INDIA: Hindustani classical vocalist Sonam Kalra talks to Team Viva about her recent jazz performance in the Capital and her love for different genres of music

Talking about the selection of songs, Kalra said, “I love jazz so I sang mostly up-tempo songs. I had selected them from Great American Songbook as basically all these are standard jazz numbers. I performed a ballad too.” Talking about her all-time favourite jazz idols, she said, “I adore Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Anaida. For jazz, I mostly like women singers and I like music that speaks the truth of your life. For example, Begum Akhtar, every song of hers has a meaning, her music tells about her life and that’s what the most important part of music is.”dailypioneer.com