The Paul

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I remember the first time I heard about him, his name was pronounced ‘Lay Paul’ to me, and it was a while before I figured he wasn’t French, and his name didn’t mean, literally, ‘The Paul’. The next thing I heard was how he asked the doctors to set his right arm (shattered [...]

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ThermalAndAQuarterly – This month’s quiz question

This issue’s quiz question:

Who performs Indian classical vocals on the title track of Jupiter Café?

a) Rajesh Mehar

b) Rajeev Rajagopal

c) Prakash Sontakke

d) Rzhude

e) Bruce Lee Mani

Introducing TIMES OF NEED

We know. Like us, you’re tired of hearing the news analysed by those dreary talking heads on teevee.

How about some real opinions from real opinion leaders, you ask? We hear you.

It’s true, apart from being amazingly gifted musicians with delusions, er, visions of world domination, we have astonishingly original and scathing insight into news. It’s time you turned off that glow-worm in your living room and listened to us for a change. This is the news that matters. This is the news you will turn to, in times of need.

Introducing TIMES OF NEED, our fortnightly take on the news of the world, analysed by the minds that make the music that TAAQ plays.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

TAAQ feat. Amit Heri – Hard Rock Cafe, Bangalore, Aug 13

Amit Heri, Bangalore’s sensational emissary to world jazz, joins Thermal And A Quarter for a spellbinding evening that no guitar buff dare miss.

For those in the dark, jazz guitar player Amit Heri has performed at top international music festivals including the Berlin Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Paris Jazz Festival, Rome World Music Festival, WOMAD, etc. He has shared stage with names that include Charlie Mariano, Zakir Hussain, Mandolin U. Srinivas, Ustad Sultan Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Trilok Gurtu, Robert Miles, Salif Keita & Angelique Kidjo.

Thursday night is his first gig with TAAQ, featuring Bruce Lee Mani, Rajeev Rajagopal, Rzhude and friends.

8 PM, Hard Rock Cafe, Bangalore.