Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar (Bengali : অনুষ্কা শঙ্কর) (born 9 June 1981) is a British Indian sitar player and composer. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar and the half-sister of Norah Jones. Anoushka was born in London and her childhood was divided between London and Delhi. She is the daughter of Sukanya Shankar and Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, who was 61 when she was born. Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar, who died in 1992. As a teenager, Anoushka lived in Encinitas, California,
Jason Ward (singer/songwriter) Jason Ward (singer/songwriter) Jason Ward is an American-born singer-songwriter, who has experienced growing popularity since releasing the "Almighty Row" LP in 2009, which was quickly followed up by the "Graceful Bow" EP in 2010. "Bless You", a single from "Graceful Bow", performed especially well online, gaining praise from bloggers for being upbeat, but notoriously "acerbic". Ward has become increasingly popular with UK bloggers, especially due to his material's dark tone and his willingness to release digital content for free. Jason Ward was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised on a tobacco farm in Calvert County, Maryland. He began writing songs