This unique collaboration between Vedanth Bharadwaj (India) and SJ Downes (UK) will explore Eastern and Western musical styles, in a cross-cultural interplay that draws from diverse musical heritages, and transcends borders to offer an enchanting listening experience.
Vedanth Bharadwaj is a multi-faceted, multi-genre musician. Vedanth Bharadwaj specialises in singing and playing the songs of saint poets from Bhakti and Sufi traditions at musical festivals in India and across the world. He has formally learnt Carnatic, Hindustani and Western Classical music and is currently a disciple of maestro Ramamoorthy Rao.
S.J. Downes’ work spans the worlds of roots, folk, blues and old time, influenced by musicians and writers from the 1920s and beyond. Drawing inspiration from spirituality to the natural world – the macro to the micro – his meditative productions have a conscious and hopeful energy present throughout.