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Artist: Susheela Raman
Category: Newcomer (Winner)
The Mercury Music Prize likes to pride itself on its left field nominations but few nominees have caused more surprise than Susheela Raman.
Yet to those of us who have heard Raman's debut album Salt Rain, she appears an obvious nominee.
Raman was born in Hendon in 1973, seven years after her parents came to London from southern India. The family then emigrated to Australia when Susheela was four. December Susheela interview on topic of UK immigration and performs a George Harrison song along with Kartik Raghuunathan (vocals) and. Susheela Raman (born 21 July ) is a British musician.Susheela Raman detail biography, family, facts and date of birth."Pulapaka Suseela" is an Indian Playback Singer who was born on November 13, She has been associated with South Indian Cinema for over six decades, and.Fisher, Michael H., Shompa Lahiri, and Shinder Thandi.
'I formed a funky band and we played covers and gigged all over Sydney but by the time I was in my twenties I realised that the music I wanted to make wasn't really suited to the Australian musical climate.'
In 1995, she returned to India to study music under the tutelage of a renowned Hindustani singer, intent on blending the influences of east and west.
She then returned to England in 1997. Soon she was singing in the Anglo-Asian dance outfit Joi.
Yet Raman never felt part of the much hyped Asian under
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