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Simon Thacker's Svara-kanti at Summerhall
Courtesy of Simon Thacker | Posted on February 19, 2020
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Sun, March 15, 2020
19:30
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Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti unites India, Bangladesh and the UK in its powerful incarnation expanding on the mystical Bengali Baul folk tradition. This performance is part of an eight date UK tour.
Scottish classical guitarist/composer Simon Thacker’s innate gift for reinvention and expansion comes together with one of the sub continent's spiritually and musically richest forms. The group features Bangladeshi Baul singer Farida Yesmin, singer and khomok virtuoso Raju Das Baul, from the Indian Baul heartland of Santiniketan, and Kolkata's Sunayana Ghosh, one of a growing number of exceptional female tabla exponents....