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Anita Rani sits in. Anoushka Shankar and Thursday Theme.

Anita chats to sitarist Anoushka Shankar about her latest EP, Love Letters.

After 8 Anita has her Thursday Theme - songs about A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.

Anita chats to sitarist Anoushka Shankar about her latest EP, Love Letters.

After 8 Anita has her Thursday Theme - songs about A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. Email your suggestions to anita.rani@bbc.co.uk

Anoushka Shankar is a sitarist, composer and producer. She has received six Grammy Award nominations and was the first Indian musician to perform live at the Grammy awards.

Her Love Letters EP documents a time of profound flux for Anoushka 鈥� health issues, heartbreak, domestic upheaval.

鈥淭hese were difficult times, which pushed me into some very vulnerable places,鈥� explained Anoushka. 鈥淚鈥檝e written from a personal place before, of course, but there was something particularly tender about the process this time, and it was a creative challenge to be brave enough to allow the music to remain as raw as it began.鈥�

Her father was the late, legendary Ravi Shankar, and 2020 marks 100 years since his birth.

She has featured on a track for the Dalai Lama鈥檚 Inner World album and has also collaborated with Patti Smith on Patti鈥檚 new album Peradam, which is out in September.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • NOISY

    Put A Record On

    • Island Records.

  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • Tennis

    Marathon

    • Cape Dory.
    • Carmen San Diego Records.
    • 4.

  • The Cure

    Close To Me

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.

  • Julia Stone

    Break

    • Arts and Crafts.

  • The La鈥檚

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Social Animals

    Something To Keep Me Awake

    • Rise Records.

  • Nightcrawlers

    Push The Feeling On (The Dub Of Doom)

    Remix Artist: MK.
    • (CD Single).
    • Great Jones.
    • 1.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Christina Aguilera

    Genie In A Bottle

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Starsailor

    Silence is Easy

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • The Floaters

    Float On

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Sailing On The Seven Seas

    • OMD: The Singles.
    • Virgin.
    • 17.

  • Bee Gees

    I've Gotta Get A Message To You

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Message

  • The Roots

    You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu)

    • MCA.

  • Baby Queen

    Buzzkill

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Pixies

    Monkey Gone to Heaven

    • Dark Side Of The 80's (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Mega

    Let Me Let You Go

    • Single.
    • 2020 Mega.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    High Horse

    • Golden Hour.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Aug 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2