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Shanta Nurullah: The Sister with the Sitar

Shanta Nurullah: The Sister with the Sitar

FromCultural Manifesto


Shanta Nurullah: The Sister with the Sitar

FromCultural Manifesto

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Dec 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on Cultural Manifesto listen to an interview with the Chicago-based musician and storyteller Shanta Nurullah. During a college trip to India in 1969 she discovered the sitar. Nurullah has spent the last 50 years exploring the instrument in her jazz and blues compositions.

The Indiana jazz pianist and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Marvin Chandler passed away earlier this year. Listen back to Kyle Long’s 2020 interview with Chandler, and hear Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Judith Thomas share her memories of Chandler.
Released:
Dec 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week on Cultural Manifesto, Kyle Long reveals stories and sounds from the creative frontlines of the past and present. Through music, archives and artist interviews, discover how creators shape meaning with sound, in Indianapolis and well beyond. Tune in each week to this WFYI Public Media show for discoveries that will delight your ears and expand your understanding of our shared world.