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Jay Edgar on July 21, 2021
Truly a product of Silicon Valley cultural exchange, Aki Kumar is a San Jose-based bluesman fusing the great American tradition with musical influences from his native India. As a singer and harmonica player, Kumar plays classic electric blues with a little bit of ‘50s rock and pop, and throws that in the…
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Kael Austria on July 3, 2019
San Jose has a long and thriving blues tradition, but there’s no one on the scene quite like Aki Kumar. The San Jose denizen has made a name for himself by incorporating Bollywood elements into his Chicago-rooted soul music. “The Only Bombay Blues Man” grew up listening to Bollywood and traditional Indian…
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Wallace Baine on August 1, 2018
Sure, he’s a music industry veteran with tons of connections as well as a record producer who runs his own label. But if you’re looking to Jim Pugh to make you into the next Kanye or Tay Tay, you’re going to be disappointed. He’ll tell you so himself.
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The blues is a beguiling art form. Tangled up in this country’s legacy of slavery and oppression it is first and foremost a folk tradition. It requires no formal training to play and can be sung without instrumental accompaniment. And yet, its simplicity often obscures its power and scope.
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