![]() As we approach the finale, Samir LanGus will invoke the ecstatic trance music of Gnawa with a large ensemble of Moroccan and New York musicians, while the Arun Ramamurthy Trio improvise Carnatic music in the context of a jazz trio. ![]() ![]() Late night they’ll be analog synth explorations from Qasim Naqvi, and Kroba, and a tribute to Ali Akbar Khan on his 100th centennial featuring his son Manik Khan on sarod. This year’s festival includes Carnatic superstar Sid Sriram the New York premiere of Parvathy Baul, a leading exponent of the mystical Baul sect of West Bengal Brazilian percussion legend Cyro Baptista and master of the Iraqi maqam, Hamid AlSaadi. The entire event will be broadcast on WKCR- FM, where it began as a 50 musician, in-studio broadcast in 2012. Ragas Live Festival, New York City’s biggest annual music drop, will stage a triumphant return as a 24-hour live event at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works in October.įeatured artists will include: Sid Sriram, Cryo Baptista, Parvathy Baul, Qasim Naqvi, Hamid AlSaadi, Manik Khan, Samir LanGusĪ 24-hour celebration of transcendent, spiritual music, the Ragas Live Festival is rooted in South Asia’s classical music, raga, which is unique in that specific modes are only played at specific times during the day.
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