Land of gold

"Anoushka Shankar's father, Ravi Shankar's generation experimented with all manner of cross-cultural forms including light classical, western classical, western film music and improvised jazz and spoken word. On "Land Of Gold" she continues "dissolving boundaries" ... The project's narrative is predicated on the plight of refugee/migrant plight and humanitarian nightmare that daily plays out on the so-called developed world's television, computer and iPad screens ... The overall sound palette is splendid. A taste: the title track includes Caroline Dale on cello, Manu Delago on hang, Larry Grenadier on bass, Sanjeev Shankar on shehnai ... It is a career-changing milestone for Anoushka Shankar. That simple. That good. That brilliant".