I spent 4 days workshopping music with the Nakshatra, a group devoted to original compositions that are inspired by carnatic music, jazz, and other influences. The quartet is an unusual instrumentation (2 violins, 2 cellos) and we spent a fair bit of time exploring the sonic possibilities. We'll be appearing later this summer at Drive East Festival in New York. Incredibly inspiring to make music with and learn from my dear friends Marika Hughes, Arun Ramamurthy, and Trina B

Psyched to see season 2 of Sacred Games on Netflix which has been released. My cello is featured all over the background score and theme song of season 1 and I had a great time working with composer Alokananda Dasgupta to get weird cello sounds for her super creative background score (never had a session quite like that in all my years of recording for the Bollywood film/TV industry). I went to watch the first episode of season 1 to hear what it sounded like and got totally h

I had a wonderful time playing Inner Rhyme with Layale Chaker, Phillip Golub, Adam Maalouf and Marouen Allam today at WNYC Soundcheck. Thanks to Jon Schaefer for having us and Johnny Gandelsman for making it happen. #NewYorkPublicRadio #LayaleChakerSarafand #LayaleChaker #PhillipGolub #AdamMaalouf #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #NYCMusic #Poetry #BrooklynMusic #PublicRadio #InnerRhyme #Jazz #WNYC #MarouenAllam