This past fall, I made a quick trip down to the USA to accompany dhrupad singers Branan Dubh and Payton MacDonald, both disciples of the renowned Gundecha Brothers. I joined them on their New World Dhrupad Tour, which was…
Nov 12 2015
Announcing the Summer Tabla Workshop Scholarship 2016!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that for the second year in a row, a scholarship is available for this year's annual summer tabla workshop! Thanks to a generous donor, the scholarship will cover the $300 tuition fee for…
Nov 1 2015
New Video - Les arbres célestes @ the Shastra Festival
This past April, I had the great pleasure to perform in the inaugural Shastra Festival at le Poisson Rouge in New York City. The festival is now releasing videos of the day's activities, and my performance of Bruno Paquet's Les…
Aug 24 2015
The Benares Baaj Story
The Benares Baaj Story is an archival project by the Pandit Ram Sahai Sangit Vidyalaya (PRSSV), documenting the history of the Benares gharana (the style of tabla playing that I learned to play). Founded in London in 1987 by my…
Aug 19 2015
New Release: Raga Charukeshi!
I'm excited to announce the upcoming release of my new album with longtime collaborator, santoor maestro Jonathan Voyer! Following up on our debut album, Shanta, September 15 will mark the release of our second album, Raga Charukeshi. Charukeshi…
Aug 17 2015
Annual Summer Tabla Workshop 2015
This was the fifth year of my annual summer tabla workshop. Wow! My goal is to continue the tradition of annual workshops begun by my Guru, Pandit Sharda Sahai-ji. He taught 26 annual summer workshops between 1979 and 2008…
Aug 15 2015
Very Long Cat @ ICLC 2015
This past year, I have been working on a new duo project, Very Long Cat, with Hamilton-based multimedia artist David Ogborn. We had previously collaborated with his Cybernetic Orchestra, and enjoyed the process so much that we decided to…
Aug 4 2015
Inspiring Collaboration at the Music Gallery
This past May 16, I had the great pleasure to perform at the Music Gallery in Toronto for what was billed as their last "world music" concert. I was in residence in Toronto for a few days prior to…
Jul 31 2015
Feeling the Resonance
As today is Guru Purnima, this day where we celebrate and thank our gurus, our teachers, for all that they have shared with us, I thought that it would be fitting to talk about Guruji's new album, called Resonance (…
Apr 28 2015
Announcing the Summer Tabla Workshop Scholarship
It gives me great pleasure to announce that a scholarship is now available for this year's annual summer tabla workshop! The scholarship will cover the $300 tuition fee for one lucky student, who might not normally have been able to…
Feb 27 2015
Of Sound, Mind and Body + Gabriel Dharmoo
This past January 25, I played a concert with improv ensemble Of Sound, Mind and Body at the Gesu in downtown Montreal, as part of the Le Vivier season. OSMB is Tim Brady on electric guitar, Helmut Lipsky on violin…
Feb 24 2015
New duo - Very Long Cat!
I'm happy to announce a new musical collaboration with Hamilton-based multimedia artist, David Ogborn - Very Long Cat! The duo rehearses over the internet, with the use of special software that synchronises our performance. The music is improv-based, and…