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Posted April 25th, 2012

Review number three from The QEH – UK Asia

We have received another fantastic review from UK Asia on the Alchemy Festival at the QEH, view it here! UK Asia

Posted April 19th, 2012

Alchemy Festival QEH – Live Recording

A live recording was taken from the sound deck on Monday night at The Queen Elizabeth Hall which will soon be available for you to listen to. It is currently being mixed by our sound technician, after which details will be available here on the website as to how you can listen to it. The [...]

Posted April 19th, 2012

Alchemy Festival QEH 5* Reviews (Guardian & Financial Times)

Thank you to everyone who attended our performance on Monday night at The Queen Elizabeth Hall. Thank you for making it another energetic and vibrant night to remember! We have had some excellent reviews from The Guardian and The Financial Times which you can view here if you have not already. The Guardian The Financial [...]

Posted March 8th, 2012

London to Lahore: The Language of Love Alchemy Festival: Monday 16 April 2012

British Asian singer Susheela Raman and guitarist/producer Sam Mills are bringing the Mian Mir Qawals, the Sufi powerhouses of Lahore, to London for the Southbank Centre’s Alchemy Festival. The Qawals, who are known for their ecstatic devotional singing, will perform live on stage with Susheela’s band, which also includes two master musicians from Rajasthan, Nathulal [...]

Posted March 7th, 2012

A Month in Lahore – Susheela Raman & Sam Mills

British Asian singer Susheela Raman and her producer and guitarist Sam Mills have just returned from Pakistan where they’ve been researching and developing collaborations with Sufi Qawali musicians banned from performing in public due to Muslim extremist bombings. It is part of a project called The Language of Love, which includes a one off performance [...]