angel Records, 1995), George Harrison's four-CD retrospective tribute to her father, and her debut as a solo artist with Anoushka (Angel, 1998). Anoushka's first album of original material, Rise (Angel, 2005), was nominated for the Best Contemporary World Music Grammy Award. On Breathing Under Water, she merges her sitar, piano and keyboards with ...