Aki Kumar proved a universal truth about music: When it's good, it defies labels and language barriers.
What happens when quintessential American blues music fuses with India's quintessential Bollywood pop?When Indian-born bluesman Aki Kumar played the ninth annual House Rockin’ Blues Review at El Casino Ballroom on Friday, Aug. 5, it didn't matter that he spent half of his 90 minutes singing in his native Hindi and that no one could understand what he was singing.
And Kumar's music was good. Really good in that way that has you bobbing your head and doing an awkward two-step even if you don't have a dance partner. Kumar answered with a soulful baritone and dynamic sometimes frenetic stage presence that conjured the soul of blues from a place you'd hardly expect from someone who didn't grow up listening to it. He split his show evenly between songs sung and English and in his native Hindi, drawing from his four studio albums and handful of singles recorded over the last decade.
With each song he sang, whether in Hindi or English, the crowd on the dance floor swelled and a sea of mostly older folks tried to keep time and rhythm to Kumar's energy.Tucson blues artists Heather Hardy & The Dusty City Blues Band opened the show, which highlighted Hardy's wonderful blues vocals and uncanny chops on electric violin. At times her violin sounded like Kumar's harmonica and other times took on the sonic flare of a saxophone.
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