Jazz, Blues, Country, Rock – Solo vocal, guitar and piano concert by Matthew "Shark" Shartsis, singer, musician and songwriter. Known to American music fans as "The Great White Shark", he has played over 100 concerts in the last five years, both as a solo performer and with his band; "General Jones", named for the general jones of life. Matthew is the organizer, manager and lead singer of General Jones, which plays his original songs and well-loved standards.Auroville Radio presents his performance to a packed audience in Pitanga, which kept him singing and playing for over 30 minutes longer than the scheduled time.www.myspace.com/agreatwhiteshark www.thegeneraljonesband.com Read more

On a rainy Saturday evening Shri Soham Munim and Shri Debashish Dass performed an Indian classical concert at the Sri Aurobindo auditorium in Bharat Nivas. Shri Soham Munim was on that stage two years before when he played in a more progressive fusion concert. In this concert he played Hindustani Ragas on his sitar maintaining the classical art in its essence, and, also at the same time using a contemporary feel in his musical expressions. Shri Soham Munim was accompanied by Shri Debashish Dass on tabla. Read more

Just open your ears... For the World Listening Day Svaram invited us for a sound walk through Auroville soundscape. We started in Svaram crossing the village of Kotakarai, continue to the forest, arrive in the Matrimandir nursery and finally reached Unity Pavilion to listen to the mystique Russian bells. Listen to the recording of this walk and try to emerge yourself into the texture of sounds, feel reflection of sound to your inner landscape. The good thing is that we don't have to tell you how to listen, so enjoy !!

For the music, especially jazz lovers, was a special treat on Tuesday 20th of July at Sri Aurobindo Auditorium in Bharat Nivas to hear a concert of excellent musicians from all over the world. Although it was all “tune” to jazz we could heard one of a kind fusion of different continents, cultures... from Israel, India, Europe to America... and the blend was truly unique, fresh. Local musician Matthew Littlewood's (piano, saxophone) two songs in that set of musician caused thrill at the audience, and the same way public also react on Mishko M'Ba's expressions on bass. Manosh Bardhan on tabla and Debi Prasad Gosh playing sarod are coming from India, and on drums was Sangoma Everett originated from United States. Read more

Auroville band, which is playing “acoustic indo pop”, is a unique combination of musicians with leading vocal, and guitar player Krishna McKenzie, Mishko M'Ba on bass, Karthick Srinivasan on violin and Suresh Bascara on drums. Over the years they were always warmly welcomed by the Auruoville public, but their voice is spreading... About their music, honesty, recognition, and about his life we talked with Krishna. More about them or if you would like to follow up, you can find on www.emergence.in or www.emergencemusic.dreamhosters.com/may