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Shen 17 days ago
Debapriya-Samanwaya with Shen: Raga Marwa Uploaded by shentabla. - See the latest featured music videos.
Shen 24 days ago
For the last week I've had the pleasure of accompanying outstanding Indian classical vocal/sitar duo Debapriya-Samanwaya for a few concerts around Brisbane. Their performances open with a Dhrupad-style full-length alap-jor, followed by one or two khayal bandishes. Then in the second set some shorter pieces in varied styles such as bandish ki thumri, chaiti, tappa, bhajan, etc. It's always an excellent learning experience for me to accompany touring artists. Deba-Saman are very pure classical artists, inspirational to work with. Thanks guys! Debapriya Adhikary and Samanwaya Sarkar at Byron Headland We saw a mother whale and calf swimming in Byron Bay On Saturday afternoon we gave an Indian classical music workshop at our friend Paul's house, aka Temple of Melodious Sound Home concert in St Lucia Thanks to Rubina and Mervyn for having us! Concert in Mudjimba, Sunshine Coast This event was also a fundraiser for FFL Vrindavan schools for poor ...Shen 24 days ago
I flew back from Japan in time for the Queensland Multicultural Festival, held annually in Roma St Parklands, central Brisbane. For most of the day I hung around the BEMAC Ceremonial Stage - the more traditional, quieter music - although I did venture over to the Lake Stage to see Josh Bennett and Jay Dabgar, and also for my own set with Tibet2Timbuk2, who rocked as usual! :-) Yasodara Sri Lankan Drummers Shruti Abhiram (vocal), Joseph Abhay Nand (harmonium), Arthavan (mridangam) Asim Gorashi and family (Sudan) Indian Turkish Fusion: Vijaya and Menaka Visvanathan collaborating with Feridun Avar; Arthavan on mridangam Saikat Bhattacharya (sitar) with Shen Flindell (tabla) Unfortunately this set was very short - only 25 minutes with very little sound check - and I had to rush away at the end to get to... Tibet2Timbuk2 - Shen, Tenzin, Marcello This was our first show with Marcello since Tenzin and I got back from Japan. We have a great sound ...Shen 33 days ago
Another wonderful musical tour of Japan comes to a close, and perhaps I saved the best for last. (Or someone saved it for me.) Taro Terahara organises a beautiful concert at Japanese tea gardens Gen-Shin-An every October, and I actually played there in 2005. So I was very eagerly awaiting this year's concert, whose main artist was to be Steve Oda, a wonderful sarod player and old student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. It is a rare afternoon concert featuring wonderful musicians in a wonderful setting with a wonderful audience (including many musicians and music students), and such an honour to be part of. Gen-Shin-An - tea-house and gardens in Nishi-Kasai, Tokyo Yuki opened the concert with two mantras, dedicated to Guru, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Shen with Taro Terahara (bansuri) playing Raga Madhuvanti Steve Oda performs autumn raga Hindol-Hem as the sky darkens. Many many people were weeping listening to his music. Such a sublime artist in an inspiring ...Shen 33 days ago
Before and after all my concerts with Tenzin Choegyal (including Sangeet Mela), I also had a few small Indian classical concerts of my own... Just for the record... Wed 23 Sep Komae: Concert with Hide Iwai (sitar) In previous years I've had some fantastic tours of Kyushu with Hide, an old friend from Varanasi. This year he was on his way to India but managed to arrange this little chance to play together. Thanks Hide! (I've got a new camera coming my way soon so hopefully no more blurry photos!) Wed 30 Sep Kamakura: Kirtan with Yuki Taniguchi Yuki has been having weekly nada yoga classes near her place in Kamakura, and she finished this series of classes with a special kirtan session, with guest tabla player Shen. Thanks Yuki-chan! Wed 7 Oct Shibuya: Live with Yoshida Daikiti (sitar) Daikiti-san invited me to play a couple of small shows in the spaces in our schedules, firstly in Okinawan bar Shimabukuro, then the next ...
