Anoushka Shankar @ Wychwood Festival

Anoushka Shankar, daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, was barely 12 years old when she decided to dedicate her life to sitar. She won World Music Award and Grammy Nominee. The eclectic and international collection of cities she calls home reflects vibrantly in her open approach to playing sitar, both classically and in contemporary formats. She says living in the United States, where lineage isn't the ultimate parameter for success, gave her more permission to define her own path.

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• BBC
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• Ravi
• India
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[catharticpoet]

thats not a skirt, that is a modern salwar with tight pants; and bare feet becuase it is disrespectful to 1) point your shoes at your audience and 2) to play your instrument with shoes on.

[padmavenkata]

Listen to the good music. Y r u soo interested in her foot and dress AND SHOES?

[giggs12d3]

what Song is she playing in this video

[murfleblurg]

Pirooz is trolling, I think. The agent of a grammy-nominated, widely respected, well-known, dedicated, heavily-touring musician with 6 CD's and a contract with Deutsche Grammophon isn't going to suggest to his client that she 'consider modeling, in case the music thing doesn't work out.' the exciting thing about our species, however, is that no matter how silly the opinion, you can never quite be sure of the difference between asininity, and trolling.

[Lions1123]

What song is this??

[Professorsf26]

give it a rest already....I will no longer dicker over an opinion. I've too much to lay to rest this month, and this biased debate which started on a 41sec sound bite is blip in time puts too much negative energy out there and so... "you win....she's a sex object with no talent".....I lay this conversation to rest as well.....

you are blocked from my emails as spam

[PiroozAzDirooz]

@Professorsf26 Well, what else can it be? She is musically insignificant. Histrory has and will prove that. She will not be a name that will stay in music or make a mark. Besides, there is always that attarctiveness factor with a woman performer, you cannot deny that, and there's nothing wrong with that. Anoushka(Russians will be pleased, we know all about the British-Russian connection, but that's another subject, right?) will be a passing fad in music.

[Professorsf26]

The post above was intended to be directed to PiroozAz-Dirooz..... I posted it so quickly, I did so as a reply to my own comment. Imagine that? on a light note, as a women of distinction with good taste in wine, food and women..... I find Anoushka very delicious. you can go rub your chubby picturing that one.

[Professorsf26]

@Professorsf26 I don't need to do this, but I took the time to look up the youtube video that I first saw that attracted me to Ravi Shankar....not his daughter. I did as I always do, explore and listen to all music that is new TO ME! I began to listen to many of Ravi's youtube video's, then I came across "Sitar Legend PT. Ravi Shankar & his lovely Daughter Anoushka.... it was to me, not a sexual experience, but a pleasant 6:22 minutes of watching a father and daughter.

[Professorsf26]

@PiroozAzDirooz what is it with you and sex....most of my favorite artists are men...I love Vivalde's Four Seasons and I could care less what he was like...I love John Mayer's music and he's a sexist pig. I could go on. I won't defend my taste in music to you or anyone... You have a very unhealthy hangup on other peoples sexual proclivities and if you think my attraction to Anoushka Shankar's music is sexual, you are offbase and offensive, yet again....

[PiroozAzDirooz]

@Professorsf26 Yes I knwo Nora Jones' music, at least she is true to western music, altho so so as a performer: there are many better than both of them. You are just in love with them, and that's the problem, you can't look at them objectively. I don't care if the artist is "kind" or "funny" or a jerk, all I care about is their wrok. Beethoven was a super jerk and rude to everyone, but he was a musical genius. What does being nice have to do with it?!

Her sex appeal has gotten you.

[Professorsf26]

@PiroozAzDirooz and her sisters name is Nora Jones whom followed a completely different path. I've no doubt you have an elitist critique of her music as well...their music is created from love, if you don't appreciate it, then spew your mojo about the music but does it make you feel like a better person to trash her as a person, especially if you don't know how kind and and funny and respectful she is as a person. She really is a selfless giving woman. It's a shame all you see is a sex