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We’re a month in already and time is beginning to run away, I’ve spent most of this month working out plans for 2026 and starting the process of building projects for future endeavors!

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Raga Music Listings— February 2026

February has some really interesting gigs, Purbayan Chatterjee and Ramana Balachandhran at The Barbican will be a very nice gig with sitar and veena the stars of the show. Don’t miss the chance to see the brilliant tabla player Tara Khan with Kamal Sabri! He’s not in the UK very often so take advantage of this rare opportunity.

Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley is a show touring the country paying homage to the legendary album recorded by Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra, Shivkumar Sharma and Manikrao Popatkar, released in 1967 - Call of the Valley, this album still holds the title of the best-selling indian classical music album worldwide!

There are some interesting shows all over the country, so make sure that you support the music scene and attend a few gigs!

7 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Purbayan Chatterjee + Ramana Balachandhran
Ramana Balachandhran – saraswati veena
Anantha Krishnan –  mridangam
Purbayan Chatterjee – sitar
Sukhvinder Singh Pinky – tabla
The Barbican, London
Book Now: £25 – £100

7 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Jugalbandi – A soulful dialogue of strings and rhythm
Eman Hashimi – tabla
Satwinder Pal Singh –  sarangi
The Music Room, London
Book Now: £30

12 Feb 2026 / 12:30 & 14:30
Indian Musical Magic!
Jonathan Mayer – sitar
Kousic Sen – tabla
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Book Now: £9-£19 (12:30) & Book Now: £9-£19 (14:30)

13 Feb 2026 / 19:00
Raga@7: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
Seven Arts, Leeds
Book Now: £15

15 Feb 2026 / 14:00
Music In The Museum: February
Mithila Sarma – veena
Aditi Subramaniam – carnatic vocals
Senthuran Premakumar – mridangam
Wardowndown House, Luton
Book Now: £16.50

18 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Satwinder Pal Singh & Kousic Sen
Satwinder Pal Singh – sarangi
Kousic Sen – tabla
The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool
Book Now: £Free.99

20 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Sarangi Concert
Kamal Sabri – sarangi
Isher Singh Jagdev – tabla
Hollywell Music Room, Oxford
Book Now: £10-£15

20 Feb 2026 / 19:30
Indian Spring Colours: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
Durham University, Durham
Book Now: £1 – £10

21 Feb 2026 / 13:30
Indian Spring Colours: Simrandeep Kaur & Harikiran Sahota
Simrandeep Kaur – taus
Harikiran Sahota – tabla
Durham University, Durham
Book Now: £1 – £10

21 Feb 2026 / 16:00
YATRA 2026
Various artists
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Book Now: £12

21 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Ustad Kamal Sabri & Ustad Tari Khan: Peace through Music
Kamal Sabri – sarangi
Tari Khan – tabla
World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London
Book Now: £5 – £30

22 Feb 2026 / 17:30 & 19:30
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Jasdeep Singh Degun – sitar
Harkirat Singh Bahra – tabla
Stoke Newington Old Church, London
Book Now: £21

22 Feb 2026 / 18:30
Raga Reflections
Lakshay Mohan – sitar
Harkirat Bahara – tabla
St Giles Cripplegate Church, London
Book Now: £25

27 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Sounds of India: Resonance – Ode to Call of the Valley
Ninad Daithankar – santoor
Saurabh Vartak – bansuri
Saleel Tambe – tabla
St Martin in the Fields, London
Book Now: £10

28 Feb 2026 / 13:00
Zoe Rahman and Arun Ghosh
Zoe Rahman – piano
Arun Ghosh – clarinet
The Capstone Theatre, Liverpool
Book Now: £13.20 – £19.20

*note… I don’t make any money or anything from these listings, I don’t even get guestlist (although I wouldn’t say no to guestlist… gigging is expensive!), I’m just doing it, because people need to know where to see live music.

What did I see/hear/do in January?

This is probably the shortest newsletter I’ve written in my short span of writing this newsletter… I spent most of January inside, I didn’t go to any gigs, exhibitions or dj anywhere; I spent most of the month watching the African Cup of Nations!

I used it as an excuse to go back to the illustration style I played around with about 10 years ago, a dynamic digital line-art and produced 4 pieces, a player from each of the teams featured in the final and 3rd place play-off! Check out the other 3 pieces on my instagram feed.

I’ve been playing around with a few other illustration styles as I try to reclaim my instagram feed, to be more about illustration, graphic design work and other creative endeavors. I’m going to start adding designs to my online shop to sell more designs, please check out my shop and get a t-shirt or two. I think I’ll be adding some prints too, so please support and get something, like this sweatshirt with a beautiful tabla design, if I do say so myself 😉 Also available as a t-shirt!

I’ve also been planning ‘Nāda Sonics—IRL: Listening Session’ for 2026, the first session should go live in March, so I’ll have ticket details in the next newsletter.

And then the big one…

Gearing up for the yoga retreat that I’m collaborating on with my friend Isaac in the middle of Portugal, bringing together numerous thread we’ve worked on last year, this will be the first of something I think could be a wonderful space to relax and reinvigorate your mind and body! Pre-Register your interest now and we’ll be making a full announcement of plans and pricing later this month!

Radio Shows — January

It was quite a relaxed radio schedule in January, I only did my Voices and NTS shows. The World is Sound was a nice genre fluid exploration of new and old music coming out of the South Asian diaspora!

January’s Nāda Sonics was an exploration

February Radio Dates

Lots of radio in February, I’m back on Sister Midnight FM, I’m testing Lāykari as the show name… it’s a word used in raga music to describe rhythmic improvisation.

I’ll be celebrating 4 years on Voices Radio, Voices are doing a special February theme, and matching different show hosts to collaborate on each others shows, so I’ll be collaborating with the brilliant Karen Claire, she has a show called Solarium that goes out on a Friday and plays lots of bruk and other similar vibes.

Not sure what the theme is going to be on Nāda Sonics this month, so check my socials for that nearer the time! :)

11°02°2026/14:00 — Sister Midnight FM: Lāykari
17°02°2026/11:00 — Voices Radio: The World is Solarium
20°02°2026/11:00 — Voices Radio: Solarium
28°02°2026/08:00 — NTS: Nāda Sonics

My Gigs

I don’t have anything booked in for February.

Music Recommendations

We’re already getting some really nice music in 2026 and we’re only a month in.

C4ge dropped Jungle Drum & Bass Mixtape Vol1 with Ilaiyaraaja at the end of January, combining the genium of Ilaiyaraaja with dnb vibes. What’s not to like? Poongaatru a track that has a solid hip-hop remix that I’ve played out a lot, now has a dnb remix… which I will definitely will play out this year!

Shackleton has been steadily releasing numerous musical projects for a quite a few years now, but this album sees him back on a Skull Disco - esque vibe. Very percussive, lots of bass, and textures galore, it’s been on repeat since it came out last week!

Lime Tikka by Baalti, Lapgan and Excise Dept all collaborate on this project; the video is directed by Excise Dept and looks brilliant, it’s 8m40s long, so is a lot more ambitious than a normal video, the story about a girl questioning why she was named ‘satellite’ drives the narrative of the video with a beautifully crafted tune from Baalti and Lapgan!

Thank you for reaching the end! :)

Sway of the Verses