Susheela Raman is an acclaimed British Tamil musician

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Biography

Chennai (Madras) in India. This included "The Same Song" which was used by Mira Nair for the end credits of her film The Namesake. (Nair also used Raman's version of the 60's Hindi film song "Ye Mera Divanapan Hai' from the previous album). She sings for the first time in French with the song "L'Ame Volatile". Her training in Carnatic classical music makes its presence felt in Tamil classical titles such as "Sharavana," her singing "Meanwhile" (on the same album) in a rāgam called Kanakaangi, and in the song "Light Years" which features a melody in Kalyani rāgam as well as the veena playing of Punya 'Devi' Srinivas.




In 2006 Susheela was again nominated for a BBC World Music Award and was the subject of a one-hour documentary by French-German TV Channel ARTE, called Indian Journey directed by Mark Kidel.

Susheela's deal with Narada ended in 2006 and that year she independently recorded an album 33 1/3 which is a set of re-imaginings of some album tracks from the sixties and seventies. Artists covered include Bob Dylan, John Lennon, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Jimi Hendrix, Can and Throbbing Gristle. The album features long term collaborators Sam Mills on guitar, Vincent Segal on cello, and tabla player and percussionist Aref Durvesh.

The album was released in April 2007 in France on the independent label XIII Bis.

Raman has also garnered acclaim for her live performances. She continues to research and discover music from Tamil Nadu, studying in 2007 with the Bhakti singer Kovai Kamla. Collaborator Sam Mills is currently working with Tamil Nadu film musicians for a future project.