Vari (The Live Sessions) [MP3 Download] PRE-ORDER

‘Vari (The Live Sessions)’ feels like a journey through Varijashree’s musical soul. Her exceptional vocal brilliance meanders through a deeply rich, layered and nuanced soundscape with such effortless grace. The incredible family of musicians and a particularly remarkable pair of ears on the mixing board make this album profoundly special and intimately ambient. It almost feels like she is singing to you. Just to you. In a room. It’s an experience of her music in its purest form - raw, spontaneous, deeply immersive and uncannily intimate.

Arranged into live format by Michael League, mixed by Nic Hard, and mastered by Dave McNair, this special release is a curated selection of 7 tracks from her eponymous album "Vari", reimagined in a new sonic space, performed and captured in the artiste’s hometown, Bengaluru.

Featuring :
Michael League
Pramath Kiran
Jayachandra Rao
Apoorva Krishna
Vivek Santhosh
Praveen D Rao (special guest)

About Varijashree Venugopal: 

Varijashree Venugopal comes from a rich background of an intricate classical music discipline of Carnatic music, and is one of the pioneering artists in applying the techniques, fundamentals, and the sound and soul of Indian singing in the global music context.

Varijashree was widely recognised as a child prodigy who could identify 100 Carnatic ragas at the tender age of 18 months, who began performing Carnatic concerts at the age of 4. She initially trained under her musician parents Vidwan H S Venugopal and Vidhushi T V Rama, Vidhushi H Geetha, Vidhushi Vasantha Srinivasan, Vidwan D S Srivatsa, and later under Ganakalanidhi Vidwan Salem P Sundaresan.

Apart from being a singer, Varijashree is also a flautist, composer, a song writer, and a music educator.

Varijashree is a Grammy-nominated artist, known for her unique capabilities of using the voice as an instrument and the blending of her musicality with various music cultures, applying Indian singing techniques. Being a sought after artist, Varijashree has been featured alongside and collaborated with eminent musical personalities in the world such as Bobby McFerrin, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Victor Wooten, Béla Fleck, Hamilton de Holanda, Eddie Gomez, C4 trio, Trio Bobo, Anat Cohen, Praveen D Rao, Jacob Collier, Anoushka Shankar, and more.