Ensemble: Raagaverse
Featured UBC Alumni: Shruti Ramani (vocals, composer)
Recording/mix engineer: Sheldon Zaharko/Zed Productions
Recording details:
JUNO nominated Indo Jazz fusion band, Raagaverse, celebrates the journey and personal triumphs of Shruti Ramani, a young, queer, Indian immigrant in Canada. Raagaverse highlights Shruti’s cultural background, her forays into and admiration of multiple musical genres, and her ever-growing relationship with music and the music community.
Raagaverse’s music exposes you to vibrant tapestries of the Agra Gharana, a tradition in ancient North Indian Classical (Hindustani) music, and Black-American Jazz traditions. Through her dedicated training and practice, Shruti was accepted into the Agra Gharana’s musical lineage by her guru Dr. Ritu Johri, an esteemed and knowledgeable keeper of the musical tradition. Shruti gratefully acknowledges the huge influence of Black-American music on her work after she immigrated to Canada to study Jazz.