Interview: how a folk singer ended up recording with a wedding brass band

Mira Sawant (fictional) says the idea came from a wedding procession that walked past her studio during a recording session.

Sawant said her producer was sceptical until he heard the band tune up. "He turned pale and then he asked if we could record the horns in the courtyard."

The album took eight days to record, largely live. She says she kept the mistakes: a cracked trumpet note on "Chadhti Dhoop" is on the final mix.

This is a demo story: every name, place, organisation and figure in it is fictional.