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Women in Music Festival - 8 April 2016

8/4/2016

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Friday 8 April 2016
6.30pm
Nehru Centre, London
​Admission: FREE (Please register as limited tickets)
​I am honoured to be performing my Five Rivers project with my full band on 8 April 2016 as part of the Women in Music Festival presented by Sama Arts Network at the Nehru Centre, London. The festival curated by Jay Visvadeva is a fantastic festival with an incredible line up of women of South Asian origin
Najma Akhtar, British born vocalist, songwriter, actor, achieved a place in world music by creating a new musical genre, introducing Jazz to the traditional genre of the Ghazal (Urdu ballad) and Sufi. This iconic pioneer is constantly being inspired by new sounds and musical genres that resonate with Indian Semi-Classical, Folk, Sufi, Jazz, Blues and American C&W. English is her first language, but Najma comfortably explores the bi-lingual aspect and looks at blues /covers / folk and #Celtic all with an Indian twist. ‘Five Rivers’ takes you on a musical journey by subtly treating a few selected covers by renowned artists: Tim Buckley and Tim Hardin with nuances of Indian vocal, North African, Irish and Delta blues styles. Her last collaborative album ‘Rishte’ pushed the boundaries yet again by introducing psychedelic sounds to her list of eclectic influences.

Jac Holzman, Elektra Records’ former owner, wrote this note to Najma regarding her recorded version of Bryan Maclean’s ‘Old Man’ from Love’s Forever Changes album: “Your take is original, understated and true to the spirit of the original. Most important -- it works!”

The Musicians
Vocals & Harmonium: Najma Akhtar
Acoustic & Electric Violin: Chris Haigh
Bass Guitar: John Deemer
Guitar: Ramon Goose
Multi Percussion: Matt Fisher

www.najmaakhtar.com

Presented by Sama Arts Network in association with the Nehru Centre London
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