The critically acclaimed group LAL from Canada are coming to perform in Kolkata this Saturday the 21st of January 2012 at the special poolside stage of the AlterSpace launch event. Formed in 1998 by the dynamic duo of poet, singer & Bengali-rooted Rosina Kazi, producer, sound designer, philosopher, aphorismist and Barbados-born king of chill, Murr, [...]

Since 2009 the SPARK PARK STREET CARNIVAL has been setting the Kolkata’s entertainment street alight with a multitude of colours, rhythms and flavors. As a Heritage and Climate conscious event, the Festival is organized by the non-profit organization Society for Park Street Rejuvenation – Kolkata supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal. [...]

Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation Presents SOUL SUFIANA 6:30 PM onwards on Friday 16th December 2011 at Mohar Kunj, Kolkata. with “BAHOK” BAHOK is comprised of Anusheh Anadil’s unique musical associations. These musicians from around the world will perform Anusheh’s own compositions, as well as baul songs by Lalon Shai and other mystic poets. Bahok’s [...]

H.E. Mr.Jean-Louis Rysto, Consul General of France and the Alliance française du Bengale present Slow Joe and the Ginger Accident Live at the Dalhousie Institute on Wednesday 7th December, 2011 at 8:30pm. Slow Joe and the Ginger Accident is the encounter of an old street singer known by the Times of India as “Cinderella Man” [...]

CDR is a burntprogress project, the bedrock for aspiring and established producers to submit their current works in progress which are then play-listed and heard on a great sound system on that same night. An opportunity for like-minded artists to meet and exchange feedback/ideas and tracks, in turn assisting the development of electronic artists and [...]

Congo Square and DI present the 8th annual JazzFest on 25th, 26th and 27th November 2011. Venue: Dalhousie Institute 42 Jhowtolla Road Kolkata 70019 India Friday 25th November Los Amigos – Latin Jazz Monojit Datta (India) – Congas Pradyumna Singh Manot (India) – Piano Premjit Dutta (India) – Timbales Sarthok Chakraborty (India) – Bass Warren [...]

Eristoff presents Ankytrixx and Contra Frequency at Tantra, Kolkata as part of Bacardi NH7 Weekender! The Eristoff Wolves Den sees performances by some of the most cutting-edge electronica-driven artists from across the world. Catch Ankytrixx and Contra Frequency at our pre-party as part of Bacardi NH7 Weekender! Ankytrixx He is a voyager of deep emotive [...]

Bacardi Superior presents Bay Beat Collective and B.R.E.E.D at Roxy, Kolkata as part of Bacardi NH7 Weekender! Bay Beat Collective (BBC) The Mumbai-based BBC (Bay Beat Collective) formed in response to the abundance of standard-issue electronica so commonly heard in clubs and bars across the country is primarily a DJ collective consisting of Kris Correya [...]

“ICONS” – a solo show of mixed-media works by Viraag Desai, will be on display at the Taj Bengal Promenade Lounge from 26th September to 2nd October 2011, daily between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Viraag Desai was born in Kolkata in 1986, and this remained his place of residence till he left to do [...]

Saturday 24 September 2011 dUb with Yidam & Soumya Yidam spins new sounds from the dub underground with a mashup of Sufi, Reggae, Dubstep, Drum&Bass and Glitch Hop music. Percussionist Soumya Shankar Roy performs live on the pakhawaj, tablas and congas as they voodoo together and create a cheeky electro-organic hybrid mutant. 9:00 pm onwards [...]

Alliance Francaise du Bengale cordially invites you to a classical-jazz concert by the talented French musician duo: LE CHARTIER – MOQADEM on 16th September 2011, 8:00pm @ The Tollygunge Club. ERIC LE CHARTIER, TROMBONE Born in 1978 in Northwestern France, he studied there musical analysis and writing. He then went further with the same studies [...]

SOHO MOJO SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 2011: Thursday 8th September LAID BACK (Acoustic Blues – Darjeeling) LIM & THE HELLHOUNDS (Rock/Blues/Country) Thursday 15th September KENDRAKA TRIO (Traditional Jazz) featuring Anita Basu Mallick [club rules apply : call +91 9903921493 for details]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 31st August 2011 at 8:30 pm with KENDRAKA performing traditional Jazz covers by: Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis & Charles Mingus Performing musicians: Mainak “Bumpy’ Nag Chgowdhury- Contra bass guitar Bodhisattwa Ghosh- Guitars Jivraj Satya Singh- Drums About Soho Mojo: Soho Mojo features the best of Kolkata’s live music in [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 24th August 2011 at 8:30 pm presenting THE LATIN FIESTA with India’s premier Latin Jazz and Salsa Ensemble: LOS AMIGOS About the band: Los Amigos was formed in 2006 by Monojit Datta and Pradyumna Singh Manot and is India’s premier Latin Jazz group. The band consists of Monojit Datta (congas), Pradyumna [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 17th August 2011 at 8:30 pm presenting the experimental singer songwriter: TL MAZUMDAR [Germany] with AMYT DATTA MONOJIT DATTA and JIVRAJ SINGH About the show: “…beautifully crafted and produced…a major talent.” This was Jack Douglas’s (legendary producer for the likes of John Lennon, The Who, Aerosmith and Miles Davis among others) [...]

