blueFROG's take on Adil & Vasundhara
With a large bi-lingual repertoire of standards and original material, their shows have a mix of songs in French and English. lt is a sound that appeals to a wide range of audiences ranging from college kids to corporate men and women who regularly follow their live shows, buy their LPs and blog about them.
About Adil & Vasundhara
Adil Manuel and Vasundhara Vidalur spearhead a collaborative outfit based out of New Delhi. Their musical spectrum spans Jazz Fusion, Funk, RnB, Blues and Gospel. Extensively working with artists based in India and abroad, their focus has been the creation of new sounds and energies through collaboration, exchange and cross-influence.
Adil & Vasundhara have been playing together for over 3 years now - as a duo early on but mainly as a quartet ever since. They routinely feature musicians from around India or those visiting from abroad in their shows. In addition to their collaborations with numerous well known solo artists and bands in Delhi, they have worked with musicians from Turkey, France, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Argentina, Brunei, the Reunion Islands, the USA and counting.
Adil Manuel and Vasundhara Vidalur spearhead a collaborative outfit based out of New Delhi. Their musical spectrum spans Jazz Fusion, Funk, RnB, Blues and Gospel. Extensively working with artists based in India and abroad, their focus has been the creation of new sounds and energies through collaboration, exchange and cross-influence.
Adil & Vasundhara have been playing together for over 3 years now - as a duo early on but mainly as a quartet ever since. They routinely feature musicians from around India or those visiting from abroad in their shows. In addition to their collaborations with numerous well known solo artists and bands in Delhi, they have worked with musicians from Turkey, France, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Argentina, Brunei, the Reunion Islands, the USA and counting.
Adil & Vasundhara’s summers are generally spent touring and playing at international music festivals like the Féstival Tout Le Monde Chante (TLMC) in Villefranche de Rouergue (France), Festival Corne d’Or in Istanbul (Turkey), Centre Mandapa in Paris (France), Clef d’Or in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) etc. In a couple of these festivals they have been the first artists from India to be invited.
Back home in India, they have played at the Delhi International Arts Festival, the Mississippi Blues and Jazz Festival at the IIC, The Big Mushroom Cloud Festival (Bengaluru), The Delhi Jazz Festival 2012, the Big Horn Festival (New Delhi), The Jazz Utsav 2011 (New Delhi), The Cry Freedom Concert (Mumbai) and the Baajaa Gaajaa Festival (Pune) - headed by Shubha Mudgal.
With a large bi-lingual repertoire of standards and original material, their shows have a mix of songs in French and English. lt is a sound that appeals to a wide range of audiences ranging from college kids to corporate men and women who regularly follow their live shows, buy their LPs and blog about them.