Twilight Circus at HOC

Twilight Circus comprising of Bharat on vocals, guitars and percussion and Dhananjay on guitar and vocals performed at HOC, Chennai the other day. They also had John Pradeep of Bad Fish accompanying them on bass for a couple of songs.

The band was superb and gave quite a good performance and would have done better if they had a better audience and a better sound.

Rock and ROB with Junkyard Groove

Colourful posters, lights, rain bearing clouds, young and old rock fans and the cool sea breeze. This was the scene on Sunday evening where Junkyard Groove entertained the crowd, playing a fundraising concert for Reclaim Our Beaches movement @ Spaces, Besant nagar.

The rain gods were grateful enough to spare that evening without drenching the open air auditorium and dampening the spirits of rock fanatics.

The event begun with foot tapping melodious music courtesy, Anything Goes, an all female vocal band. The lovely ladies set the perfect mood for the evening and following them were none other than our very own Chennai band Junkyard Groove.

Ameeth Thomas was right on the mark with his witty jokes and sensational singing as well. The band played their popular numbers which included “Folk you”, “Its okay”, “Say goodbye”, “Let you go” and others,while the crowd swung to their tunes.

The highlight of the evening was JYG covering MJ’s “Black or White” and “I gotta feeling” by Black eyed Peas . Singing along with JYG,the crowd rejoiced though the band managed with some blah blah lyrics.

JYG showed why they are one of the leading bands in our county through their professionalism and passion for their music. Ameeth also utilized this opportunity, reaching out to young minds as he spoke about the plight of our beaches and the pollution levels in them.

The everlasting spirit of Junkyard Groove, sold out tickets, jam-packed auditorium  and smiling fans, all culminated to bring out a successful evening.

JYG truly rocks!

The Notwist

German indie-electro pop band The Notwist comprising of Markus Acher, Michael Acher, Martin Gretschmann and Andi Haberl performed in Chennai at the Museum Theatre.

Asheem Chakravarthy passes away

Asheem Chakravarthy

Asheem will definitely be missed by all of us and Indian Ocean where he sang, played tabla, tarang apart from other Indian percussion instruments.

Let the soul of Asheem Chakravarthy RIP.

Image courtesy: www.indianoceanband.wordpress.com

Central Festival – The spirit of Christmas

Chennai celebrated an early Christmas. And how?

Central Festival organized by Unwind Center had in store for the crowd, a number of musicians from the city along with students from Unwind School of Music.

The lovely evening started with contemporary dance performances by Stripe Studio of Dance and All Stars.

One of my favorite songs of the evening was Song of the Bells by Chennai latin jazz band Osher Moosica. Worth mentioning would be Yohan on the sax which left the crowd was simply mesmerized!

Jus’ for Kicks was amazing as usual and we really enjoyed their performance. The band does have good fan base in Chennai especially the lead singer, Sujan.

It was then Chennai’s gospel rock band Kontagious with Saroop Oomen on vocals with Satish from Skrat on bass and Tapass from the same band on drums.

Students from Unwind school of Music were very exuberant. All the lead vocalists namely Nritya Andrews, Anisha Verghese, Sujan and Samcy Philip came forward one by one and sang ‘War is Over‘ along with the choir and then sang together

Now which Christmas show is incomplete without Silent Night! This was the last song of the evening and the crowd joined the musicians on stage led by Saroop.

Pictures from the show.