PART OF THE HOLISTIC MUSICIAN ACADEMY

Diaspora EPISODES

April 1, 2025

Strings Attached: Love and Music—Sustaining Both w/ Kiran Ahluwalia &…

What does it take to sustain both a marriage and a creative partnership—without one overshadowing the other? In this long-awaited conversation, we sit down with Kiran Ahluwalia & Rez Abbasi, a powerhouse couple who have built...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Redefining the Role of a Global South Asian Vocalist w/ Shruti Ramani

Canada-based Indian Jazz Vocalist Shruti Ramani speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

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Feb. 14, 2024

Merging Engineering, and Artist Mindsets as a Multi-cultural Multi-hy…

Innovator & Musician Rajesh Mehta Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

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Aug. 21, 2023

Revisiting the Birth of ’World Music’ and Unpacking its Relevance in …

Iconic British-Asian Singer/Author/Coach Sheila Chandra speaks to T.L. Mazumdar

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July 20, 2023

Training a Growth Mindset as an Artist and Leadership for Women in an…

Founder of SNS Arts, Shreya Nagarajan Singh talks to T.L. Mazumdar

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June 21, 2022

D For Brother, Unwitting Pioneers of ’World Music’ In Pre-Internet In…

Surviving member of pioneering band D For Brother, Amyt Datta speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

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April 22, 2022

Archiving An Indigenous Ancestral Tradition in a Global Format and Na…

U.K.-based Ethnomusicologist, Pianist, and Researcher Jaremdi Wati Longchar Speaks to T.L. Mazumdar.

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March 25, 2022

The Birth of a Third-Generation Japanese Sitarist and Cultivating Glo…

Japanese Musician, Chef and Curator Tadao Ishihama talks to T.L. Mazumdar

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March 10, 2022

Nurturing a Decade of Global Musicians in India as a Queer White Male…

Musician, Academic & Artistic Director of the KM Music Conservatory, Chennai, Dr. Adam Greig talks to T.L. Mazumdar

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Jan. 17, 2022

The Making of ’Vignette’, Pianist or Singer and the Colonial Hangover…

T.L. Mazumdar aka EveryNowHere answers audience questions on the making of his debut solo piano album.

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Dec. 29, 2021

Links between Music and Yoga, Growing up Brown in a White Social Para…

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to London-based US-Indian Violinist/Composer, and Fullbright scholar, Preetha Narayanan.

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Oct. 18, 2021

Damascus to Berlin, Surviving War as an Artist, and Effortlessness in…

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to Berlin-based Syrian musician Ali Moraly.

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Sept. 27, 2021

Understanding Aspergers Syndrome, Transforming Piano Abuse to Healing…

Multiple Award-winning LA-based Malaysian Singer-Songwriter Amirah talks to T.L. Mazumdar.

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July 26, 2021

Pop Stardom, Bombay, Berklee, and 20 Years In Music Business with Vas…

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to Mumbai-based Singer-Songwriter/Producer Vasuda Sharma.

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July 13, 2021

Spearheading Nepal's Jazz-Scene, Imposter Syndrome and Balancing Euro…

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 lead the very Conservatory of Music his...

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June 13, 2021

Calcutta Bags, Bombay Journey and Hanging Up Boxing Gloves with Ishee…

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to Indian Contemporary Songwriter Isheeta Chakrvarty.

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May 20, 2021

F for 'Fusion', Growing Up In the Gharana, and a Brief History of Ind…

T.L. Mazumdar talks to Indian Sarod Virtuoso Pratik Shrivastava.

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Feb. 15, 2021

Multiple Lifetimes In One With Kai Eckhardt (Pt 1)

T.L. Mazumdar talks to legendary Liberian-German Jazz-Fusion Bassist Kai-Eckhardt.

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Oct. 19, 2020

Singing to 7 Billion with Kiran Ahluwalia

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to Candian-Indian singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia.

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Oct. 6, 2020

The Birth Of Rhythm Diaries With Bernhard Schimpelsberger

T.L. Mazumdar talks to London-based Austrian Percussionist/Composer Bernhard Schimpelsberger.

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Sept. 21, 2020

Voices Lost And Found with Sheila Chandra

T.L. Mazumdar talks to pioneer British-Asian singer Sheila Chandra.

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Aug. 31, 2020

Death, Discovery, Legacy, Heartbreak, Being a Misfit and Social Media…

T.L. Mazumdar talks to drummer/producer Jivraj Singh.

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July 27, 2020

Ego And The Guitar with Rez Abbasi

T.L. Mazumdar speaks to critically acclaimed Pakistani-American Jazz Musician and Guggenheim Fellowship Awardee Rez Abbasi.

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July 16, 2020

Divine Destruction with Dr. Das

T.L. Mazumdar talks to founding member and bassist of Asian Dub Foundation.

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