Susheela Raman is back with her fifth album, ‘VEL’ (tamil for divine spear) marking her most accomplished and inspiring recording to date. Susheela constantly pushes cultural barriers to find new and ancient connection points between India, England and beyond.
One of my fav tracks: DAGA DAGA
VEL was released yesterday, so go buy!! 🙂
Check out the gripping samples from the new album:
Three really nice videos I found on Youtube of Susheela Raman, Aref Durvesh and Kumar Raghunathan performing at OUTERINDIA
OUTERINDIA – a platform created to promote the best in all genres of music related to South Asia. Starting with live events, it is also intended to establish a much-needed curated internet resource for all South Asian Music.
Performances by – Susheela Raman, Aref Durvesh,Kumar Raghunathan, Kartik Raghunathan, Taalis Drums, Sam Mills with special guests SHRI and JC001.
“Susheela Raman is that rarity: a true innovator.”
The Guardian
As one of the leading artists and pre-eminent vocalists to emerge from the Asian Diaspora builds towards the releasing of a new album, here’s a rare unreleased five track EP to download for free!!
The EP also consists of Waiting in Vain – A fantastic rendition of Bob Marley‘s Waiting in Vain collaborated with Karsh Kale.
The new album’s main references are based on ancient Tamil religions and culture, marginalised and downplayed by the mainstream culture in India and an intense sort of rough post-punk sound with added Indian violin, played with passionate verve by Kumar Raghunathan and masterful percussion by long-time collaborator, tabla guru Aref Durvesh.
SUSHEELA RAMAN ‘INVOCATION’ EP. 5 RARE AND UNRELEASED TRACKS: FREE DOWNLOAD. dear friends, musicglue.com is our new platform, as we build toward release of our new album… hope you enjoy the e.p. which features magdalene/waiting in vain/in the pines/mamavatu & same song (live)/paalum teliternum. please share it around. xx Susheela