40 years ago Ever So Lonely was an accoustic island of raga influenced pop in a sea of synth. Today The Guardian assesses the huge impact the hit had in terms of predating the World Music genre by five years, on mainstream representation of the UK Asian community and on the cultural consciousness of the then teen and pre-teen second generation of the Asian disapora itself.
You can view Monsoon on Dutch TV’s ‘Top Pop’ with Ever So Lonely in 1982