New Anoushka Shankar album

[AndyM]

This sounds fascinating. 'Traveller' puts sitar music together with Hispanic influences, primarily flamenco. Concha Buika sings on one track & it's produced by Mariza/Buika producer Javier Limon. A sitar playing flamenco 'riffs' sounds pretty ace. Not much on YouTube save a record company promo interview & a Spanish TV report with focuses on the Buika angle, but I'll link to them until someone finds something better.

Promo interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAnc78kweM

Spanish TV item:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuT0nZ6rus

[Jay OShea]

The album is also reviewed in the current World Routes
and the track featuring Concha Buika gets a spin


http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b015n0t9/

[Adam Blake]

Fascinating, Captain.

Not sold on sitar playing Flamenco - or maybe it's just Anoushka playing Flamenco - but Concha Buika... ooooohhh... Thank you so much for the introduction.

[Rob Hall]

If you want more of Concha Buika Adam, she features as the entertainment in the wedding party sequence of Almodovar's 'The Skin I Live In'. And very good she is too.

(Apologies for thread drift. The promo piece suggests this album should be well worth checking out.)

[AndyM]

Feature and review in the new Songlines too & the Buika track is on the giveaway CD.

[gary booth]

Andy, like you I got this month's Songlines and on first play the Buika track seemed okay but nothing more - a bit like 'they're all punching below their weight' - but I played it again and I enjoyed it more. I'm hoping, even though this is Songlines choice, that the album has better tracks?

[AndyM]

Only heard snippets so far, ordered the album today.