Muziq – Arts for Change Venue: Vidya Mandir (1 Moira St, Kolkata 17) Date: 12th August 2011 Time: 5:00 PM Ticket price : Rs. 120/- Funds raised through ticket sales go to support the charity ‘ Kalyania’ (http://www.kalyania.org). For pass reservations contact: Rohit : +91-9831 964 445 Farhan : +91-9432 588 633 About Muzig Muzig [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 10th August 2011 at 8:30 pm presenting ✿ The Baker Street Irregulars ✿ with an opening performance by: ✿ Ifs and Buts ✿   About Soho Mojo: Soho Mojo features the best of Kolkata’s live music in a setting that showcases our vibrant community. We combine the hospitality of private event, [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 3 August 2011 ~ at 8:00 pm ~ presenting ✿ Paola Micieli & Azaan Khan ✿ with an opening performance by: ✿ The Monkberries ✿ Biographies: Paola Micieli & Azaan Khan Paola Micieli of Italy has been a rock singer since the first years of her career & has studied music [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 27 July 2011 ~ at 8:00 pm ~ presenting ✿ RILA BANERJEE & FRIENDS ✿ with: Nondon Bagchi on Drums Sumith Ramachandran on Guitars Mainak “Bumpy” Nag Chowdhury on Bass Dominick Saldhana on Keys & Rila Banerjee on Vocals also featuring: Ben Westley on Vocals followed by India’s premier Latin Jazz [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 20 July 2011 ~ at 8:30 pm ~ with ✿ FRIENDS OF FUSION ✿ performing heritage Indian music in the sound of today and ✿ FIDDLER’S GREEN ✿ with their distinctive world-folk set ranging from Bluegrass to Afro and Celtic music   About Soho Mojo: Soho Mojo features the best of [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 13 July 2011 ~ at 8:00 pm ~ with The Srinjay Banerjee Quartet’s REGGAE/FUNK/JAZZ performance as ✿ SBQ DUB CLUB ✿ ♬ SRINJAY BANERJEE on Guitars ♬ SHOVON MUKHERJEE on Bass ♬ NILANJAN GHOSH on Tabla ♬ SABASTIAN HAIDUTSCHEK on Drums Featuring: ♬ ANUBRATA BASU on Vocals About Soho Mojo: Soho [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 6 July 2011 ~ at 8:00 pm ~ with BBC award winning percussionist Abhishik Basu’s ISM presenting their live psychedelic fusion performance: DANCE FOR THE PHARAOH featuring: ABHISHEK BASU (TABLA, PAKHAAJ TABLA, HANDSONIC, KAHON, DARBUKKA, DJEMBE, KANJIRA, KONNAKOL, COMPOSITIONS) INDRADEEP GHOSH (CLASSICAL VIOLIN) JOY BHATTACHARYA (DRUMS) SAYANTAN BHAWMICK (INDIAN CLASSICAL & [...]

LIVE IN CONCERT with the Thracian Quartet on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata – 7:30 pm Sunday, July 3, 2011 at Vidya Mandir, 1 Moira Street, Kolkata – 7:30 pm PERFORMING ARTISTS: Denis Azabazic on Guitar Eugenia Moliner on Flute Soumyajyoti Ghosh on Basuri Arif Khan on Tabla [...]

The American Center Kolkata presents: The Yale Whiffenpoofs on Thursday 30 June 2011, 6:30 pm at The American Center (38A Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700 071) The Yale Whiffenpoofs Every year, 14 senior Yale men are selected to be in the Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest and best-known collegiate acappella group. Founded in 1909, the [...]

SOHO MOJO on Wednesday 29 June 2011 ~ at 8:00 pm ~ featuring the internationally acclaimed Latin Jazz Ensemble Los Amigos In Dawn by Los Amigos Thank You For Being There by Los Amigos About Soho Mojo: Soho Mojo features the best of Kolkata’s live music in a setting that showcases our vibrant community. We [...]

Shanti Jatra Organic Festival Nepal – Oct 11,12,13 – 2011 http://www.shantijatraorganicfestival.com After 2 years Shanti Jatra is proud to announce its first promotional tour in India. Beat the heat on the 26th with the futuristic rhythm of BRAINIAC, Solar Tec Recs, Germany. ELECTRIC RAIN DANCE is a presentation of  SPLASH,  SWISSOTEL KOLKATA in association with [...]

LIVE IN CONCERT with Cavatina Duo on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Kala Kunj. 48, Shakespeare Sarani., Kolkata – 7:30 pm PERFORMING ARTISTS: Eugenia Moliner (Spain) on flute Denis Azabagic (Bosnia) on guitar BIOGRAPHY: After wining the “Young Musicians of the Doelen” competition in Rotterdam (Netherlands) in 1996, their powerful and versatile performances have captivated [...]

LIVE IN CONCERT with Underground Authority on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Vidya Mandir. 1, Moira Street, Kolkata – 7:30 pm PERFORMING ARTISTS: UNDERGROUND AUTHORITY: Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer (aka – EPR): Poetry/Rap. Adil Rashid: Guitars and Backing. Kuntal De: Guitars, Effects and Backing. Soumyadeep Bhattacharya(aka – Bubbla): Bass and Backing. Sourish Kumar: Drums and Backing. [...]

