Tommy Khosla is a young British sitarist and composer whose recent debut album, Vignettes, was featured in Songlines Magazine.
The producer and sitarist fuses Indian Classical Music and ethereal contemporary sounds. He returns to Grow to host and curate another evening of modern world music with artists from his creative community.
This openness to other creative worlds is a central feature of Khosla’s work. He cites influences including hip-hop, lo-fi beats, folk and bossa nova, as well as the ground-breaking Indian musician Ananda Shankar and the sitarist Anoushka Shankar. That many of these use electronics is important to them: “I love using electronic music, it just takes it to another place.” This also enables a certain self-sufficiency, something they felt was important for a first album seeking to establish an individual voice.
Line Up
Tommy Khosla and Jawari
Contemporary sitarist Tommy Khosla and their band Jawari will be presenting their final set of the year. This four piece band features Tommy Khosla on sitar and synth, Gregorio Merchán on percussion, Kenichi Kojima on guitar, and Taylor Frost on bass, cello and electric guitar. Inspired by both Neo and Indo-Jazz, the band is venturing into new expressions of the sitar - informed by jazz, bossa, psychedelic and electronics.
Joining the band for part of the set will be special guests: the award-winning poet Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay, tabla expert Mahesh Parkar, jazz vocalist Ella Sophoclides, saxophonist/vocalist Billie Sophoclides and Yijia Tu.
Yijia
Yijia is a singer-songwriter from China interested in exploring her cultural identity and diverse traditions through music-making. She launched her music career as a singer-songwriter in China, winning the 16th CMA (Chinese Music Awards) for ‘Media’s Choice Album’ and the nomination for ‘Best New Chinese Female Artist’ for the Chinese Media Music Awards. After coming to the UK, Yijia has started an East Asian folk fusion band project - The Sages who have featured on BBC Radio 3, Victorious Festival, and Asia House’s ‘One Voice’ documentary series. Her solo set encompasses her global influences, from the Guzheng to Mongolian throat singing.
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Food & Drink - Kitchen Open till 10pm
Our Spice Trail Menu is predominantly plant based, with some ethically sourced meat options, as part of our conscious drive towards sustainability. Our passion is for the cooking of the Middle East and southern Mediterranean so expect punchy flavours, warm spices and as always the best ingredients we can find to comfort and nourish the soul.
With our drinks, we partner with breweries St Austell and Signature Brew for our lagers and IPAs and serve organic wine and prosecco which help international wildlife charity, Born Free. We design our own drinks such as Vegan Hemp White Russian and homemade Hackney Spiced Rum.