From the lovely session with Shabaka Hutchings. Really loved doing this. I felt a real sense of freedom in playing and a deep respect for an incredibly gifted musician. Enjoy
23/02/12 TONIGHT! BBC Radio 3: Late Junction with Shabaka Hutchings and Jason Singh
I thought you might like to tune into this session tonight that I recently recorded with Saxophone bad boy Shabaka Hutchings at the BBC’s London studios. It’s on at 11pm and you can get it on catch up if you miss it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bzt3l
Open Studio Sessions and the V&A
It’s been a while and so busy that I haven’t had much time to keep things rolling with the blog. It doesn’t matter what device I have to make things easier,it doesn’t help to get things done quicker! Anyhow, whilst I have a moment spare before they announce my flight at Heathrow, I thought I would let you know about the Open Studio sessions at the V&A. Basically, it gives the public a chance to come see what I am up to and ask a whole heap of questions about what and why I’m doing what I’m doing! Over the last couple of weeks I have had some interesting chats with people and last Saturday did a lovely performance as part of the OSS with poet Avaes Mohammad and singer Ranjana Ghatak, in the Jameel Gallery. If you fancy coming down and seeing what’s happening, please feel free to click the link below and see what’s happening when.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1613/open-studio-jason-singh-sound-art-resident-2755/
Take good care of yourself.
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23/02/12: BBC Radio 3 Late Junction Session
Last week I had an amazing recording session with the brilliant Saxophonist, Shabaka Hutchings at BBC Broadcasting House. The session was recorded for the legendary Late Junction programme, a show which I have listened to a number of times over the years when coming back from gigs or doing a late stint and had the radio on. I never ever imagined that one day I would be recording a session for Late Junction! It felt really great to bring my sound to the session and working with Shabaka is mind blowing! We are hoping to do more over the coming 12 months, so keep in touch for updates. If you fancy listening to the session, it will be going out on Radio 3′s Late Junction on 23rd February at 11pm. You can also catch it on BBC iPlayer and download it as a podcast after it’s been transmitted. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much I/we enjoyed playing on it and recording it.
Free Download: “Christmas Thanks”
Here’s a present from me to you, to say a huge Thank You for supporting me through what has been an incredibly creative year of lows, mids and immense highs! So much amazing stuff has happened and I feel very fortunate to have worked with some incredibly gifted individuals and also released a solo album and performed in beautiful venues, festivals and countries all over this crazy spinning world and I also made new friends in the strangest of places!
Now I am taking a break to step off, relax and be a dad! Have a brilliant Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope to see you somewhere in 2012…
You can download the track by clicking on the downward pointing arrow to the right of the waveform.
Imagine: The Lost Music of Rajasthan. BBC 1, Tuesday 6th December
Just letting you know that this coming Tuesday 6th December, on BBC 1, you can catch the Imagine documentary series which will be covering Rajasthan and all it’s amazingly rich heritage.
This is from the BBC’s website; “The arts series takes a road trip round the desert state of Rajasthan, meeting musicians whose existence is under threat from the new India. They meet Bhopa bards who recite four-night-long epics in front of huge hand-painted scrolls, saffron-clad, chillum-smoking sisters, cross-dressers and gypsy dancers who literally bend over backwards to pick up rupees.”
This episode will also cover some of the work I have been doing with Dharohar, the Rajasthani music project I have been involved in for the past 4 years, and our performance at the this years Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF)…which was brilliant! So, if you can, please watch BBC 1, 10.35pm this coming Tuesday 6th December.
