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On signing this agreement, Anoushka Shankar said: "It means so much to me to be able to bring my work to a label that has presented some of my father's most beautiful recordings. I look forward to this new opportunity to explore and express the music I love."
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2011 release, the seventh album from sitar legend Ravi Shankar's daughter. The sitar player and composer has emerged as one of the leading figures in world music having made her first performance when she was just 13-years old. Traveller was produced by Javier Limond. The project, which Anoushka calls a "raga flamenco journey", originated with her wish to retrace the 1000-year-old bond between Indian and Spanish musical traditions.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Bodhi Heeren
Format:Audio CD
This CD is a true feast for both the ears and the soul. A joyful and serene exploration of the bonds between the classical Indian music forms and the flamenco. Thereby following the legacy of the gypsies which originally came from Rajastan bringing the rhythms and melodies of India to Europe. (A legacy also explored in the collaborations between Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin).
Amazing how Anoushka Shankar's musical universe has grown from her debut with competent but tentative interpretations of her father's music. To highly succesful experiments with the fusion of the classical tradition and modern day electronica on Rise and Breathing Under Water. Constantly developing and expanding both her compositoric and improvisational skills.
This album is beautifully diverse and innovative. Among the highlights - though all tracks are exquisite - are the guitar/sitar duet "Boy Meets Girls" with Pepe Habichuela and the infectious titletrack.
Marvelous and essential for all lovers of world music, the beauty of the sitar and the spirit of musical adventure.
Amazing how Anoushka Shankar's musical universe has grown from her debut with competent but tentative interpretations of her father's music. To highly succesful experiments with the fusion of the classical tradition and modern day electronica on Rise and Breathing Under Water. Constantly developing and expanding both her compositoric and improvisational skills.
This album is beautifully diverse and innovative. Among the highlights - though all tracks are exquisite - are the guitar/sitar duet "Boy Meets Girls" with Pepe Habichuela and the infectious titletrack.
Marvelous and essential for all lovers of world music, the beauty of the sitar and the spirit of musical adventure.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Roma of Spain have origins in Rajasthan and the Punjab of northwestern India, and vesitages of their South Asian home exist in traditional flamenco, heard in the improvisations and oscillations of cantaors and in the various 12-beat rhythm patterns of guitar and dance. The polka dots of flamenco dresses are also related to the round mirrors of skirts in India. Thus, it would not be incongruous for sitarist Aoushka Shankar to play with flamenco artists and find spiritual harmony. This album is not entirely fusion. Shankar plays pieces separately and also as accompaniment to flamenco musicians, and they in turn clap and sing in accompaniment to her. Flamenco, of course, is not precisely Indian music, so mixed with European, Arabic, and Judaic elements of Spanish music, and the music here chiefly is Indian in timbre and melody. Percussion is also chiefly Indian. It is Shankar's album, after all. Remarkably, the sound and interplay work very well. Indeed, flamenco and Hindustani musical spirit are the same. Among the Spanish musicians supporting her are Pepe Habichuela, Pedro Ricardo Miño, Juan Ruiz, Sandra Carrasco, and Javier Limón. These some 60 minutes of musical exploration will bring enjoyment to the world music fan. [Please see my Comment below.]
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By nancy J
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This disc is an excellent choice for people who like a variety of world, ethnic music. Sitar music with a Spanish influence provides good pleasant listening--and a nice change for those of us who like classical Spanish guitar music.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Jimcam
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The combination of the inspired sitar playing and the bold flamenco/Spanish numbers, including the cante jondo, make of this record a welcome addition to my record library. Beautiful and haunting throughout. Bravo.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By SamCollins
Format:MP3 Music|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had not heard or knew much about Anoushka Shankar except she is the daughter of the late sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. However, after listening to this album I have become a fan of hers. The fusion of Indian classical music with Spanish music makes this a great experience. It's a joy to listen to, excellent music, great artist.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By jo birch
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Like the fusion of styles,also very gifted and creative,will be looking to get some other of Anoushkas playing.I am very fond of the Sitar.Have some of her fathers works,as well. Very talented family.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Jim
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Very hip, modern and filled with innovation. The first cut stopped me in my tracks because i was expecting the album to sound like her CD Anoushka. After my initial shock, I found myself listening over and over again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Edy P.
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There are few occasions where a person encounters music that is really out of their usual. This album took visits some exotic, romantic, and passionate places that other music will rarely if ever encountered. What's more, it has a timeless and almost placeless sound to it.
I recommend it.
I recommend it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Traveller she is searching new sounds
i love this artist, she created a very unusual music and a great colaboration with spanish artists to produce the infusion of India culture and spain
Published 4 months ago by yo
4.0 out of 5 stars
reviews versus ratings regrading Amazon notes
the Amazon notes give a good indication so the dislike or okay ratings shouldn't happen, i hope more of this style (fusion) gets produced
Published 5 months ago by chub
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it
Excellent. A great job and an opportunity to know about other worlds with that interchange of cultures and vivacity in the music.
Published 5 months ago by juan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Anoushka Shankar's "Traveller" wanders...
Anoushka Shankar is a fabulous musician. It's in her DNA; it's her birthright! And in theory, assembling a stellar group of virtuoso musicians to explore the commonalities and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sue Leigh Waugh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow - This is beautiful music
It's amazing how beautiful this music is. I actually have never "gotten into" the sitar until now. I've not minded it before, but I never really got into it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tree Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent new album from Anoushka
I become more of a fan of Anoushka with each release.
Even though I happen to like "Breathing Under Water" better, nevertheless this is still a 5 star release. Read more
Even though I happen to like "Breathing Under Water" better, nevertheless this is still a 5 star release. Read more
Published 10 months ago by KV Trout
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging
I wish I could understand the other language but the Spanish gives a Bohemian aspect to the whole album! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Urraca
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