Consul General of France & Alliance Française du Bengale present BETTY ARGO IN CONCERT on Tuesday 14 June 2011 at CHROME HOTEL, KOLKATA. Chrome Hotel Banquet Hall – 8 pm ________________________________________ BETTY ARGO Arnaud Cabibel – keyboards Lena Roucaute – vocals Samuel Strouk – bass / guitars Jérémie Pontier – drums In 2009, Lena and [...]

TEJAS announces a solo show of twelve exclusive works by artist Tanay Kr Paul. Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, Kolkata 700019. Ph:+91-9830049825. From Saturday 12th June to 26th June, 12.30 to 7.30 daily except Sundays. ARTIST & SHOW DETAILS A recent graduate from the College of Visual Arts, Tanay Kumar Paul has developed a unique [...]

LIVE IN CONCERT with Violin Brothers on Saturday, June 04, 2011 at Vidya Mandir, 1 Moira Street, Kolkata – 7:30 pm Sunday, June 05, 2011 at Calcutta School of Music, 6B Sunny Park, Kolkata – 7:30 pm PERFORMING ARTISTS: Debsankar Jyotisankar BIOGRAPHY: Born in a family of Classical musicians in Kolkata, the Violin Brothers, Debsankar [...]

Ed DeGenaro Group LIVE AT SOMEPLACE ELSE on Saturday, May 07, 2011. 8 pm onwards FEATURING: Ed DeGenaro – guitars Natalie John – vocals Steve Zerlin – bass Lyndon Rochelle – drums BIOGRAPHIES: Ed DeGenaro Edward DeGenaro is a fusion guitarist whose unique mix of bebop and metal sounds, along with a whole lot of [...]

Ed DeGenaro Group INTERACTIVE SESSIONS on Friday, May 06, 2011 at Vidya Mandir, 1 Moira Street, Kolkata – 7:30 pm LIVE IN CONCERT on Sunday, May 08, 2011 at Vidya Mandir, 1 Moira Street, Kolkata – 7:30 pm PERFORMING ARTISTS: Ed DeGenaro – guitars Natalie John – vocals Steve Zerlin – bass Lyndon Rochelle – [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 2 May 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards STELLA ♫ Tajdar Junaid – Guitars ♫ Deboprotim Baksi – Drums ♫ Shovon Mukherjee – Bass ♫ Rajiv Suman – Vocals BABUBAND BLUE ♫ Babu Adil – Guitars ♫ Babu Bubbla – Bass ♫ Babu Tutul – Drums ♫ [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 18 April 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards   THE CARLTON KITTO ENSEMBLE The transition from Swing to Bop happened in the late 30s (38 – 39) by a young guitar genius Charlie Christian who died at the age of 22. This however was taken up by [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 11 April 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ KENDRAKA featuring Seth Blumberg Kendraka, all geared up for their Swiss-Slovanian tour in July, take the stage to perform selected album material and new compositions. They’ll be joined by Seth Blumberg from Jazmin. with…  MAINAK ‘BUMPY’ NAGCHOWDHURY  ON   [...]

Consul General of France & Alliance Francaise du Bengale present LES BOUKAKES EN CONCERT on Tuesday 5 April at THE HYATT REGENCY, KOLKATA. Regency Ballroom Lawn – 8 pm _________________________________________ LES BOUKAKES << Oriental Rock >> The Exile gave birth to the “Boukake”… Since the creation in 1998, the adventure of the band LES BOUKAKES [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 4 April 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ THE ACID JAZZ SOCIETY with… PRADYUMNA  SINGH  MANOT  ON   KEYS MAINAK ‘BUMPY’ NAGCHOWDHURY  ON   BASS BODHISATTWA GHOSH  ON   ELECTRIC GUITAR JONATHAN KAY  ON   SAXOPHONE ANDREW KAY  ON   SAXOPHONE JIVRAJ SINGH  ON   DRUMS ____________________________________________ (Pub rules apply) Infolines : [...]

TEJAS GALLERY – KOLKATA YEAR-END SALE http://tejasgallery.com/ Tejas Gallery is pleased to announce its year-end sale of paintings, woodcuts, stone and metal sculptures, ‘patachitras’, prints and mixed media works by various artists. 200 artworks will be on display and sale from Monday 4th April to Saturday 16th April only. Prices start at Rs. 450.00 Tejas [...]

presents BANDISH FUSION LIVE IN CONCERT on Saturday, April 02, 2011 at Gyan Manch – 7:30 pm Saturday, April 09, 2011 at Calcutta School of Music – 7:30 pm Live In Concert is a unique project presented with the generous support of the Siddha Group, to rekindle the Indian tradition and culture of serious listening [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 28 March 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ MELTING POT with… ♫ Mike McCormick (Canada) on Electric Guitar ♫ Nishad Pandey (Australia/India) on Nylon String Guitar ♫ Mainak “Bumpy” Nagchowdhury on Contra Bass Guitar ♫ Sambit Chatterjee on Drums ____________________________________________ BIOGRAPHIES Mike McCormick Mike McCormick was [...]

