''Salt Rain'' is the 2001 debut album by
Susheela Raman
Susheela Raman (born 21 July 1973) is a British musician. She was nominated for the 2006 BBC World Music Awards. Her debut album ''Salt Rain'' was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001. She is known for live performances built on the sacred ...
. The album was a
Mercury Music Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the Music of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Music of Ireland, Ireland. It was cre ...
nominee.
Track listing
# "Ganapati" (Traditional,
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar) (, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer, veena player, and a prolific composer of Indian classical music. He was the youngest member of what is re ...
; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 6:42
# "Maya" (Matthew Q. Jones, Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:36
# "Mamavatu" (Traditional, Sri Vasudevachar; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 3:52
# "Woman" (Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:24
# "Mahima" (Traditional,
Tyagaraja
Sadguru Tyagaraja Swami ( Telugu: సద్గురు త్యాగరాజ స్వామి; 4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyagayya, and in full as Kakarla Tyagabrahmam ( Telugu: కాకర్ల త్యాగబ ...
; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 7:29
# "Trust in Me" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) - 3:23
# "Bolo Bolo" (Traditional; arranged by Ayub Ogada and Susheela Raman) - 2:12
# "Salt Rain" (Sam Mills, Susheela Raman) - 4:40
# "Kamakshi" (Traditional, Muthuswami Dikshitar; arranged by Susheela Raman) - 4:52
# "Nagumomo" (Traditional, Tyagaraja; arranged by Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 4:47
# "O Rama" (Traditional, Tyagaraja; arranged by Ayub Ogada, Sam Mills and Susheela Raman) - 4:53
# "
Song to the Siren" (
Larry Beckett
Larry Beckett (born April 4, 1947) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, musician, translator, and literary critic. As a songwriter and music arranger, Beckett collaborated with Tim Buckley in the late 1960s and early 1970s on several song ...
,
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his ...
) - 6:30
References
2001 debut albums
Susheela Raman albums
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