Aki goes to Bollywood
Aki Kumar
Musik / blues
Emneord
Anmeldelser (2)
DownBeat
2018 September
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Frank-John Hadley
2018 September
"Aki Kumar proves to traditionalists that singing in Hindi can co-exist with Chicago blues conventions ... Boosted by top West Coast blues personnel and cross-cultural extras, Kumar proves that the integrity of his music marks the difference between novelty and substance. The best of his three albums".
Living blues
2018 August
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Roger Gatchet
2018 August
"In 2016, Aki Kumar turned heads with Aki Goes to Bollywood, an unprecedented project that fused blues with Bollywood-style Indian pop ... it went on to establish the Mumbai native as one of the most innovative voices of the next generation of blues harmonica players. With Hindi Man Blues, Kumar doubles down on his idiosyncratic enterprise with a fresh set of material drawn from the same dual wells ... describing this breathtaking release as "unique" og "innovative," while accurate, fails to capture the scope of Kumar's vision ... Various iterations of the blues idiom are deeply embedded throughout the album, including the more Bollywwod-centric tracks. Even those who prefer their blues in three chords and 12 bars will find much to love with Hindi Man Blues".