CIIS presents Anoushka Shankar
2016-04-15
Nourse Theater
275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA .
8:00 PM, Friday, April 15, 2016

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[8:08 PM lights down, announcements from Silvia Nakkach]

1. [8:12 PM] (drone and tuning)
2. [8:15 PM] ?
3. [8:31 PM] ?
4. [8:38 PM] ?
5. [8:42 PM] ?
   [banter from Anoushka]
6. [8:50 PM] Crossing the Rubicon
7. [9:03 PM] ?
8. [9:07 PM] Land of Gold
9. [9:22 PM] Dissolving Boundaries
10. [9:27 PM] Reunion
11. [9:34 PM] ?
    [set ends 9:53 PM; applause, then off for a minute or three]
     
    Encore
12. [9:56 PM] Say Your Prayers
    [show ends 10:00 PM]

• Manu Delago: hang, percussion, electronics;
• Tom Farmer: contrabass, keyboards, sampler;
• Anoushka Shankar: sitar;
• Sanjeev Shankar: shehnai, tanpura, glockenspiel.

Dang, what a show! Anoushka and her band have put together a tour de force of emotion, sharing music that pours out with love and empathy for the downtrodden. I suppose I could quibble how the non-traditional elements have crowded out her marvelous sitar playing, but really, there was still plenty of sitar, and the addition of pedal effects allowed her to play with an expanded sound palette. Cool!

I probably could have done a better job with the setlist – I'm not sure I have the untitled entries in the correct order – but really, does it matter all that much? Much more important to be listening, deeply present to the moment of creation – to receive the sacred communication conjured from the wizards onstage.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!