Susheela Raman是一个嗓音独特的英籍印裔女歌手，她的专辑结合了英文和印度语，但都以印度音乐为根基，即使是用英文演唱的歌曲，也大多改编自印度音乐，歌曲大多反映了女性生活与情感的遭遇，带着印度音乐的旖旎委婉，又因她磁性的嗓音而愈发的深情迷人。 　　 　　Susheela的第一张专辑《Salt Rain》，历时三年才制作完成，与来自喀麦隆、几内亚、希腊、印度、法国等世界各地国家的音乐家合作，是一张风格独特、多元素融合的专辑，这张专辑一经发行，Susheela即凭这张专辑获得了BBC3台颁发的世界音乐最佳新人奖。 　　 　　其实她的成功并不是一蹴而就的，Susheela虽然在英国出生，但她从小就开始了南印度古典音乐的学习和演唱，并一直在家庭中沿袭印度泰米尔的文化习俗，在她10多岁的时候，她开始学习更多的布鲁斯风格的音乐和演唱技巧，所以在她的音乐中可以感受她经过训练的近乎完美的发声和运气。1995年Susheela回到印度向在世的印度最著名的北印度音乐Hindustani声乐家Shruti Sadolikar 学习演唱。这次学习经历让Susheela发现了一种新的方式进行演唱。 　　 　　1997年回到英国以后，Susheela开始与曾与孟加拉歌手合作录制专辑的吉他手Sam Mills合作，她从Sam Mills的专辑中受到启发，认识到可以以一种新的方式将印度音乐展现给新的听众。 　　 　　这张《Love Trap》是2003年 Susheela 推出的第2张专辑，同样由Sam Mills担任制作人，风格还是注重于各种文化类型音乐的融合。 　　 　　An outstandingly interesting sophomore effort from British-Indian songstress Susheela Raman. Taking the term "eclectic" to levels only accessible in the world music markets, she heavily interweaves her original South Indian classical influences with Hindustani music, as well as adding some interesting fusions with other cultures. From place to place Tuvan hoomii drags itself in, in both the higher-pitched and lower-pitched forms, as well as some urtin duu to provide at times a drone, and at times a solo singer. Among the bass-heavy club grooves that show up, one can hear a little bit of light African-esque drumming. Concurrent with some electronically altered tabla vocals comes a dose of light flute looping. Throughout though, one constant is Raman's deep and sultry vocals. The album starts out with the title track that brings itself directly into comparison with the old Shirley Bassey-Bond themes (but with a quiet sitar in the background); and as the album moves on, it becomes somewhat more gentle, but keeps the sultriness in Raman's voice regardless. There's some light Spanish guitar in "Sarasa" to contrast with her sound, and later the guitars drop down an octave or two to match with her vocals and make for an extremely laid-back sound. Tablas and koras mix fluidly en route to the finished product. As an added surprise for the listeners, Tony Allen handles the drumming for a bit. Overall, it's a nice album; full of fusion surprises. Give it a listen if you're at all interested in the various world music scenes, or perhaps just as an interesting little bit of ambient music.