Anoushka Shankar – Traveller (live at Girona Festival) 2012

As the Spring break winds to a peaceful (sic - ceasefire anyone!?) end there is this

Again ( did I post some Anoushka before?!) someone possibly for Anoushka posedt a thirty second clip of this piece on Flikennabokk or Instawhoojit (you mean ‘social media’? ED) and why they did post the whole thing is beyond me but maybe they are just hooking folks like me in . . . . . AAAAAaaaaanyhoo

Here’s the whole thing for a number of reasons the number itself but the dancer, the jaw harp played and the fellow Sanjeev Shankar* (no relation) on sarod which I love . . . ti was a project amalgamating Flamenco with traditional Indian classical music

Anoushka said: 

All the way back in 2012 I took ‘Traveller’ to this beautiful Lyon festival Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière - Officiel.  It’s genuinely one of my highlight performance memories and I’m so delighted to be heading back to this iconic festival on 18th July with ‘Chapter III’!

For those who don’t know, we toured my Indian-flamenco album ‘Traveller’ for two years worldwide hitting a whopping 99 shows, all in the time immediately after I had my first baby! It was a mad and wonderful time and truly no joke putting a band together combining flamenco and Indian classical musicians, and finding ways for them to communicate without a shared spoken language and with differing musical idioms. Near the end of this clip you can hear my beloved Sanjeev Shankar- who we tragically lost a few months ago*- beginning his plaintive shehnai solo over the cajon and moorsing groove.

To return to this stage now, as I close the circle on my Chapters trilogy, feels perfect. I love summer shows like these and can’t wait to be sharing the new music in festival settings in Europe after our extensive North American run.

For all ticket information, head to https://www.bandsintown.com/a/4761

In video: Sanjeev Shankar, Pirashanna Thevarajah, Israel Suarez, Melon Jimenez

Anoushka Shankar – Traveller (live at Girona Festival)

Anoushka Shankar perform "Traveller" live at 12th Girona Festival featuring the repertoire of her debut album on Deutsche Grammophon. "Traveller", produced by Javier Limón, was released in October 2011 and combines Indian and Spanish musical traditions. Anoushka Shankar Traveller Pirashanna Thevarajah Piraña Javier Limón Girona Festival, Spain