Thank you for sharing Anoushka's music! what divine talent she has! i was reading the post on myspace today about her world tour. she has toured US during the last months or so, now she is in Europe. I wanted to make it to her OR concert but it was on a wednesday in April, and i would've had to take off work. I sincerely hope she will be back to do another tour here in US. i really enjoyed this video ...now i am off to see some more :)

Awesome display of virtuosity!! - Anoushka is definitely the modern-day princess of Sitar -- taught by her very own pappa - da legendary Ravi Shankar -- Thnx for sharin' w/ us Coralinni!!!

One has to admire da amount of talent Anoushka has -- for da very art sitar-playin' is beauty in itself --- a very difficult instrument to play well - with its unique usage of techniques such as da "Meend" (bendin' of strings) --- and wide fret intervals -- takes many years of devoted practice to hone those skills......to play w/ such masterfulness and accuracy is a sight to see ~

Also one also has to admire da intricacies and mystique of traditional classical Indian music --with its many kinds of "raga" -- unique forms of rhythmic & melodic patterns --- similar to da mid-eastern & byzantine-style "maqam" and of course....da andalusian 12-beat "compas" in flamenco...which is derived from da "raga" (da gypsies were originally from Northwestern India, Rajasthan & Punjab regions) --

It takes an acquired ear, but there is quite a magical beauty in classical Indian styles --- each song an epic story on its own ~ (now if only i could see some sarod n' bansuri in action....hmmmm....)

~ Peace, Love, Joy ~