Sarathy Korwar – Wednesday, 17th of January 2024:
Sarathy Korwar is a drummer, composer, and producer raised in India and based in London. Korwar has established himself as one of the UK jazz scene’s most original and compelling voices. His music fuses jazz, electronics, Indian folk, and classical influences, focusing on decoloniality, community, race, and transcendence. His latest album, KALAK, is an Indo-futurist manifesto that celebrates a rich South Asian culture of music and literature and urges a cure for historical amnesia. The Guardian placed it at #2 in their Best Global Albums of 2022. In 2023, KALAK won the Songlines award for Best Album (Asia/Pacific).Korwar has toured and collaborated with the likes of Anoushka Shankar, Kamasi Washington, Metropole Orchestra, and Shabaka Hutchings and performed at festivals including North Sea Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Winter Jazz New York, Dekmantel, and many more. His music has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Quietus, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone along with support from NPR, KEXP, BBC Radio 1, Radio 3, and 6 Music.
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