<p>Traces of You is Anoushka Shankar’s seventh studio album and a tribute to her late father, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. </p>.<p>Her half-sister, Norah Jones, also collaborates on the album.<br /><br />The music varies from Hindustani dhuns and thumri to free jazz and Vedic chants. <br /><br />The music has been arranged by multi-instrumentalist Nithin Sawhney, who plays the guitar, bass and piano in addition to orchestration and programming.<br /><br />In the opening song, “Sun Won’t Set”, Norah Jones’s bluesy vocals are embellished by Anoushka’s sitar, a classical guitar and ghatam (The sun won’t set/ Not now, not yet.) Norah also gets to sing the title song, “Traces of You” (Traces of you/ linger like a tear drop/ fresh upon the air/ my heart sings for you/ play me like a rain cloud/ sounds upon the air).<br /><br />“Fathers” is a collaboration between Nithin and Anoushka, a sort of jugalbandhi between sitar and piano. While “Indian Summer” is a hypnotic sitar and piano duet, “Metamorphosis” features a hypnotic chant. </p>.<p>“In Jyoti’s Name” and “Monsoon” are both based on Indian ragas. “Chasing Shadows” is the only song in which Anoushka collaborates with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt of the Mohan veena fame. </p>.<p>“Unsaid” is a poignant song by Norah, who also plays the piano alongside Anoushka’s sitar.<br /><br />Ravishankar always maintained the purity of Indian musical tradition, despite having several friends in the western music world. </p>.<p>But Anoushka is bold enough to experiment and attempts to keep her father’s Indian musical tradition in fresh and modern ways. <br /><br />She has managed a smooth crossover between Indian music and a variety of genres including flamenco, electronica, jazz and western classical music.<br /></p>
<p>Traces of You is Anoushka Shankar’s seventh studio album and a tribute to her late father, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. </p>.<p>Her half-sister, Norah Jones, also collaborates on the album.<br /><br />The music varies from Hindustani dhuns and thumri to free jazz and Vedic chants. <br /><br />The music has been arranged by multi-instrumentalist Nithin Sawhney, who plays the guitar, bass and piano in addition to orchestration and programming.<br /><br />In the opening song, “Sun Won’t Set”, Norah Jones’s bluesy vocals are embellished by Anoushka’s sitar, a classical guitar and ghatam (The sun won’t set/ Not now, not yet.) Norah also gets to sing the title song, “Traces of You” (Traces of you/ linger like a tear drop/ fresh upon the air/ my heart sings for you/ play me like a rain cloud/ sounds upon the air).<br /><br />“Fathers” is a collaboration between Nithin and Anoushka, a sort of jugalbandhi between sitar and piano. While “Indian Summer” is a hypnotic sitar and piano duet, “Metamorphosis” features a hypnotic chant. </p>.<p>“In Jyoti’s Name” and “Monsoon” are both based on Indian ragas. “Chasing Shadows” is the only song in which Anoushka collaborates with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt of the Mohan veena fame. </p>.<p>“Unsaid” is a poignant song by Norah, who also plays the piano alongside Anoushka’s sitar.<br /><br />Ravishankar always maintained the purity of Indian musical tradition, despite having several friends in the western music world. </p>.<p>But Anoushka is bold enough to experiment and attempts to keep her father’s Indian musical tradition in fresh and modern ways. <br /><br />She has managed a smooth crossover between Indian music and a variety of genres including flamenco, electronica, jazz and western classical music.<br /></p>
