In 1982, Sheila Chandra made British pop history by becoming the first musician of Indian heritage to appear in a saree on the cult show Top of the Pops to interpret with his group Monsoon his success Ever So Lonely. Between 1992 and 1996, she released three solo albums for the Real World label, now reissued, and which we will listen to again in order to appreciate the approach of the musician who, from pop fusion (here sung in English ) with South Asian accents Weaving My Ancestors‘ Voices (1992), moves towards a minimalist, meditative and supernaturally veiled raga form of delicate synthesizers, on The Zen Kiss (1994, close to the influences of Indian classical music, the most demanding of the three), then on the hypnotic ABoneCroneDrone. The purity of her voice crosses time and fashions: these three albums remain as fresh and relevant as they were thirty years ago. Aged 58, Sheila Chandra stopped singing a dozen years ago for medical reasons.
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