A Scintillating Khyal Album by LAKSHMI SHANKER Lakshmi Shankar is one of the most celebrated singers performing today in the North Indian (Hindustani) style of music. While her concerts have brought her worldwide success as a classical artiste, she has simultaneously developed a great reputation as a singer of devotional lyrics. She is best known for her performances - over several decades! - of the work of poets such as Surdas and, especially, Mira Bai: for many listeners her name is virtually synonymous with that of Mira, as her voice brings out every nuance of the pain of love expressed by the Rajasthani princess who lived five hundred years ago.

This CD was recorded in a London during her concert tour celebrating her 70th Birthday: she is accompanied by the noted sarangi master Pandit Ramesh Mishra and a promising young UK-based tabla player Partha Sarathi Mukherjee.