This week on WKCR we had an exciting live performance from the Arun Ramamurthy Quartet who combine traditional Carnatic (South Indian) music with some Western instruments like the drum kit and the double bass.

Arun Ramamurthy, violin; Perry Wortman, bass; Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, mridangam; Sameer Gupta, drums

Arun performs Carnatic music at the Cornelia Street Cafe on the fourth Sunday of every month and there will be a festival of Carnatic music there from Aug 15-17.

You can hear Sameer Gupta playing tabla with Srinivas Reddy on Sitar on podcast 3.