Splash presents Sunset Sessions Volume 2 featuring DJ Nick (Shivlink Records) NICK aka Manish Arora, is one of the few new age Indian musicians to have touched the epitome of EDM and are around to share the great vibes with their audiences. Performing across the globe, enthralling audiences the world over NICK has been an [...]

Sunday 27 March 2011 Dalhousie Institute, Kolkata 8pm onwards LIVE@DI with ♫ Mike McCormick (Canada) on Electric Guitar ♫ Nishad Pandey (Australia/India) on Nylon String Guitar BIOGRAPHIES Mike McCormick Mike McCormick was a late blooming musician, only picking up the guitar in high school, where his musical interests rapidly grew from rock to jazz. After [...]

The launch of India’s first book on electronic music on 25 March 2011 at Max Mueller Bhavan 6:30 PM onwards Featuring a live electronic session with: Audio Pervert Ankit Gandhi Lall Jivraj Singh Yidam HUB – India’s first & only book on electronic music Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Music Gets Me High & Samrat B. [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 21 March 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ LOS AMIGOS, India’s premier Latin Jazz quartet made its international debut at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta on the 4th of March, 2011.  It was followed by another performance at the same festival on the 6th of [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 14 March 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards   THE CARLTON KITTO ENSEMBLE The transition from Swing to Bop happened in the late 30s (38 – 39) by a young guitar genius Charlie Christian who died at the age of 22. This however was taken up by [...]

To felicitate living legend Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra Siddha presents Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya’s Trinity of Guitars in AVTAAR – A MEETING OF CELESTIAL STRINGS LIVEINCONCERT on Friday, March 11, 2011 at G.D.Birla Sabhaghar – 7pm Saturday, March 12, 2011 at ICCR – 7pm Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Calcutta School of Music – 7pm Avtaar [...]

Siddha presents Nutavut & 4on6 LIVEINCONCERT on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) – Rabindranath Tagore Centre 9A, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata – 700071   Nutavut Ratanakarn An international classical guitarist in Thailand, Nutavut Ratanakarn has been giving concerts, and master classes in Austria, Bhutan, Croatia, England, India, Italy,Israel, Japan, [...]

Siddha presents Nutavut Ratanakarn (Thailand) LIVEINCONCERT on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Future Hope School (1/8 Rowland Road, Kolkata) – 6:30 pm Nutavut Ratanakarn http://www.nutavut.com/ ______________________________________ Hosted by the Calcutta Classical Guitar Society Produced by Littlei Infoline: 9748195596 (Murshed – Littlei)

@ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards TRIBUTE TO MILES DAVES – Electric Miles (1968–75) Featuring ♫ MATTHIAS MULLER on Guitars Matthias is a graduate of the College of Music at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, and studied classical and jazz guitar as well as composition and arranging at the Munich Guitar Institute and the Grove School [...]

5 March 2011 @ Calcutta School of Music 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm ______________________________________________________________ Siddha presents… The 4on6 Guitar Quartet featuring: Matthias Muller (Germany) Matthias is a graduate of the College of Music at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, and studied classical and jazz guitar as well as composition and arranging at the Munich Guitar Institute and the Grove [...]

Rodney Branigan – Live in Concert – Kolkata Wednesday 2 March – Calcutta School of Music Thursday 3 March – Weavers Studio – Center for the Arts. Friday 4 March – 27 Ballygunge Park – Shaadibari on the same road as Haldirams exit gate. Material: This artist calls his music “progressive folk fusion,” but that [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 28 February 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ KENDRAKA Kendraka is the Sanskrit word for a nucleus – the nucleus of creation of the nascent mind , of Mainak “Bumpy” Nag Chowdhury who willingly traverse beyond the boundaries of space, time and genre. It’s the spontaneous, [...]

Splash presents Sunset Sessions Volume 1 featuring DJ Pradeep Maharana One of Kolkata’s finest DJ exports returns to the city after several years of immersion in the Mumbai electronic circuit. Expect a selection of the freshest tech house, progressive trance and techno music skillfully weaved by one of the veterans of the club music scene… [...]

26 February 2011 @ Gyan Manch Auditorium, Kolkata 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ______________________________________________________________ Siddha presents… The 4on6 Guitar Quartet featuring: Matthias Muller (Germany) Matthias is a graduate of the College of Music at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, and studied classical and jazz guitar as well as composition and arranging at the Munich Guitar Institute and the Grove [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 21 February 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ THE INDO-CANADIAN JAZZ ENSEMBLE Featuring the world renowned: ♫ Alastair Kay on Trombone with ♫ Jonathan Kay ON Saxophone ♫ Andrew Kay ON Saxophone ♫ Pradyumna ‘Paddy’ Monot ON Keys ♫ Mainak ‘Bumpy’ Nag Chowdhury ON Bass ♫ [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 14 February 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ Latin Love with LOS AMIGOS ♫ Monojit Dutta on Congas ♫ Premjit Dutta on Timbales ♫ Shovon Mukherjee on Bass ♫ Pradyumna ‘Paddy’ Manot on Keys ______________________________________________________________ (Pub rules apply) Infolines : 033-40049000 (Someplace Else) 9748195596 (Murshed – [...]

