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IIT Guwahati's cultural festival, Alcheringa 2012, has the unique distinction of sounding like an impressively rare disease (according to some people), but it is also unique because it holds the distinction of being one of the biggest college festivals in India. It is, therefore, a good place to be at or around if you wish to have some fun in Guwahati this weekend. The festival is a four-day affair and will commence on Thursday, Feb 2. It will feature a host of big name artists including the talented Anoushka Shankar (pictured) who will be playing renditions of [...]

The best online music "recommend-er" would be the equivalent of a good buddy-aware of all of your music tastes along with your personality; able to think of how the nuances in who you are which would match up perfectly with X new band or Y new rapper. That's why no Pandora will be as good at giving great music recommendations than friends. Luckily one of Moo's buddies passed us an album by this unique Mexican duo named Rodrigo y Gabriela way back sophomore year. Since then I've seen them twice (both times sharing a magical high five with Gabriela) and [...]

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The biggest year in alternative Indian music is upon us and January is packed solid for your gig-hopping pleasure. You might need to endorse and invest in cloning technology just to keep up with the milieu of gigs, tours and festivals taking place across the country. Two foreign returnees come back to the motherland for their tours - Karsh Kale and Anoushka Shankar . Karsh Kale will start his tour by headlining the York winery's festival in Nashik, York Live on January 21, to perform his 2011 album, C inema . Kale [...]

Sitar player and composer, Anoushka Shankar will be playing in Mumbai and Delhi later this month. She has worked on four studio albums, including a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and producer Karsh Kale , scored two Grammy nominations in the world music category, toured extensively across the globe and played alongside her father, Pt. Ravi Shankar. Shankar has played in the country several times before. She played a tour of the country alongside Jethro Tull, followed by two dates at Blue Frog, Mumbai and the Dover Lane Music Festival in Kolkata in 2009 (more on that [...]

Anoushka Shankar's freshness and genuinity are pretty nice, a spiritual beautiful experience. "Anoushka Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar. Through her father, she is the half-sister of Norah Jones." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A noushka_Shankar [...]

The new GE Early Health ad features the song 'Oceanic, Part 22 by Anoushka Shankar featuring Ravi Shankar and Karsh Kale, from the album Breathing Under Water . The ad for a new electrocardiogram MAC 400, features an affable doctor packing up hospital equipment into a backpack, and carting it to rural areas, opening the bag to reveal a magically compact GE electrocardiogram. Of late, bands like Midival Punditz have been scoring whiskey commercials, and bits of Scribe have been entire ads. Incidentally, [...]

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock's forthcoming film and album, The Imagine Project , features collaborations with over a dozen artists performing from their respective home countries, which span many regions of the planet. As AllAboutJazz.com reports , the likes of Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare, Lionel Louke, Lisa Hannigan, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Pink, Seal, Susan Tedeschi, Juanes, Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar (daughter of Ravi Shankar), and the Chieftains took part in recording sessions in Paris, London, Miami, [...]

Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project set for release June 22nd CD and documentary recorded around the globe and will be accompanied by tour dates to coincide with Hancock's 70th birthday Hancock joined by Anoushka Shankar, Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck, Konono No. l, Lionel Louke, Céu, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, Tinariwen, The Chieftains, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Oumou Sangare, Juanes and more Herbie Hancock's 'The Imagine Project' , the new CD [...]

Filed under: Around the World Okay. So with Ellen DeGeneres having taken over for Paula Abdul at the judges' table of ' American Idol ' -- stay with us here, there's a point to this -- let's engage in a little outright fantasy about the kind of replacement we would liked to have seen. How about someone not only well versed in American music, traditions of both folk and popular style, someone who has studied roots from around the nation, but has also taken them to the top of the charts and even [...]

Your guide to the top gigs in town (Mumbai town), weekly. Mumbai's got another great gig week lined up. Indiecision interview alums Sridhar/Thayil play two dates in Mumbai this week. If overpriced gate charges and Italian food is your thing, catch them at il terrazzo on Wednesday, Feb 11. Otherwise, head to the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival on Sunday, Feb 15 and catch their brand of contemporary urban pop. International jazz act Metro play a date at the St Andrews [...]

International Acts Hitting Repeat On Mumbai In February The Black Lips may not have had a such good time here but plenty of international acts liked their concerts in India so much (or made enough money) that they're returning next month. Among the acts who will stage repeat performances in Mumbai during February are Anoushka Shankar (Blue Frog) , Bernard Allison and Chico & The Gypsies (One Tree Music Festival), Herbie Hancock (courtesy the American Consulate) and Goldspot (Vh1 Global Music Express). Blog, Bookmark, Burp:

Anoushka Shankar last played India in Nov-Dec '08 with Jethro Tull and hit a few cities including Mumbai (in the aftermath of the Nov 26 attacks). Shankar will hit Kolkata on Feb 7 to play The Dover Lane Music Conference (an Indian classical music conference) with her father Pt Ravi Shankar. According to the Blue Frog gig calendar for February, she may also play two dates in Mumbai - Feb 14, 15. Blue Frog's great sound setup will make an ideal venue for her gig, though as of now, these dates are yet to [...]

Anoushka Shankar and Jethro Tull will play the Shanmukhnanda Auditorium, Sion, Mumbai on Dec 5 in what is being plugged as a 'Mumbai benefit' gig called the Billion Hands Concert. The gig which was earlier cancelled (along with Live Earth India ) has now been rescheduled, so Mumbai fans can get their taste of the Anderson-Anoushka double bill. According to Anoushka's blog on her MySpace Please join me and Jethro Tull at our Billion Hands Concert in Mumbai, at Shanmukhnanda Auditorium on the 5th of December. This concert is a [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7, 2008 in Mumbai to raise money for solar energy projects, has been cancelled due to the recent terrorist attackds in the city, organizers announced on Saturday. "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are saddened to announce that Live Earth India has been called off," said a joint statement from organizers, including former US vice-president Al Gore. Musicians scheduled for the event included Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am, Indian rapper Hard Kaur and Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar. Bollywood stars were [...]

Understandably, in the horrible circumstances: this weekend's Jazz Utsav festival in Mumbai has been postponed; a joint gig featuring Anoushka Shankar and Jethro Tull in the city is also likely to be called off.

The lineup for Live Earth India (Dec 7, 2008) has been confirmed and includes, among others, Roger Waters, will.i.am, Anoushka Shankar and ( announced earlier ) Bon Jovi. According to an official statement Joining Grammy-winners Bon Jovi and Live Earth India spokesperson and actor, Amitabh Bachchan is a list of global superstars including Roger Waters, Will.I.Am, Anoushka Shankar, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Shiamak Davar, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Hard Kaur, Jalebee Cartel, Vishal & Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Shaan. [...]

Our first female artist to be featured on the TT captures the unique spirit of a country very close to my heart, India. They say some places on this earth can change your perspective on everything, and India is certainly that place - I think that if the same number of people in New Delhi were crammed into a similar space in London, my home town, there would be complete and utter mayhem. However because there exists a profound kinship among Indian people, the daily hustle and bustle of getting around and being [...]

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