Starting this March, Blue Frog and the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will come together to bring quality live music from India and around the world to Indian audiences. The inaugural event will feature six-time Grammy nominated Jazz musician Mike Stern performing live at Blue Frog and the NCPA along with Bombay’s very [...]

All this March Pirate Radio has a very major treat in store for you on Saturday nights only on 94.3 Radio One. 10-11pm Mukul Deora is hosting a four-part Bob Dylan special on my show with LIVE renditions of his favorite Dylan songs and things you probably never knew about the legend himself! I must confess [...]

And then there was the Lakme Fashion Week Finale. SOOOOOoooooo much fun (and even worth the nearly two-hour wait)! It was basically one giant disco party with a cracked glass runway and bling to the max. The best bit of course was a killer combo of the Midival Punditz and Shai’r & Func spinning up a [...]

While I was at Fashion Week I ran into this really funky crew of artists/dancers at the Grey Goose lounge and was intrigued when they told me they’ve even featured in Anurag Kashyap’s movie Dev D. (yup that trippy-trio at the bar during Abhay Deol’s drinking binge to the tunes of Pardesi) which I LOVED. [...]

Everyone once in a while you’ll come across someone who’s super famous for something they did 10 years ago and before you “oh-so-last-decade them them you have to stop and respect the fact that people haven’t forgotten, that’s gotta be worth something yes? So here’s who I had on my show a few weeks ago [...]

Sure you’ve heard of the Sultan’s of Swing but make way now for the Sultan of Sound – the EDM sound. In the highly challenging world of DJs and producers, Sultan launched his international career in 2003 with the release of four of his original productions on “Global Underground 25, Toronto mixed by Deep Dish”, [...]

Ever since I started Pirate Radio I’ve been listening to other people’s play-lists with awe and respect (and the knowledge that their choice of songs is telling me huge things about them.) I realized the other day when Music Man Mihir, who loves radio as much as I do, asked me for one (as part [...]

Nevil & Sahil Timbadia hosted ‘Airport’ (the awesome new band I told you about) at Bonobo on Sunday amid the glitterati which included Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Sapna Bhavnani, Manjari Phadnis, Renuka Kunzru (both of whom were in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na) the terrible twins Raghu Ram and Rajeev Laxman. Dang if only [...]

According the the history books, “The century-old bandstand culture is unique to Mumbai. Among the bands that played regularly from the 1850s were those of the Marine Battalion, 9th Regiment, the Mumbai Volunteer Rifle, the 113th Infantry, the GIP Railway Volunteers, BB & CI Railway and the Governor’s Band. The services of regimental and private [...]