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Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar is the host of this week鈥檚 Music Life. Born in the UK she spent her younger years in London and Delhi before moving to California. She began learning the sitar aged 9 with her father, the legendary Ravi Shankar, and made her professional debut at 13. Since then has been nominated for 9 Grammys, played everywhere from The Barbican to Carnegie Hall, and worked with a wide range of artists including Herbie Hancock, Patti Smith, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jules Buckley and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. her latest project, a mini-album titled Chapter I: Forever, For Now, comes out in October.

Joining her are three contemporaries and collaborators who inspire her as an artist.

Arooj Aftab is a Grammy award winning Pakistani-American singer, composer, and producer. Her musical styles cover everything from jazz to minimalism, she鈥檚 performed at Coachella, Glastonbury, and the Montreal Jazz Festival, and she is also an Emmy winning documentary editor. She also produced Anouska鈥檚 latest album.

Lisa-Kaind茅 Diaz from Ibeyi is one-half of a multilingual French-Cuban duo, who鈥檚 work fuses jazz with beats, samples, and traditional instruments. They鈥檝e released three studio LPs, appeared on Beyonc茅鈥檚 groundbreaking visual album Lemonade, and have collaborated with Chilly Gonzales, Kamasi Washington and Jorja Smith.

Finally, Nadine Shah is a Mercury Prize nominated British singer-songwriter who has performed at Glastonbury and The Barbican. She鈥檚 supported Patti Smith, Depeche Mode, and Suede, recently made her acting debut in A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream, and is currently working on her 5th album.

Together they鈥檒l be talking about the role of spirituality in their music, what their sound gives the audience, and thoughts on being women of colour in the music industry.

In part 2 of the show Arooj Aftab takes us through a playlist called Movie Stars Who Also Make Music, a collection of songs performed by some of Hollywood鈥檚 finest, featuring tracks from Will Smith, Naomi Campbell, Alan Cumming plus more.