Morristown Musician Samarth Nagarkar To Sing at 24-Hour Live Brooklyn Raga Fest

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Samarth Nagarkar Brooklyn Raga Fest

The 12th annual Ragas Live Festival starts at 8:00 p.m. Saturday October 14 and runs for an incredible 24 straight hours to Sunday October 15 at 8:00 p.m. at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. It will also be livestreamed over Columbia University’s radio station WKCR-FM. Nineteen performances in a row with masters of the South Asia Classical sound will feature an international array of Ambient, Indian Folk, Minimalism and NewMusic from such practitioners of the raga tradition as Ramakrishnan Murthy, The Akkarai Sisters, Vicky Chow, David Cossin and Mark Stewart of The Bang On A Can All-Stars, the Georgian Polyphonic Choir Supruli and sitar legend Gaurav Mazumdar.

Premik Russell Tubbs, an original member of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, will perform a tribute to John McLaughlin on woodwinds. Kunal Gunjal will play the santoor in a duet for the first time in the U.S. with Suhail Yusef Khan Kunal on the sarangi (two traditional classical raga instruments). 

Morristown musician Samarth Nagarkar will perform. He specializes in Hindustani classical. He’s also an educator and author of Raga Sangeet: Understanding Hindustani Classical Vocal Music.

For more information on this most unique event, visit https://pioneerworks.org/programs/ragas-live-festival-2023.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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