Straight 8 with Shibani Kashyap
Stylish pop diva Shibani Kashyap is currently collaborating with talented musician Rabbi Shergill for a single.
What’s playing on your I-pod now
Songs of American singer-songwriter and producer John Mayer, British rock band Coldplay and of course, multitalented musician Sting.
Name your following favourites:
Musician: Sting
Singer: Arijit Singh
Composer: A. R. Rahman
What do you tune in, when you feel the following
Low or down: I love listening to British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai’s intense album, Virtual Insanity.
Lonely: Sufi exponent Abida Parveen
Happy: It has to be Arijit Singh
Romantic: I love tuning in to a lot of jazz music, especially any piece of classical jazz like that of legendary Nat King Cole or Frank Sinatra or The Doobie Brothers
Favourite musical genres:
Jazz and Sufi
Favourite musical instrument:
Guitar and saxophone
Favourite indie artiste and album:
On the national scene, my favourites are Rabbi Shergill, Kailash Kher, the famous Indian rock band Indian Ocean and the Delhi-based Indian fusion band, Advaita. On the international plane, it is Sting and Sade.
Upcoming Bollywood projects:
I have scored a song for a horror thriller called Plot No 666 and a comic film, What’s On Your Mind. I am also now working on a single track with Rabbi Shergill.
Upcoming stage shows:
There is a concert lined up in Chennai followed with a gig in Chicago this May and then comes two consecutive shows in Istanbul as well as at Indonesia.