Aki Kumar Bollywood Blues 9.9.23
Sat, Sep 09
|Wild Eye Pub
Hailed as a star among the next generation of West Coast blues artists and versatile in many different styles of roots music, Kumar is equally at ease rocking a Jimmy Reed number in English as he is belting out a signature, swingin' re-interpretation of a Bollywood classic in Hindi.
Time & Location
Sep 09, 2023, 7:00 PM PDT
Wild Eye Pub, 535 Mill St, Grass Valley, CA 95945, USA
About the event
Aki Kumar left his native home in Mumbai, India for the United States as a teenager with the intention of working as a software engineer. Then he discovered the sounds of the blues, and his life changed dramatically.
One of the hardest working artists on the music scene today, this San Jose-based musician has successfully blended elements of Indian music into his musical and visual presentation, making for a multi-cultural mash-up that sounds like no one else, yet never loses touch with the inspiration it draws from the blues. He has made multiple appearances at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, has been featured on CBS KPIX and PRI “The World,” and has toured in India, Australia, Scandinavia and South America.
Kumar's Little Village Foundation releases 'Aki Goes To Bollywood' (2016) and 'Hindi Man Blues' (2018) are considered ground-breaking albums that have garnered international critical acclaim. In 2020, Kumar made…
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Aki Kumar 9.9.23
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