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Anoushka Shankar and Tracy Chapman are out with new albums
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Anoushka To her `Rise' signifies growth'
Rise: Anoushka
Shankar/EMI
"It's very much my own music and my journey and who I am right now. I felt like I was rising into that. On a personal level, Rise signifies growth," observes the sitarist-composer as she presents her fourth album. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt alongside the flamenco-style of Ricardo Miño, Pedro Eustache's bansuri flute and duduk and Anoushka's sitar, song by dad Ravi Shankar re-composed and arranged by Anoushka can be found on this cover.
"Each one is in a certain raga, and it flows from morning to evening through the course of the album, which is a pretty unique feature. Rise is something that can connect to a lot more people," observes Anoushka.
Where You Live: Tracy Chapman/Warner
She stole your heart with a soulful Fast car and Give me one reason. And now she is back with her seventh studio album. Recorded in her home studio in San Francisco early this year, this is another elegant and easy album, which apart from the folk guitar and a soothing vocal, features Tracy's penchant for darkness. Already the album features in iTunes Top Ten in Europe. Tune in to the gentle mid-tempo gait.
Catching Tales: Jamie Cullum/Universal
He is 23, fresh and only getting better. His USP is jazz influenced pop. Cullum returns with his follow up to Twenty Something. The latter is the fastest selling album in the U.K. jazz history, making Cullum the biggest selling U.K. jazz artiste ever. "People question whether I'm jazz at all, and I say I am, but I'm not pushing the boundaries in the usual way. I'm pushing the limits of the music in terms of how entertaining and accessible it can be without making lift-music," he says.
SYEDA FARIDA
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