Aki Kumar's Bollywood Blues
Sat, Jul 05
|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, Aki Kumar is joined by his all-star band for a great night of Bollywood Blues!
Time & Location
Jul 05, 2025, 7:00 PM
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 with the intention of working as a software engineer. Then he discovered the sounds of the blues, and his life changed dramatically.
A masterful harmonica player, soulful vocalist, band-leader, drummer and producer, Kumar is a man of many talents and one of the most prolific artists in the SF Bay Area today. He has successfully blended retro Indian music into his presentation, making for a unique, electrifying, multi-cultural mash-up that sounds like no one else, yet never loses touch with the inspiration it draws from the blues.
A veteran of the San Jose music scene for two decades, Kumar was hailed as "...King of ‘Bollywood blues’ music" by SJ Mercury News (2022) and received the Metro Silicon Valley Gold Award for Best Band (2024).
Kumar's "Little Village" releases "Aki Goes To Bollywood" (2016) and "Hindi Man Blues"…