Performances with various formats over the years
By Deepika Ramesh She is an author, jazz artist, trained Dhrupad singer and leader of the Band UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble. Radha Thomas, author of Men On My Mind was in the city to perform at Isai festival. In an interview with DC Radha opens up about managing her band, writing novels and being […]
Sounds of the IndieGround: Bondage, Human Bondage September 10, 2013 It was the late seventies in India, and much like a rolling stone, the rock movement in the country was swiftly gathering momentum. A young teenage girl by the name of Radha Thomas was about to see her wildest fantasy become a reality – little did she […]
Take five… and a lot more The Hindu, December 18, 2012 City musicians tell NEHA MUJUMDAR what Dave Brubeck meant to them BRUBECK’S MUSICComes from a school of improvisation that is clear, melodic and appealingPhoto: AFP It’s one of the enduring curiosities of popular memory that the tune most often associated with Dave Brubeck — […]
22 September, 2012, http://www.epaperoheraldo.in The Radha Thomas ensemble brings jazz bebop Indian flavoured music to Goa from Bangalore By Sandhya Mendonca Doing different things and doing them well is Radha Thomas’s signature tune. I have known this spunky woman for over 15 years and always marvelled at how she can make music, write and develop […]
15 October 2012, turtok.com, Sunshine Bangalore based Band ‘UNK’ is led by Radha Thomas and the band members include Radha Thomas (vocals), album collaborator Aman Mahajan (piano), Matt Littlewood (saxophone), Mishko M’Ba (bass), Ramjee Chandran (guitar) and Suresh Bascara (drums). Radha thomas has performed with most of india’s leading jazz musicians and has three albums to […]
17 October, 2012, Talkmag.in, Prashanth G.N. Diva Radha Thomas, who has just launched her album I Only Have Eyes For You, sees quite a bit of New York in Bangalore, but the road jams are a dampener To be an ‘outsider’ and still be appreciated in the home of jazz is no mean achievement. But […]
Jazz Mine, Mumbai 2002 Hopefully, the Indian Jazz Yatra will set a precedent. From Friday to Sunday, an array of bands hopped on to the Rang Bhavan stage, and treated the crowd to some enjoyable jazz. It was the first time that an all-Indian yatra was held, and going by its sheer purpose and spirit, […]
Back in 1974 when there were no cellphones, barely any computers, lots of live music and gigs that went on for 6 months at a stretch, we played at a place called The Wheels in Ambassador Hotel in Delhi. ‘We’ was Human Bondage, a rock band that is still remembered with fondness and nostalgia by […]
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