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Updated On: 07 September, 2020 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
New York-based Grammy nominee Falu Shah on turning to tunes of her homeland to find comfort from pandemic uncertainties, for her just-launched Hindustani music EP.
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When the Boston-based band Karyshma found itself grappling with pandemic-induced anxiety, its members turned to a genre of music that has often served as a balm for them. The band, headlined by Indian Grammy nominee Falu Shah, "found comfort and solace" while singing Indian classical songs, and immediately knew that they wanted to share that experience with those who share their plight.
"These songs have been passed on to us over several generations. There is a ghazal from the 12th century, and a thumri from the 15th. So, we recorded these songs to create an EP called Someday, comprising Indian classical numbers. We created it over video-conferencing apps in 31 days, and across six cities and two time-zones," says Shah, whose husband Gaurav, is a co-member of the band. A bandmate would create a percussion track, and send it to Seattle for her team to lay the violin and guitar sections on, before it was sent back to Shah. "We'd then share it with our team in LA to add the piano [sections]. In this process we really had to up our technology game."
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