Queen Elizabeth Hall, London                         Robin Denselow guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 April 2012 18.45 BST The energy, intensity and sheer noise were extraordinary. Sitting cross-legged on a low platform at the back of the stage were nine musicians, one playing harmonium and others singing, clapping or banging furiously at an array of hand percussion that included

Financial Times 17.04.12 David Honigmann Backed by Sufi musicians from Lahore, Raman’s versatile vocals brought an electrifying blend of South Asian music to London’s South Bank ©FT Susheela Raman The Language of Love @Queen Elizabeth Hall For her whole career, Susheela Raman has been on a one-woman tour of South Asian music, exploring Carnatic devotional music,

ANN010_30032012_ISS1142 susheela raman By Imran Choudhury A CRITICALLY acclaimed singer who combines Western and south Asian styles believes India should stop “obsessing” over films and focus more on its music. Susheela Raman is an experimental, jazz, rock, blues and carnatic (south Indian style) singer whose debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize

On  April 13, Susheela Raman gave a live interview and performance for the NIHAl show on the BBC Asian Network studio with the incredible Sufi Mian Mir Qawwali group from Lahore in Pakistan. You can listen again for 7 days on this link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01fp3f9   After the show, the production team said they had been

The Guardian, by Susheela Raman April 2012 Learning to sing the language of love Ango-Indian musician Susheela Raman is collaborating with Lahore’s qawwali singers. She explains how they learned to make music together “Everybody thinks we are all terrorists,” our friend and driver Asif tells us, “that’s why there are no tourists here these days.

Susheela Raman interviewed on The Tommy Sandhu Show on the BBC Asian Network ahead of her Alchemy festival performance with the Mian Mir qawwali group at the Alchemy festival. She was talking about her new project – London to Lahore: the Language of Love – funded by the British Council and the Southbank Centre, which

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(OuterIndia) ★★★★✩ Susheela Raman appeared a decade ago with an incredible debut album, Salt Rain, nominated for the Mercury Prize. She was born in London to parents of Tamil origin and this new record (her fifth) powerfully reflects both sides of her background. The opening Raise Up is powered