Roots - An Evening of Indian Classical Ragas

Performed by:
Anoushka Shankar (sitar), Tanmoy Bose (tabla), Pirashanna Thevarajah (mridangam), Sanjeev Shankar (shehnai), Kenji Ota (tanpura)

Anoushka Shankar turns her gaze back towards her Bengali heritage to find the lines that connect her to the music of Rabindranath Tagore. In this performance she explores his use of Indian Classical music in ragas taught to her by her father, Ravi Shankar, who met Tagore as a young child.

WOMAD 2016 Highlights: Saturday

[chimpy_form forms=”5″] They invited their fans singing “come see us play”. So we did it and enjoyed every single minute of it. Sidestepper brought their Afro-Colombian groove to WOMAD Festival and it was simply “chevere!” [justified_image_grid ng_gallery=261]   A few minutes later, we witnessed the brilliant 30-year reunion of Songhai – kora king Toumani…

Artists: Ana Tijoux , Anoushka Shankar , George Clinton , Parliament Funkadelic , Sidestepper , Toumani Diabaté