Sitar player Anoushka in India

A ‘Land of Gold’ is an amalgamation of electronics and cross-genre collaborations, and is her fervent response to the humanitarian trauma of displaced people fleeing conflict and poverty.

‘Land of Gold’ is the culmination of my journey to the interior, channelling my distress at the situation in a constructive way, exploring the stories of the voiceless and dispossessed. “The central message of ‘Land of Gold’ is the recognition of the resilience of the human spirit and of our capacity to find the place where enduring hope resides,” Anoushka said in a statement.

A follow up to her 2015’s classical album ‘Home,’ the album is an innovative, cutting-edge programme addressing themes of movement, asylum, refugees. For the album, Anoushka has collaborated with Bjork’s musical director, Matt Robertson, Sri Lankan rap star M.I.A, American jazz bass dynamo Larry Grenadier, Austrian percussionist Manu Delago, dance legend Akram Khan and English actress/activist Vanessa Redgrave. The tour, curated by Alchemist Marketing Solutions, will be the artist’s fifth country-wide solo tour.

Anoushka Shankar’s dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including five Grammy Award nominations, recognition as the youngest – and first female – recipient of a British House of Commons Shield, credit as an Asian Hero by TIME Magazine, and a Songlines Best Artist Award. Most recently, she became one of the first five female composers to have been added to the UK A-level music syllabus. 

Anoushka, who was nominated in the Best World Music Album category for the fifth time, lost it out to Angelique Kidjo for “Sings” at 58th Grammy awards in 2016 in Los Angeles, United States.