Siddha present 4on6 and The Soundsystem – Live in concert in association with Calcutta Classical Guitar Society and Alliance Française du Bengale produced by Littlei Date: Friday 11 Feb 2011 Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Venue: Future Hope School, 8 Rowland Road. Kolkata.

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 7 February 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:30 pm onwards ____________________________________________ THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO A not so straight-ahead trio that blends in sounds across space and time into a heady improvisatory concoction. Twisted guitar lines interweaving with sub-sonic frequencies which cannonball into kinky space-funk mysteriously morphing into spiritual [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 31 January 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ THE CARLTON KITTO ENSEMBLE The transition from Swing to Bop happened in the late 30s (38 – 39) by a young guitar genius Charlie Christian who died at the age of 22. This however was taken up by [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 24 January 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 9:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ KENDRAKA Kendraka is the Sanaskrit word for a nucleus – the nucleus of creation of the nascent mind , of Mainak “Bumpy” Nag Chowdhury who willingly traverse beyond the boundaries of space, time and genre. It’s the spontaneous, [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES 17 January 2011 @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata 8:00 pm onwards ____________________________________________ FINGERPRINTS We are what our fingers are, it is our fingers that make us unique, and it is our fingers that turn music into pure magic. Fingers pull at the strings of the guitars, fingers make the skin [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES presents… BABUBAND BLUE followed by STELLA on Monday 10th Jan 2011 8pm onwards @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata Lineup: BabuBand Blue Featuring: Adil Rashid – Guitars Soumyadeep Bhattacharya – Bass Jay Bhattacharya – Drums Babu Rajarshi – Piano, Guitar, Vocals STELLA Featuring: Rohan Ganguli – Guitars Junaid Tajdar – Guitars [...]

SPARK PARK STREET CARNIVAL 25/26/27 December 2010 Since 2009 the PARK STREET CARNIVAL has been setting the Kolkata’s entertainment street alight with a multitude of colours, rhythms and flavors. As a Heritage and Climate conscious event, the Festival is organized by the non-profit organization The Society for Park Street Rejuvenation-Kolkata in association with Nivea, LG, [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES presents… THE ACID JAZZ SOCIETY on Monday 20 December 2010, 8PM onwards at Somplace Else, The Park, Kolkata. Featuring: PRADYUMNA ‘PADDY’ MANOT on Keys AVINASH CHORDIA on Drums MAINAK ‘BUMPY’ NAG CHOWDHURY on Bass & Compositions BODHISATTWA GHOSH on Guitars http://littlei.in/

FNL FINALE with PINKNOISE and The Monkey In Me 17 December 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM THE MONKEY IN ME Exploring new sections of the mind forest — one kick drum stomp at a time! This is organic music which comes from the outer rim of our [...]

FNL with BASSFoundation 10 December 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 12:00 am BASSFoundation is a collective of DJs, producers and MCs promoting Drum & Bass, Dubstep and other bass-heavy dance music in Delhi and India. Back in early 2009, Maarten Klein, Ed ‘Praxis’ Anderson, and Delhi Sultanate begain a [...]

MONDAY JAZZ MONDAY BLUES presents… KENDRAKA QUARTET (INDIA) followed by THREE-ON-A-SWING AND THREE CANADIANS (INDIA-CANADA) on Monday 6th Dec 2010 8pm onwards @ SOMEPLACE ELSE, The Park, Kolkata

FNL with SPACE and BABUBAND BLUE 3 December 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM SPACE brings together a melange of Indian roots-classical & folk with alternative beats & electronic sounds. Making music in 7 languages… SPACE are Tritha and Ritika featuring a special guest artist – Monojit Dutta. [...]

FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2010 9:30 pm – 10:45 pm ALEX STUART QUARTET … Featuring: Guitar: Alex Stuart Tenor Saxophone: Guillaume Perret Drums: Yoann Serra Bass: Munir Hossn 10:45 pm – 12:00 am FLYING CATS : This seasoned, international trio plays mostly original, contemporary jazz. The musicians have been performing all over the world, in many [...]

Dates: Wednesday 24 November 2010 – Saturday 27 November 2010. 6:00 pm onwards. Venue: Dalhousie Institute 42 Jhowtolla Road. Opp Ice Skating Rink. Kolkata (Calcutta), India Schedule: – Wednesday 24 November 2010 – 6:30 PM: Kendraka (India) 8:00 PM: Yapa (France) – Thursday 25 November 2010 – 6:30 PM: Alex Stuart Quartet (Australia) 8:00 PM: [...]

FNL METAL EDITION * PEACE * LOVE * METAL * * 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm – NOT YET DECIDED (ALT METAL) * 7:30 pm to 8:15 pm – CHRONIC XORN (METAL CORE) * 8:15 pm to 9:00 pm – WHAT ESCAPES ME (METAL CORE) …* 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm – YONSAMPLE (PROGRESSIVE METAL [...]

“ART OF THE SMALL” (Ref: Star Wars) Art of the Small was a radical Jedi Force technique, wherein the Jedi, by narrowing their focus, could essentially shrink their presence to a microscopic size, using The Force to change things at a microscopic, molecular level. A group of artists at Tejas have extracted the essence of [...]

