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  Live! Brooklyn Raga Massive Presents:  T.H. Subash Chandran’s Rhythms of India, at Art Cafe Rhythms of India – led by T.H. Subash Chandran T.H. Subash Chandran – ghatam/konnakkol Akshay Anantapadmanbhan – mridangam Arun Ramamurthy – violin Abhik Mukherjee – sitar Max ZT – hammered dulcimer Sri T H Subash Chandran is legendary figure in the world of percussion. He is a master of multiple Carnatic...

Kane Mathis and Brandon Terzic performed live sets of incredible beauty of the NYC radio airwaves.  First Kane Mathis played solo  (on the 21-string Mandinka Harp) and then he was joined by Brandon on the Oud and later the Ngoni. Kane began taking trips to The Gambia, West Africa in 1997 and has continued rigorous study of the Mandinka Kora. Over the past ten years his performances have earned him...

Fela used music as a weapon against injustice. He was beaten, arrested over 200 times, married 27 women and was buried in a glass coffin with a spliff in his hand. We're still trying to get a handle on who he was and what he means. In this podcast we'll be talking with his son Femi Kuti, Alex Gibney, Academy Award winning director of the new documentary "Finding Fela," his friend and manager Rikki...

The Hills and The Rivers and  Cousin Boneless bands perform Street Folk Music. The Hills and The Rivers This band formed when Isaac Hill and his sister Heidi began recording an album of Isaac's new songs. Gathering their street musician friends together they formed a band that became bigger than the initial project. Cousin Boneless Solo acoustic acts Average Joey and Crisp Lake went on tour togeth...

Fresh from the inspiration of Ragas Live Festival, we tried our hand at a novel combination of styles an instruments.  Mauritania's greatest singer, Noura Mint Seymali and her husband/guitarist, Jeiche Ould Chighaly performed live in studio with two Brooklyn-based Hindustani musicians Jay Gandhi (bansuri flute) and Ehren Hanson (Tabla).  They met at the ASAMAAN Festival of Music & Astronomy in the...

Samarth Nagarkar (vocal) Amod Dandawate (tabla)  and Arun Ramamurthy (violin) performed raga Kausi Kanada (Nayaki ang) from 11pm-midnight to conclude the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014. Samarth Nagarkar is acknowledged to be one of today’s foremost and prolific artists representing Hindustani classical music traditions. He is known for his eclectic, captivating performances reflecting extensive...

Rajas : Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Miles Okazaki (guitar) and Arun Ramamurthy (violin) performed from 10-11 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Aashish Khan (sarod) Dan Weiss (tabla) and Anupam Shobhakar (Sarod) performed from 9-10 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014. Aashish Khan is considered among the top handful of India’s greatest living Sarod players. His pedigree of training and lineage is unquestionable, having descended from the illustrious family of great musicians.   Aashish Khan was initiated into North Indian classic...

Krishna Bhatt (Sitar) and Nitin Mitta (tabla) performed from 8-9 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.   Krishna Bhatt’s performances of Hindustani ragas have won the admiration of audiences in India, Asia, Europe and North America. His innovative style of music combines a rich blend of Gayaki (vocal) and Tantrakari (instrumental) techniques and musical compositions. His music is noted for...

Africa Meets India: Kevin Nathaniel (Mbira) Eric Fraser (Bansuri) Naren Budhkar (tabla)  Salieu Suso (kora) Giancarlo Luiggi (Hosho) and Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury (Sitar) performed from 7-8 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Roopa Mahadevan (vocal) Arun Ramamurthy (violin) Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam) perform from 6-7 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Anirban Dasgupta (Sarod) Nitin Mitta (Tabla) perform from 4-5 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Daisy Paradis (sitar) and Samit Banik (tabla) perform from 4-5 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Shobana Raghavan (vocal) Rangashree Varadarajan (violin) Aparaajit Sriram (mridangam) perform from 3-4pm for the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Sanjoy Banerjee (vocal), Dibyarka Chatterjee (tabla) Andrew Shantz (harmonium) and Harry Einhorn (vocal accompaniment) perform  ragas  Bhimplasi and Patdeep from 2-3pm for the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Swagata Chakraborty Vocal; Shivalik Ghoshal, Tabla; and Andrew Shantz, harmonium perform from 1-2pm  for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Navatman Music Collective with  Roopa Mahadevan: Janani Kannan, Preetha Raghu, Divya Jayashankar, Kalpana Gopalakrishnan, and Kamini Dandapani (all vocals) Aparajit Sriram (mridangam) and Rangashree Varadarajan (violin) perform from 12-1pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Jay Gandhi on Bansuri flute and Suryaksha Deshpande on Tabla perform from 11am-12pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Camila Celin on Sarod and Ehren Hanson on Tabla perform from 10-11 am  for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Alif Laila (sitar) and Ehren Hanson (tabla) pefrom from 9-10 am for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Neel Murgai performs with Roshni Thomson on Tabla from 8-9am for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

The incredible Suryaksha Deshpande performs a Tabla solo with Andrew Shantz on Harmonium from 7-8am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.  

Eric Fraser performs on bansuri with Meghashyam Keshav (tabla) from 6-7am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Meghashyam Keshav peforms a tabla solo with Harmonium accompaniment from Andrew Shantz from 5-6am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.

Jim Palmer on Sarod and Shivalik Ghoshal tabla perform from 4-5am on the Ragas Live Festival.