Posts tagged as "anoushka-shankar"

Best Neo-Classical Strings – 10 Essential Albums

May 14, 2020

Unlike the piano – which unless creatively modified is confined to the 12 pitches of the Western chromatic scale – the strings have access to the notes between the notes. This freedom allows for all manner of expressive wobbling, bending, and sliding. The emotional potential of stringed instruments is only magnified when they gather in […]

Mercury KX Interview with Hildur Maral and Cerys Weetch

May 13, 2020

London-based record label Mercury KX celebrates genre-defying, multi-disciplinary artists. Home to acclaimed composers and innovative musicians such as Anoushka Shankar, Ólafur Arnalds, Keaton Henson, Luke Howard and Isobel Waller-Bridge, the label prides itself on carefully curated audio-visual adventures. Their diverse roster create unique sound-worlds that bridge electronic, modern-classical, cinematic, alternative and ambient genres. ZoneOut’s Cassandra […]

Anoushka Shankar, virtuoso sitarist, releases new single

January 13, 2020

Six-time Grammy® Award-nominated sitarist, composer and producer Anoushka Shankar has released her new single Those Words, featuring British composer, singer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson and renowned Indian singer Shilpa Rao. The track is taken from her upcoming EP, Love Letters, out on Mercury KX. Stream the new single “Those Words” HERE Deeply evocative in its […]