FNL with STELLA, THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO & GUNZOOLOO 12 November 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm STELLA debuts at FNL with their 4 piece setup and their mix of blues and southern rock sentiments echoing the vibrations of Miles Davis and the Allman Brothers. 10:00 pm – [...]

FNL Diwali Special with ISM and FINGERPRINTS 5 November 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm World music project “ISM” by percussionist Abhishek Basu Featuring: Indradeep Ghosh – Violin Ishaan Ghosh – Drums Indrajit Dey – Keyboard Sankha Subhra Ghosh – Bass 10:30 pm – 12:00 am FINGERPRINTS weaves [...]

ROCK YOUR NOVEMBER 3 November 2010 @ Trincas, Park Street, Kolkata 6:30 pm onwards featuring Cactus, Cynical Recess, Deenga and Frosty Lemons CACTUS Did we choose the time or did time choose us? In the early nineties, the average Bengali youth was restless with the farcical social – political system, the apprehensions of globalization and [...]

FNL with 97 WEST and LOS AMIGOS 29 October 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm 97 WEST presents their unique sound morphing intercontinental melodies in the context of Jazz Fusion. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am LOS AMIGOS take the stage to once again establish their status as the [...]

FNL with GUNZOOLOO and MENTAL MARTIANS 22 October 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm GUNZOOLOO – The trio performs their original set comprising strange bass tones, unexplored drum beats and weird guitar solos. 10:00 pm – 12:00 am MENTAL MARTIANS – The Mumbai based bass trio brings a [...]

FNL with PURPLE ASPARAGUS, The P.a.g.E, TURNKEY & DUBSEX 15 October 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 09:45 pm PURPLE ASPARAGUS debuts with their clean, fun, feel-good rock. 9:45 pm – 10:30 pm The P.a.g.E presents a scintillating performance and crazy antics to bring out the punk in you! 10:30 [...]

FNL BAUL SPECIAL with STRANGE FACTORY and BOLEPUR BLUEZ 8 October 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm STRANGE FACTORY presents an urbanized take on the folk sound of Bengal and a gathering of eclectic musical minds. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am BOLEPUR BLUEZ showcases the magic of Baul [...]

U-Recken (Israel) at Tantra, Kolkata. 8:00 PM on Wednesday 06 October 2010. Decor by Org (http://orgonline.org/) Visuals by Mandrake & Yidam After stomping in festivals all over the world U-RECKEN finally comes to KOLKATA… A dedicated artist ‘U-Recken’ has managed through the years to capture the essence of music with structures, stories and melodies that [...]

FNL with PROJECT NOVA and ORIENT EXPRESS 1 October 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm Babuband’s PROJECT NOVA plays electric and acoustic sets of originals and standards in their own inimitable style 10:30 pm – 12:00 am Kolkata’s foremost Latin set-up ORIENT EXPRESS presents their signature sound. Free [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Schedule: Mondays in October 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM 4 OCTOBER 2010 THE BOBUCH TRIO with ♫ MAINAK ‘BUMPY’ NAG CHOWDHURY on Bass ♫ BODHISATTWA GHOSH on Guitars ♫ CHANDRADEEP GOSWAMI on Drums 11 OCTOBER 2010 THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO with ♫ SRINJAY BANERJEE on Guitars [...]

FNL with FRIENDS OF FUSION and FINGERPRINTS 24 September 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm FRIENDS OF FUSION present their distinct sound that blends jazz-rock fusion & blues ballads with Indian folk music. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am The progressive fusion ensemble FINGERPRINTS take the stage with their [...]

FNL with KAIVALYAA, WAJUD and THE COLORS 17 September 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm KAIVALYAA goes live with their sound of progressive Indian Rock. 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm WAJUD presents “the road to existence”, the alternative side of Indie Rock. 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm THE [...]

FNL with The P.a.g.E, NYD and CYNICAL RECESS 10 September 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm The P.a.g.E presents their scintillating sound and crazy antics to bring out the Punk in you! 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm NOT YET DECIDED blends Nu/Alternative Metal, Modern Rock, Post-Grunge and some [...]

FNL with LOS AMIGOS and THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO 3 September 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm LOS AMIGOS: “Words are useless to describe the infectious beats and beautiful melodies of latin jazz” 10:30 pm – 12:00 am THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO blends in both contemporary and roots [...]

FNL with ORIENT EXPRESS and BABUBAND’S PROJECT NOVA 27 August 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm BABUBAND’S PROJECT NOVA plays originals, covers and standards in their own inimitable style. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am ORIENT EXPRESS. India’s first authentic Latin band makes you dance all night. Free Entry, [...]

FNL with FIVE LITTLE INDIANS and BASSFOUNDATION 20 August 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm FIVE LITTLE INDIANS return to stage! Hailed as one of India’s top rock acts, FLI presents an all new set of tunes. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am BASS FOUNDATION – Delhi’s loudest and [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures into the past to revive one of the cities [...]

FNL 1 YEAR EDITION with 5 Massive Acts 13 August 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata [8:30 PM - 9:15 PM] GRAVY THEORY presents a dance drama alternativesque circus on the go. [9:15 PM - 10:00 PM] UNDERGROUND AUTHORITY expresses poetic aggression/protest channelised through their music. [10:00 PM - 10:45 PM] SAFIRE serves [...]

