Returning to England in 1997, she started to work with her partner, guitarist/producer Sam Mills who had recorded "Real Sugar" with a Bengali singer named Paban Das Baul. She tried to bring these streams together when in 1995 she travelled to India to rediscover her roots by way of further exploring Carnatic music. She recalls how her family "were eager to keep our Tamil culture alive." As a teenager in Sydney she started her own band, describing its sound as "funk and rock and roll", before branching out into more blues and jazz-based music, which demanded quite different voice techniques. Susheela grew up singing Carnatic music and began giving recitals at an early age. At the age of four, Raman and her family left the UK for Australia. Susheela Raman's parents are Tamils from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India, who arrived in London, UK in the mid-1960s. She is known for energetic, vibrant, syncretic, and uplifting live performances built on the sacred Bhakti and Sufi traditions of India and Pakistan. Her debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001. She was nominated for the 2006 BBC World Music Awards. ![]() ![]() Susheela Raman (born 21 July 1973) is a British musician.
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