Bobby Singh and Friends

ARIA Award-winning tabla player Bobby Singh returns to UKARIA for a collaboration that spans cultures, generations and borders.  Featuring the compositions of tabla maestro Aneesh Pradhan, the music revolves around the nucleus of Bobby Singh – himself a  student of Aneesh. Bridging Indian classical tradition, jazz and blues, the presence of Tjupurru’s didgeridoo grounds this collaboration in the roots of this land, with Bobby as the musical sutradhaar – the narrator who connects all the threads in this story.

Sydney-based jazz legend Sandy Evans was tasked with arranging the compositions for a unique ensemble of leading Australian  musicians, each with a deep personal connection to Bobby’s life and music.

‘Over many years, these musicians have become my family. In my experience with collaborating in the West I feel that the best  connections are made on a personal level, as humans, and are not dependent on the instrument that is played. We have toured  around the world together, we have shared our food and stayed in each other’s homes, talked about the meaning of life together…  then the music is played, and it feels like we have been playing together for lifetimes.’

– Bobby Singh

Bobby Singh | Tabla
Sandy Evans | Saxophone
Jeff Lang | Guitar
Greg Sheehan | Percussion
Ben Walsh | Percussion
Lara Goodridge | Violin / Voice
Shenzo Gregorio | Viola / Voice
Zela Margossian | Piano
Tjupurru | Didgeridoo