FNL with 97 WEST and PINKNOISE presenting BAND*AS*SAMPLER 6 August 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm The avant-garde outfit 97 WEST debuts at FNL with their cross-cultural experimental sound. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am For the first time ever…PINKNOISE performs real time remixes of select Skinny Alley material [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures into the past to revive one of the cities [...]

FNL with LOS AMIGOS AND THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO 30 July 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:45am The return of LOS AMIGOS playing bebop, modern jazz, salsa, cha cha cha, mambo, rumbha and other dance grooves. 10:45 pm – 12:00 am THE SRINJAY BANERJEE TRIO blends in both contemporary [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 26 July 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

FNL with THE MAINAK NAG CHOWDHURY FOLK ENSEMBLE 23 July 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 12:00 am MAINAK NAG CHOWDHURY FOLK ENSEMBLE – A 12 member experimental project, an attempt to integrate folk from Bankura and Purulia, with contemporary jazz and fusion. Featuring : Mainak Nag Chowdhury – contra [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 19 July 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

FNL with NO STRINGS ATTACHED, THE DRUM CIRCLE & OTHER WORLDLY MUSIC 16 July 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 pm – 09:15 pm NO STRINGS ATTACHED comprising Diptanshu Roy – Mandolin, Sujoy Chakravarty – Guitar, Vocals, Mirna Guha – Vocals, Vinayak DasGupta – Guitars, Subhayu Mukherjee – Bass, are a Kolkata [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 12 July 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

Yidam in Dub at The Basement, Samilton Hotel, Kolkata 10 July 2010 11:00 PM onwards Yidam selects the freshest tunes from the dub underground with a DJ mashup of psybreaks, dubstep, grime, lazerbass & acid crunk and in a sonic sub-frequency mutation of epic proportions Info: 9830568868. Hotel Samilton. 35A Sarat Bose Road. Kolkata – [...]

FNL with THE SUPERSONICS, CAMOUFLAGE & The P.a.g.E. 9 July 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm THE SUPERSONICS leave the amps and electric guitars at home and step on stage with an acoustic, stripped down version of their songs for a unplugged take on their own material. 10:30 [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 5 July 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

FNL with SECONDS and THE AMIT CHAUDHURI BAND 2 July 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm SECONDS, a two-member outfit comprising Mirna on the vocals and Dev on the Guitar creates a unique sound that is raw, intimate and unplugged. 10:00 pm – 12:00 am The experimental music [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 28 June 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

FNL with FOUR-ON-A-SWING and NISCHAY PAREKH 25 June 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 10:00 pm FOUR-ON-A-SWING: A jazz quartet comprising SUMITH, WILLIE, JIVRAJ & PADDY hit the blue notes with a massive swing and bebop session. 10:00 – 11:30 pm The remarkably talented singer-songwriter-guitarist NISCHAY PAREKH returns the stage with [...]

Monday Blues at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata Monday 21 June 2010. 8 PM – 10 PM The Big Ben, Kenilworth – Kolkata, home of the celebrated and nationally acclaimed Friday Night Live shows that have changed the face of musical performances and defined live music trends in Kolkata over the last year, now ventures [...]

Friday Night Live with Teddy Boy Kill 18 June 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 12:00 am Stay with the beat & melody ! ♥Teddy Boy Kill™ Voice, guitar, synthbass, virtual devices, loop efx, drum machine & powerbook combination. ★SYNTHROCK, TECHNOHEAD, BASS DEFINITIVE, LYRICAL & CHEMICAL Teddy Boy Kill ★[ [...]

Sam Smala – Live Gypsy-jazz and Word music at Gorky Sadan Auditorium, Kolkata Sunday 13 June 2010 Alliance Française and Gorky Sadan presents SAM SMALA – Live in Concert. “SMALA” is a word which comes from North Africa and means “family”, and music from the group Sam Smala evokes the feeling of warmth that family [...]

FNL with LOS AMIGOS and ABHISHEK BASU & HIS IMPROMPTU SYMPHONIC MIND 11 June 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm LOS AMIGOS return to stage with their Latin vibrations and hip-shaking Samba, Salsa, Mambo and Rumba rhythms. 10:30 pm – 12:00 am ABHISHEK BASU and his ISM: The [...]

Friday Night Live : Hindustani Classical Edition 4 June 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 09:30 pm : Jugalbandi (Duet) Vocal & Sarangi by Prof. Biplab Mukherjee & Shri Debasish Haldar. Accompaniment: Tabla & Tanpura. 09:30 – 10:00 pm : Solo Recital Tabla solo by Acharya Soumya Shankar Roy. Accompaniment: Sarangi. [...]

FNL with FOUR-ON-A-SWING and THE REAL ART OF FUSION 28 May 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 10:00 pm FOUR-ON-A-SWING: The jazz quartet comprising Paddy, Willie, Jiver and Sumith present a mix of swing, blues, bebop in an all out jam session. 10:00 – 11:30 pm THE REAL ART OF FUSION [...]

Liquid Soul (Zürich) at Tantra, Kolkata. 8:00 PM on Sunday 23 May 2010. Decor by Org – Littlei Tantra & Chill Om Records present… Nicola Capobianco became addicted to the magic of electronic music at an early age. After many years of djing and producing, he has played and performed on big raves next to [...]

