Susheela Raman – review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe energy, intensity and sheer noise were extraordinary. Sitting cross-legged on a low platform at the back of the stage were nine musicians, one playing harmonium and others singing, clapping or banging furiously at an array of hand percussion that included the tabla and castanet-like khertal. Most of them were members of the group Mian Mir, Sufi Muslims from Lahore in Pakistan and exponents of the rousing, ecstatic and sometimes trance-inducing devotional style qaw...

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