Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman (born 21 July 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 took an early interest for the traditional Carnatic music before she formed her first band at school. After first steps in the fields of radio and rock music, Raman turned to the blues. In 1995 she moved to India to study the classical North Indian Hindustani music while Shruti Sadolikar. In 1997 she returned to her native country and met the guitarist and producer Sam Mills know. With him, she worked for three years on her debut album Salt Rain, which was released on the EMI label associated with Narada. The album combined influences Tamil and South Indian music with Western-influenced musical styles. Subsequently, she was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Music Prize. Even her 2003 released album Love Trap experimented with a mix of world music and pop, which this time they also reinforced miteinbezog elements of African music in the work. For Music for Crocodiles from the year 2005, she got positive reviews, attested her a consistently coherent album with almost perfect music. 2006 ended Raman's contract with Narada, whereupon it 33 1/3 produced her cover versions of existing album itself. This was released in 2007 with the French label XIII Bis Records and contained 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)