FNL VINTAGE EDITION with BABUBAND, SAFIRE and ONE NIGHT BAND 21 May 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 pm – 9:15 pm Alternative Rockers SAFIRE return to stage with a collection of new songs for a special kick-start performance. 9:15 pm – 10:30 pm ONE NIGHT BAND takes a retro-delic ride with [...]

FNL with RILA & SUMITH and PINKNOISE: THE DANCE OF THE DIASPORA 14 May 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 10:00 pm RILA & SUMITH perform their distinctive mélange of folk, country and jazz.. 10:00 – 11:30 pm PINKNOISE: THE DANCE OF THE DIASPORA. A collection songs that are stories of [...]

FNL with GRAVY THEORY & UNDERGROUND AUTHORITY feat. AYEmenn 7 May 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 10:00 pm Alternative Hip-Hop act UNDERGROUND AUTHORITY perform their mix of rhythmic funk and poetic protest. 10:00 – 11:30 pm The Alt/Post-Grunge sensation GRAVY THEORY return to stage with their high-energy set. 11:30 – [...]

FNL with SUMMIT ATTEMPT & THE SUPERSONICS 30 April 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 9:00 – 10:30 pm The Kolkata-Mumbai project SUMMIT ATTEMPT serves up its seasoned mix of the Blues, Jazz, Fusion and Psychedelia over a solid foundation of Rock. 10:30 – 12:00 am High-voltage rockers THE SUPERSONICS return to stage [...]

FNL with THREE-ON-A-SWING & Singer-songwriter NISCHAY PAREKH feat. JIVER & PADDY 23 April 2010 @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata 8:30 – 10:00 pm THREE-ON-A-SWING: A jazz trio comprising SUMITH RAMACHANDAN, PRADYUMNA MANOT & JIVRAJ SINGH debut with a massive blues, swing and bebop session 10:00 – 11:30 pm A special debut featuring singer-songwriter [...]

FNL with BABUBAND’s Project Nova featuring an opening session with NEEL & ANITA 16 April 2010 @ Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel 9:00 – 09:45 ANITA & NEEL 10:00 – 12:00 BABUBAND’s Project Nova perform an eclectic mix of west coast jazz, bossa nova and urban folk.

A FNL musical extravaganza fusing dance & music @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel 9 April 2010 9:00 – 10:30 The Latin Jazz ensemble LOS AMIGOS presents their signature sound. 10:30 – 12:00 Jam sessions with Paddy, Jiver & Mr. Thomas from Germany featuring contemporary dance performances by Leah and Emily.

Victor Wooten with Prasanna: Live at G D Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata 7 April 2010 SAM in association with friends and Congo Square is bringing Victor Wooten to you in Kolkata for a workshop cum concert along with Prasanna. Arguably the world’s most well known bass guitarist, Victor Wooten is an innovator, composer, arranger, lecturer, producer, [...]

BBB Sound System (Live) & Yidam (DJ Set) at Soho, Kolkata. 7:30 PM on 3 April 2010. BBC Sound System was created by three Senegalese rappers based in Paris. Like Tiken Jah Fakoly they contribute to the rejuvenation of the African scene by putting elements of their Wolof roots on top of Reggae, Ragga, Zouk [...]

FNL with Mr. THOMAS + CASSINI’S DIVISION @ The Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel 2 April 2010 9:00 – 10:30 MR. THOMAS (Germany) performs a groovy intercontinental mixture of scat, guitars and cinematic electronics. 10:30 – 12:00 Hybrid heavyweights CASSINI’S DIVISION return to stage with their distinctive & lyrically charged rock.

Ganeshaa (DJ Set) at Soho, Kolkata. 31 March 2010. 10:30 PM onwards. Starting with the Ganeshaa downtempo experience, his DJ set progresses into deep n’ driving basslines, methodical doses of minimal sounds, waves of technoid atmospheres and a bombardment of melodic hooks. http://www.myspace.com/ganeshaaelectronica ENTRY: Free! Club Rules Apply

FNL with RILA & SUMITH + LOS AMIGOS feat. TANYA ROYCHOWDHURY @ Big Ben, Kenilworth Hotel 26 March 2010 9:00 – 10:30 RILA & SUMITH perform their distinctive blend of folk and country and jazz. 10:30 – 12:00 LOS AMIGOS present an encore performance with New Jersey based Jazz vocalist TANYA ROYCHOWDHURY

SOHO2010 at Soho, Kolkata 24 March 2010 10:30 PM onwards Yidam spins new sounds from the dub underground with a mashup of glitch-hop, crunk, grime and dubstep. Percussionist Soumya Shankar Roy performs on the pakhawaj, tablas and congos as they voodoo together and create a lovable electro-organic hybrid mutant.

Friday Night Live! at The Big Ben, Kenilworth Kolkata 19 March 2010 9:00 – 10:30 PM: SPACE, the trio comrpising Tritha, Ale and Riz, present their avant-garde electro-acoustic sound. 10:30 – 12:00 AM: LOS AMIGOS featuring New Jersey based Classical & Jazz vocalist TANYA ROYCHOWDHURY