Season 2
Episodes
Well-being for Artists and Making Music with Chocolate with Vivienne Aerts
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The gentle and compassionate demeanor of Vivienne Aerts will leave you hard-pressed to guess the mammoth stature of her artistic endeavors in the past decade.
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A practicing clinical psychologist in Europe...
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Spearheading Nepal's Jazz-Scene, Imposter Syndrome and Balancing European and South-Asian Work Ethics with Abhisek Bhadra
Kathmandu-bred composer/arranger Abhisek Bhadra left a budding career in what has been looked upon as Central Europe's capital for 'World Music', Rotterdam, to return to Nepal where the call of the heart led him to...
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Frankfurt, Boston, Classical vs Jazz and Understanding Communication Skills with Benno Sattler
With an international touring career that spans 3 continents and 19 countries and a list of collaborators which leaves no room for skepticism over his expertise, Frankfurt-based Benno Sattler has been a strikingly...
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Calcutta Bags, Bombay Journey and Hanging Up Boxing Gloves with Isheeta Chakrvarty
Behind the voice that graces title soundtracks for Bollywood and Amazon blockbusters like Sultan and Mirzapur alike (to name a few), lies the soul of a vulnerable, fragile, bold, and provocative seeker, looking to...
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F for 'Fusion', Growing Up In the Gharana, and a Brief History of Indian Classical Music with Pratik Shrivastava
At home on stage in India and around the world since pre-adolescence, multiple national-award winner Pratik Shrivastava is a rare representative of Indian musicians whose rootedness in the tradition of Indian...
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TCK Dichotomies, Klugscheissing and the Future of Green Entrepreneurship with Daniel Hires
Based in Barcelona after a decade-long stint in Berlin, activist, social entrepreneur, innovation catalyst Daniel Hires was a three-month-old baby when he was adopted from South Korea before he went on to be raised...
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Building the Legacy of Contemporary European Percussion and Integrating Institutionalised Education In The Real World with Stephan Maass
The biography of Stephan Maass reads like the who's who list all contemporary jazz and popular music from the past two decades.
The very unique approaches the Bavarian-bred part-time Viennese musician has adopted...
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Being 'The Voice Of Manipur' With Akhu Chingangbam
Akhu Chingangbam is a musician, activist, scientist, and founding member of the legendary band 'The Imphal Talkies' and Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Manipur's largest 10,000 footprint-strong music festival.Â
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The Anatomy Of A Career As A Music-Producer in 2021 With Lorenz Schimpf aka LO
With 8 million plus streams to his credit, Berlin-based Producer/Musician Lorenz Schimpf aka LO belongs to that rare breed of artists whose out-of-the-box musical approaches transcend the unassumingly unconventional...
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Kai Eckhardt (Pt.2) : 'Demons, Angels and Booty shaking in 9/8
Recorded during the California wildfires of 2020 amidst US pre-election mayhem, in Part 2 of my conversation with my friend and mentor Kai Eckhardt we delve into his entry into the international Jazz-Fusion career as...
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Multiple Lifetimes In One With Kai Eckhardt (Pt 1)
The life of Kai Eckhardt reads like one unbelievable series of multiple lifetimes' worth of experiences squeezed into one so far.
Born 1961 in Mainz, Germany to the Liberian '50 cent Doctor' of a polygamist tribe who...
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