7th October 2018 at Golden Gate Park (Porch Stage), San Francisco, CA.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (free annual festival),
www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2018/.
Country: Norway (United State resident). Style: "Bollywood Blues".
Lineup: Akarsha "Aki" Kumar (v/harmonica), Christoffer "Kid" Andersen (g/sitar/bass g), Rome Yamilov (g), Jim Pugh (keyboard), Vance Ehlers (b), June Core (d).
Aki Kumar was born in Mumbai, moved to the USA aged 18 abd now lives in San Jose. He discovered Chicago-style Blues and started playing in clubs in the evenings while working as a software engineer. Then in 2013 and in his early thirites he was laid off by Adobe, and made music in career. . His "Bollywood Blues" project with other Bay Area musicians mixes Blues with elements of his Indian heritage. Some songs in Hindi written by Bollywood composers, some use of traditional Indian instruments and his stage costume.
In this photo: Andersen plays a 1958 Gibson ES-175 guitar.
More information:
www.akigoestobollywood.com/home,
www.facebook.com/akikumar.
