WOW list- World Music

I was thinking about what I should post today and then I thought of starting a post where every now and then I'd post about one of my favourite music artist both popular and obscure. I listen to all kind of music and last year I bought a CD called 'Music for Crocodiles' by Susheela Raman. I was instantly hooked. I don't know if it was the raw sensuality of her voice or the most perfect music that accompanied it but I was a fan. Later I got her earlier two albums called Salt Rain and Love Trap.

Susheela was born in UK to South Indian parents. When she was four she moved to Australia but kept in touch with the music of her land. She was also influenced by jazz, funk and blues and you can see that in her music. She also trained with a classical singer in India. Later she moved back to UK where she came out with her first single with Paban Das Baul (another great world music artist). She sings in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, English and French!!! You can listen to her music here or here or through the player in the sidebar. She has sung songs that are as diverse as bhajans (religious music) by Bhakti saints like Meera Bai, Tyagaraja, Dikshitar to cover version of 'Save me' by Joan Armtrading and original compositions in English and French.

I couldn't find any of her videos on You Tube other than this video from her very first album. Hope you like it.

Video Credits: cafedelnightmare