(headline image: Anoushka Shankar – Photo by Laura Lewis)
Anoushka Shankar, the renowned sitarist, composer, and producer, has released “We Burn So Brightly,“ the second single from her upcoming mini-album, Chapter III: We Return To Light, set for release on March 14, 2025, via Nils Frahm’s Leiter label.
Mixing classical Indian instrumentation with Goa trance influences, the track channels the energy of transformation through movement and rhythm. Shankar collaborates with London-based Indian multi-instrumentalist Sarathy Korwar and sarod player Alam Khan, creating a dynamic seven-beat cycle filled with intricate melodic interplay. The result is one of the album’s most energetic and free-flowing moments.
“I’ve experienced that so many times, you know, the experience of feeling like I’m just burning things up and out of me, says Shankar. “I wanted to capture that on this piece.”
Author: World Music Central News Room
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