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Sommerfesten 2011

Sommerfesten 2011

We had heard legendary stories about this festival and our business manager, Robert, had hyped it up just enough to get us all excited about it, then came the customary visa related drama, but thanks to the awesome Norwegian embassy in Delhi, that got sorted just in time!

Then Raghu’s work almost cancelled the trip and then the Bombay rains came close to making us miss our flights, but after all that drama, when we finally landed in ‘Alesund’, a small island town a couple of hours north from Oslo, in Norway, it was like we were served a slice of heaven!

Its not unusual, I found out, for people who come to Sommerfesten to go back singing its praises! as you will find us doing. We’ve taken tons of photos and video, but nothing can come close to the feeling of awesomeness that engulfs you when you land in Alesund and Giske, it is a must visit for everyone!

Rhythms of the World

Rhythms of the World

Its not everyday that you get to headline a music festival and certainly not a 30,000 people festival and then to have this said about your performance by the director of the festival

“I wanted to thank you personally & also on behalf of Rhythms of the World for bringing Raghu to the festival.

I know when we booked the headline slot back in November we both had complete faith that this would work but the performance on Saturday exceeded all of my expectations and will stay with me forever. The energy from the stage transferred to the crowd and continued to build throughout the whole performance.

I’ve had an incredible amount of positive feedback with many people saying the performance was the highlight of their festival & know our local record shop has been selling Raghu CD’s over the last couple of days”

Alchemy 2011 – RDP Feat. Bellowhead

Alchemy 2011 – RDP Feat. Bellowhead

To think that the seeds were sown for this idea in a small coffee shop in Bandra over a bowl of the most unhealthy cheesy fries, just makes it that more intriguing!

When Tasneem, from the British Council and I sat and discussed the possibility of a show that would involve live music and dance and was sort of a musical and was sort of a theatre production and was sort of a concert, neither of us knew what we were setting out to do!

A couple of months passed after that meeting and one day I get a call saying Jude Kelly, the big boss at the Southbank Center, London was in India and if Raghu and I could pop over to Mumbai for a meeting. It was a co-incidence that we were playing a show in Bangalore around the same time, and we convinced her to add Bangalore to her itinerary instead and come watch us play and then meet with us!

Alchemy 2011 and More …

Alchemy 2011 and More …

Next week we kick off a collaborative project like nothing we have ever done before. We are headed to London to explore the possibility and eventually bring to life a collaborative project between us, a fantastic English folk band called Bellowhead and the amazing Gauri Sharma Tripathi.

This is a project that will eventually result due to this collaboration is completely up for grabs and we have no idea where this will lead, but we can’t be more excited to be able to kick something like this off!

First things first however, is a performance at the prestigious ‘Southbank Center’ in London on the 15th of April, 2011 and I do hope you have already booked your tickets and have told all your friends to come over for the show! And when you come there, please don’t forget to stop by and say hi!

The American Dream – 1

The American Dream – 1

America had eluded us for the longest time. Raghu’s visa to America was not approved thrice in the past and the most recent attempt was last year.

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