Susheela Raman
Susheela Raman (born July 21, 1973 in Hendon (London) ) is an English singer-songwriter .
biography
Susheela Raman was born to Tamil immigrants in north London and grew up in Australia . Inspired by her mother, she was interested in traditional Carnatic music from an early age before she founded her first band when she was in school. After first steps in the areas of funk and rock music , Raman turned to the blues . In 1995 she moved to India to study classical North Indian Hindustan music with Shruti Sadolikar . In 1997 she returned to her native land and met the guitarist and producer Sam Mills. She worked with him for over three years on her debut album Salt Rain , which was released on the EMI label Narada . The album combined influences from Tamil and South Indian music with western music styles. As a result, she was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Music Prize . Her album Love Trap , released in 2003, also experimented with a mixture of world music and pop , this time also increasingly incorporating elements of African music into her work. For Music for Crocodiles from 2005 she got positive reviews, which attested her a consistently coherent album with almost perfect music. In 2006 Raman's contract with Narada ended, after which she produced her album 33 1/3 , which consists of cover versions . This was released in 2007 on the French label XIII Bis Records and contained new interpretations of songs by Bob Dylan , John Lennon , The Velvet Underground , Captain Beefheart , Jimi Hendrix , Can and Throbbing Gristle .
Discography
Albums
- Salt Rain (2001)
- Love Trap (2003)
- Music for Crocodiles (2005)
- 33 1/3 (2007)
- Vel (2011)
- Queen Between (2014)
- Ghost Gamelan (2018)
Individual evidence
Web links
- official homepage
- Susheela Raman at laut.de
- Susheela Raman at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raman, Susheela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hendon (London) |