Veronica Simas de Souza and I spent a week in Montréal rehearsing with Ziya Tabassian, an old friend from Montréal and India, and young master of Persian percussion. We explored the intersection of Hindustani and Persian music and dance (with a slight Arabic detour as well). The show, 'Golestan' was presented in the beautiful hall of Jeunesses Musicales. Couldn't have asked for a sweeter venue, and we were extra lucky to have my guru's daughter Dr. Sangeeta Shankar in atten

Once again giving accompaniment for the incomparable Veronica Simas de Souza. This time at Marlboro College with Mike Lukshis providing a brilliant tabla accompaniment. So cool to present Indian music with such sincere practitioners. None of us were brought up in the tradition, but all of us fell in love with it, and have pursued it seriously and with dedication. It's also always special for me personally to bring this art form to the place where I grew up. Performance Jo

I had the privilege of performing alongside my partner in crime and ultra-talented kathak danseuse, Veronica Simas de Souza, bringing Indian dance, music, and culture to my hometown of Brattleboro VT for the benefit of Planned Parenthood. It was an incredible evening of music, dance, color, and joy. Holi is the Indian festival of colors which is celebrated on March 21st this year. It is a celebration of the arrival of spring, fertility, color, love, and the triumph of good o

The VR film JetLag made it to Cannes! The film has traveled the world (USA, Canada, France, Belgium, Holland, UK, Poland, Israel, Sweden, Russia, Luxemburg, Korea, Japan, Australia and I might have missed several others) directed by Pierre Friquet and shot by Ando Shah. Stars my wife, Veronica Simas de Souza and also features an appearance by me and Amit Mishra on tabla playing Indian classical music on top of a water tank on Madh Island, Mumbai. It got a prestigious award a

3D-360 degree shooting for virtual reality medium with kathak dancer Veronica Simas de Souza and tabla artiste Amit Mishra. Shot by Brian D'Oliveira and Pierre Friquet. A Canadian-Brazilian-French-Indian-Peruvian-Venezuelan-Austrian-Trinidad-American project shot at Auroville (India). #photo #hot #3D #VR #gearsamsung #indianclassicaldancemusic #kathak #CelloJake #JakeCharkey #Cellosseries #CelloBollywood #IndianClassicalMusic #IndiaClassicalMusic #IndianCinema #IndianMusic #