[Cyberius]

She is amazing. I especially love her more "experimental" stuff on the realworld label.

She has incredible control of the pitch and harmonic content of her voice. Since her music is middle-eastern drone based, the melodies are much more involving, moving and not melodically confined to the discordantly butchered 12-tone western system everyone uses.

In my book, she beats out my other favorites Lisa Gerrard and Loreena McKennitt.

her "monsoon: retrospecive" compilation CD is a good place to start, especially from track 6 on. Then abonecronedrone (some of which is on the compilation).

This stuff has the power to open your ears musically.
http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub...stify3017.html

Equipment with good phase coherence is recommended. My Grados sound ok, but my Beyers bring on the full musical impact.

 

[skagen]

She's definitely good, but its not exactly mainstream music. Hard to get into if you're not in the mood. But it you are, you quickly realize that she's incredible.

 

[rphunt2002]

The Sheila Chandra  albums I have, and love:

Monsoon - Third Eye [1982]
Out On My Own [1984]
Quiet [1984]
The Struggle [1985]
Roots and Wings [1990]
Weaving My Ancestors' Voices [1992]
The Zen Kiss [1994]
Out on My Own (reissue) [2000]  
This Sentence Is True (The Previous Sentence Is False) [2001]
 
 
I just finished ripping them to FLAC, and am listening to Weaving My Ancestors' Voices on my DX50 & Momentums. It sounds amazing. She's brilliant, but I believe she retired in 2010 due to health reasons.