It is with a sense of dread that I’m posting this, one of my all-time favorite tunes, #PeelMeAGrape. I love it for the melody, I love it for the lyrics, I love it for the space it gives me and I love it because it swings. Really swings. I’ve been singing it for a few […]
Tag: jazz
We Three / My Echo, My Shadow and Me
I love this cute little song. #MyEchoMyShadowandMe also called #WeThree. It was published in 1939 by Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels and Dick Robertson. The next year it was a hit for #FrankSinatra and continued to be successful for many singers. Here I am with Alexandre Vianna who is from Sao Paolo in Brazil, a place […]
An Album By The Vocalist Of The Famous 70’s Indian Rock Band ‘Human Bondage’
April 5, 2020: Priyadarshini Bishnoi, Indian Music Diaries If nothing else, we are all experiencing something frighteningly dystopian at this time. While we rest within the four walls of our houses, nature is busy birthing means of catharsis for mankind. It is in the cacophony of the birds, tingling drops of water, the whoosh of […]
Radha Thomas’ album inspired by Bengaluru
Krupa Joseph, Deccan Herald, March 5, 2020 ‘Bangalore Blues’ has seven songs made in collaboration with pianist Aman Mahajan. Read More
With Love to Bangalore
Ranjani Govind, The Hindu, March 3, 2020 Jazz musician, Radha Thomas, speaks of her album Bangalore Blues, where seven tracks has her take on the city. Bangalore Blues is the latest album by Jazz vocalist and author Radha Thomas who is all set for the release. It all started in 2011 as a Google search […]
Load Shedding
Watch: ‘Load Shedding’ By Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan
19 February 2020 / Amaan Khan Jazz vocalist Radha Thomas and Bangalore-based pianist Aman Mahajan deliver an exercise in simplicity and virtuosity with ‘Load Shedding’, the lead single off their upcoming album ‘Bangalore Blues’, which releases on March 15. Thomas and Mahajan, both of whom have received a significant part of their musical training in America […]
Review of Bangalore Blues by Jazz Square, Russia
Home » Reviews » Published in 2020 02/17/2020 Listen / buy here Let’s start with the banality: musical contacts along the line “West – East” are a two-way street. Another question is that we are better aware of European and American musicians who were attracted, say, by Indian culture – from Yehudi Menuhin to George Harrison, John McLaughlin and so […]
I love living here
On stage, under the spotlight, with an audience in front and a band behind me, that’s where I like living most of all. I discovered this when I was a little kid and would sing for my mom’s friends. Today nothing has changed. That’s still my most favourite place to be. I think i live […]
Vocalese
Listen here. Earlier in the summer, I was in NYC and had two weeks of terrific fun planning and finally recording an album I’ve always wanted to do. Writing lyrics and writing books things I really enjoy doing… not quite as much as singing though if I’m to be honest. Anyhow, I’ve been working on […]
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