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India Alba

- Delhi/Edinburgh/Perth, UK Folk / World / Classical

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Members: Sharat Chandra Srivastava (violin and hang drum) Ross Ainslie (pipes, whistles, cittern), Gyan Singh (tabla), Nigel Richard (cittern)

Label: India Alba

Manager: Nigel Richard

Bio: India Alba are a collaboration between two Indian and two Scottish musicians whose combination of Indian classical and Scottish traditional backgrounds have created a unique and interesting sound, showing there are no boundaries between them.
Since their debut album Reels and Ragas they have dev... See Full Bio

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“Most of High Beyond was composed by the band. The opening Himalayan Hideaway is an Ainslie original, and is followed by a group composition for the Swiss Hang before another of Ross's tunes in modern Celtic mood. Highland Dream is by the Indian half of the band, a fiddle and tabla showpiece in 4/4. The Bellydancer is obviously a little unfamiliar to Singh and Srivastava, but very hypnotic on Ross's pipes. The almost equally sinuous Lesley Shaw's by Richard makes me wonder what he knows about India Alba's young Glasgow agent that I don't. Essaouira is another of Nigel's, with a definite North Indian vibe, so maybe it's just his style. After the solidly Scottish slow air and clearly Irish barndance, High Beyond ends with a fifteen minute combination of Indian forms and Western influences, a challenging piece worth listening through. India Alba may have met at a musical crossroads, and seem to have found a common path: I'm interested to see where it will lead after this. Alex Monaghan”

— Alex Monaghan, Folkworld

“Earlier, another cross-cultural collaboration, India Alba, had set the scene admirably, merging adapted pipe marches with Indian violin and tabla ragas, cittern-led Scots-Indian melodies and the late Gordon Duncan’s famous bagpipe setting of AC/DCs heavy-rock anthem, Thunderstruck. Along with Gurtu’s gang, this quartet brought Celtic Connections 2008’s Old Fruitmarket to a satisfying close while keeping the audience primed for future adventures.”

— Rob Adams, The Herald

“Edinburgh bagpipe maker and cittern player Nigel Richard’s long love affair with music of India is heard here on the first album by the quartet. Over the past few years they have settled down to a line-up of Richard with Borders piper Ross Ainslie, Indian violinist Sharat Srivastava and Gyan Singh on tablas. Recorded in New delhi, the music successfully fuses the rhythms of both musical cultures, creating strange and pleasing instrumental hybrids. ”

— Norman Chalmers, Scotland on Sunday

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India Alba-Donaldwillie Live in Edinburgh Aug 2007

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2012
Jun 30

Universal Hall
Findhorn, UK | 12:00pm
Universal Hall
Findhorn, UK
Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:00pm
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2011
Jun 25

Test Case
Delhi/Edinburgh/Perth, UK | 8:00pm
Test Case
Delhi/Edinburgh/Perth, UK
Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:00pm
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