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November 03 A Tribute to Umm Kulthum - Set 3: Ragas Live Festival 2026 (Remastered Audio)
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 3 of 24 Hours of Music 10:20 PM

A Tribute to Umm Kulthum - Gholobt Asaleh fi Ruhi
Featuring Zahra Alzubaidi, Zafer Tawil, Sami Abu Shumays, and The Umm Kulthum Workshop

Sami Abu Shumays (violin/vocals); Zahra Alzubaidi (vocals); Zafer Tawil (qanun/vocals); Johnny Farraj (riqg) Alber Baseel (tabla) Sarah Mueller (violin); Eylem Basaldi (violin); Gideon Forbes (nay); James "sprocket" Royer (double bass); Josh Farrar (electric guitar)
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Ragas Live Festival is produced by Pioneer Works in collaboration with NYC Radio Live, with the support of The Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia (Palo Alto) and The 4J Family Foundation.
1 hr 36 min
October 27 In Conversation Sandeep Virdee Artistic Director of the Darbar Festival
Sandeep Virdee, Artistic Director of the Darbar Festival, has had an incredible journey, from Kenya to London, from presenting an intimate series of tabla solos to growing the largest raga festival outside of India.

Darbar Festival
October 28 - November 1, 2026
Location: The Barbican Centre and Milton Court (Guildhall School of Music) in London
1 hr 5 min
October 20 Niladri Kumar
Niladri Kumar is one of the great sitarists of out time. In this free-wheeling conversation, Niladri talks about his lifelong search for sound and his upcoming release with the late great Zakir Hussain. The son and disciple of Pandit Kartick Kumar, one of the senior-most disciples of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Niladri was a child prodigy who gave his first performance at age six. He went on to tour the world with Ustad Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion, collaborate with guitar giant John McLaughlin and bassist Jonas Hellborg, and share stages with Rakesh Chaurasia and Jayanthi Kumaresh. In Indian cinema, his playing animates scores by A.R. Rahman, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, and Pritam, often on the “zitar,” the five-string electric sitar he invented.

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38 min
October 20 Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Sumanth Manjunath, Giridhar Udupa Sai Giridhar Ragas Live Festival 2026 Set 5 (Ragas Live Surprise!)
Ragas Live Surprise!

Surprise set from Dr. Mysore Manjunath, Sumanth Manjunath, Giridhar Udupa Sai Giridhar Ragas Live Festival 2026
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 5 of 24 Hours of Music 1:40 AM

Dr. Mysore Manjunath(violin); Sumanth Manjunath(violin); Giridhar Udupa (ghatam); Sai Giridhar (mridangam)

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1 hr 8 min
October 20 Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & B. Guru Raghavendra - Set 1: Ragas Live Festival 2026
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 1 of 24 Hours of Music 7PM

Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan (violin); B. Guru Raghavendra (mridangam); Sharadha Krishnan (tanpura)
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1 hr 9 min
October 20 Sanhita Nandi - Set 2: Ragas Live Festival 2026
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Se2 of 24 Hours of Music 8:40 PM

Sanhita Nandi (vocals); Nitin Mitta (tabla); Ravi Mishra (harmonium); Pratyush Goberdhan (sarangi); Bani Kaur (tanpura)
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1 hr 2 min
October 20 A Tribute to Umm Kulthum - Set 3: Ragas Live Festival 2026
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 3 of 24 Hours of Music 10:20 PM

A Tribute to Umm Kulthum - Gholobt Asaleh fi Ruhi
Featuring Zahra AlZubaidi, Zafer Tawil, Sami Abu Shumays, and The Umm Kulthum Workshop

Sami Abu Shumays (violin/vocals); Zahra A-Zubaidi (vocals); Zafer Tawil (qanun/vocals); Johnny Farraj (riqg) Alber Baseel (tabla) Sarah Mueller (violin); Eylem Basaldi (violin); Gideon Forbes (nay); James "sprocket" Royer (double bass); Josh Farrar (electric guitar)
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1 hr 21 min
October 20 Saha Gnawa - Set 4 Ragas Live Festival 2026 (Midnight)
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 4 of 24 Hours of Music (Midnight Set)

Saha Gnawa

Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafar, vocals and guembri; Daniel Freedman, drums and percussion; Amino Belyamani, qraqebs and backing vocals; David Lizmi, qraqebs and backing vocals; Jason Lindner, keys and synths; Guilherme Monteiro, guitars; Michael Leonhart trumpet; (surprise Guest: Nels Cline, guitar)
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1 hr
October 20 Flute Raman & Sriram Raman Set 6 Ragas Live Festival
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 6 of 24 Hours of Music Time 3:20 AM
Flute Raman (Carnatic flute); Sriram Raman (mirdangam)
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47 min
October 20 Anubrata Chatterjee, Samyuktha Sreeram, Rohan Misra - Set 7 Ragas Live Festival 2026
Ragas Live Festival 2026 10/18-10-19 at Pioneer Works
Set 7of 24 Hours of Music 5AM

Anubrata Chatterjee, tabla; Samyuktha Sreeram, ghatam; Rohan Misra, Sarangi
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49 min

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