Aman Mahajan and I have been working on the tunes in Bangalore Blues for about 6 or 7 years now. Trying it out in different formats depending on whether we have a quartet a quintet a trio, or this, o0ur favourite format, a duo. A pure piano and voice rendition of our own material, this […]
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Trinkets & Things
Featuring Radha Thomas (Shottam) and Ryo Kawasaki who collaborated from 1977 onwards until about 1979, there were many performances and recordings. This one is particularly interesting.This limited-edition cassette contains four tracks taken from demo tapes and live performances dating back to 1977. Kawasaki explains, “… actually how I got my hands on these were that […]
The Cauliflower Diet
Aditi Rastogi, Woman’s Era, April 19, 2016 “The Cauliflower diet is the new rice, new potato, the new thin” says Chef and author Radha Thomas. Cauliflower is the answer to the prayer of every person on the planet who wants to lose weight, wants to stay healthy. Radha Thomas, the author of ‘The Cauliflower […]
I Only Have Eyes For You – Review by EightOctaves
What do you get when you blend jazz, blues, Indian classical music, Latin music, African rhythms and add a dash of hip-hop? You get the Bangalore based band UNK, one of India’s most versatile bands consisting musicians from various parts of the globe. UNK (The Radha Thomas Ensemble) are – Radha Thomas (Vocals), Aman Mahajan […]
The Radha Thomas Ensemble is truly impressive and unique
Posted 14th May by Michele Wilson-Morris The Radha Thomas Ensemble is truly impressive and unique. UNK is a wonderful album that aims to please and hits the target right in the bull’s eye. On the first track “Call,” Radha has created a melody and vocal style that’s an interesting combination of middle eastern music and soulful jazz. The […]
Spiritual Jazz
By Ayesha Tabassum She’s an author, jazz vocalist, band leader and mother to a 27-year-old – but not in that order. Right now, the irrepressible Radha Thomas is floating in spiritual space because her album I Only Have Eyes For You has been playing across 100 radio stations. Radha, who was trained in Hindustani classical […]
The piano men of Bangalore
Black and white in Bangalore A couple of days ago, Naresh Fernandes, tireless researcher, journalist and author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot (a book that looks back in time at the jazz scene in India) posted a beautiful piece of music in the newly formed online group, ‘JazzInBangalore’ on what else, Facebook. “Group’ used to be […]
BEBOP YOUR WAY TO JAZZ
By Isha Sharma Get ready to jazz it up as this Bangalore-based band performs at a music festival in the city UNK: The Radha Thomas Ensemble, will be performing in the city tomorrow. Formed two and-a-half years back, the band features Matt Littlewood, from the UK, on the saxophone, Aman Mahajan on keyboards, Ramjee Chandran […]
My life will be insipid without…
By Ayesha Tabassum, Bangalore Mirror, 9 Jan 2013 Author Radha Thomas, who recently released her book Men On My Mind, is known for her quick wit and intelligent sense of humour. So when we asked her to pick the books that changed her life, we had a plateful. She says, “Printed books were very important […]
The Smoky Singer
Neha Mujumdar, October 26, 2012, The Hindu, Metro Plus At the recent concert to mark the launch of UNK , a jazz album, I am busy tapping my feet, leaning forward in my seat, smiling to myself in enjoyment. A woman next to me has been staring for some time. I turn and smile, quizzically. […]
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