The most striking thing about Indian classical music is that one can relate to it, without even knowing the grammar of it. And that’s something classical singer Sawani Shende-Sathaye swears by. No wonder, that Shende-Sathaye is the only Indian artiste, who has featured in spiritual group Beyond’s third album Beyond: Love Within. The album features Regula Curti from Switzerland and Dechen Shak-Dagsay from Tibet and Tina Turner, who has also lent her voice to a couple of songs. Sawani talks about the experience of working on the album:

Q. How did the collaboration with Beyond take place?
A. A common friend, who’s a tabla player, knew that Regula Curti, the brain behind the album, was in search of an Indian singer who could not just chant classical mantras but had a good classical base as well. So he invited her to one of my concerts in Switzerland and she was really happy that she found who she was looking for. I was honoured to be a part of such a wonderful album.