Music / blues

Aki goes to Bollywood


Reviews (2)


DownBeat

2016 September

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John Hadley

2016 September

"Aki Kumar, a smart Chicago-style harmonica player [...] dovetails Indian pop songs from Bollywood with the rhythms and spirit of the blues ... Most of the time Kumar sings in Hindi, which adds some vindaloo heat".


Living blues

2016 August

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Lee Hildebrand

2016 August

"Musically, the lively soundtracks of Mumbai's Bollywood film industry and the blues of Chicago might even seem planets apart. Somehow, though, Mumbai-bred, San Jose, California-based vocalist and harmonica virtuoso Aki Kumar has combined the two disparate genres in an unforced musical fusion never before attempted and has pulled it off with breathtaking aplomb".