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Badal Roy: From Busboy To Jazz Hero
Badal Roy came to New York in 1968 planning to complete a PhD in statistics and wound up inventing the new style of world jazz alongside Miles Davis.
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Ravi Naimpally: Tabla For The Masses
Tabla master Ravi Naimpally tells us how his love for the instrument began early, and how he became a part of his current band, Tasa.
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Karsh Kale: Reinventing Tabla Culture
Drummer, deejay, producer, songwriter, and tabla ace Karsh Kale’s life and music is an expressway to tomorrow.
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Tina Sugandh: Pop Diva Tabla Sensation
Tabla player, singer, and songwriter Tina Sugandh wants to be the girl that ignites the Bollywood explosion in America. On her debut album, Tabla Girl, her unerring musical instincts are showcased on 11 radio-ready gems. She combines American hip-hop, rock, Latin, and pop rhythms with the driving Punjabi thump of bhangra, the intricate tabla cadences of traditional Hindi folk music, and the cinematic sweep of Bollywood pop with its soaring strings, multi-layered percussion, romantic sitars, and enthusiastic background singers, which include her sister, father, and mother. Videos of songs from the album have received thousands of YouTube hits, and the advance single, “Break Me,” shot to #4 on Billboard’s Dance Chart last year — but waiting for the official release date is still wearing on Sugandh’s nerves.
