SHREYA BOSE
50 YEARS OF BREAKING BOUNDARIES WITH Shakti
50 years of Shakti , a quintet that has created some of the most unique , uplifting and impossibly memorable musical experiences you ’ re likely to come across on this planet .
To celebrate 50 years of making what is quite possibly magic , Shakti returns with a new album that tells their truest stories through sound . If you ’ ve heard them , you know that John McLaughlin , Ustaad Zakir Hussain , Shankar Mahadevan , Selvaganesh Vinayakram , and Ganesh Rajagopalan don ’ t just craft melodies . They lead you to plumb the depths of an almost unearthly joy , question what you ’ re living for , and mourn
the tragedies ( personal or global ) you ’ ve forced yourself to ignore in order to survive .
At least , that is what the music of Shakti did for me . I doubt I ’ d be the somewhat self-questioning person I am if I didn ’ t come across Shakti when I was 19 .
As they set out on their 50th Anniversary World Tour , these seers of sound took a few moments to tell The Score Magazine about the new album , their personal evolutions over 50 years , and what Shakti continues to be for themselves and those whom their music uplifts every single day .
The Score Magazine
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