Anoushka Shankar takes on the refugee crisis with her new album

Renowned sitaristAnoushka Shankarwill take the stage Friday night at Vancouver's Chan Centre to perform from her new album, 'Land of Gold'.

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The album, which she describes as her strongest to date, is dedicated to the plight of refugees worldwide.

"What I was seeing was what I was writing about," said Shankar Friday during an interview with guest host Stephen Quinn on CBC's The Early Edition.

The daughter of the late sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar says every song on the album was influenced by the heartbreak she felt from the crisis.

"Every song is about some aspect of what I was either imagining people were going through or it was my response to what people were going through," she said.

The album features prominent female artistsincluding M.I.A., Alev Lenz and actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave.

Shankar takes the stage tonight with hermain collaborator on the album, ManuDelago on percussion, Tom Farmer on acoustic bass and piano, and her father's disciple, SanjeevShankar, on theshehnai.

With files from the CBC's The Early Edition.

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