| 词条 | Aki Kumar |
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| name = Aki Kumar | background = solo_singer | image = Aki_Goes_to_Bollywood_in_Berkeley,_CA,_July_20_2018.jpg | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}[1] | birth_place = Mumbai, India | genre = Blues, Bollywood | website = https://akikumar.com/ }} Akarsha "Aki" Kumar (born 1980)[2] is an Indian-born blues musician now living in San Jose, California. After working at a technology job, he is now a harmonica player and vocalist. Early life, education, and former careerKumar was born and grew up in Mumbai and moved to the US in 1998 to study, initially in Oklahoma City and then at San Jose State University in Silicon Valley.[2][3] Soon after completing a degree in computer science, he went to work at Adobe.[4] Music careerWhile growing up, Kumar studied keyboards and tabla and had his first harmonica; his parents listened to Bollywood music[4][7] and also "everything from Bach to John Denver, from Stevie Wonder to the Police".[5] He was first attracted to oldies radio in the US[2] and then found the blues through bars and clubs in the Bay Area; he studied with David Barrett, and played harmonica in a quartet called Tip of the Top.[3][4] In 2013, when Adobe closed his department, he chose to focus on his music.[4] His first album, released in 2014, was titled Don't Hold Back;[3][6] his second, Aki Goes to Bollywood (2016), on bluesman's Jim Pugh's Little Village label, fuses Chicago blues and Bollywood music.[2][4][7] Kumar is eclectic in his blues style.[2] He performs as half of a duo with guitarist Little Jonny Lawton[3] as well as with his quartet, the Aki Kumar Blues Band,[7] hosts blues jams and works as a session musician. He is sponsored by Seydel harmonicas. He has toured in Norway with Hans Bollandsås and in 2015 performed with him at the Nidaros Blues Festival.[8] In 2016 he performed at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.[2][4] Personal life{{As of|2016}}, Kumar lives with his wife Rachel, who continues to work in the computer field, in the Cambrian Park neighborhood of San Jose.[4]References1. ^{{cite news | url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/software-engineer-turned-bluesman-goes-back-to-bollywood-for-new-inspiration | title=Software engineer turned bluesman goes back to Bollywood for new inspiration | date=17 May 2018 | newspaper=Edmonton Journal | first=Roger | last=Levesque | accessdate=28 July 2018 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news |author=Andrew Gilbert |url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Aki-Kumar-takes-his-blues-to-Bollywood-9376180.php |title=Aki Kumar fuses blues and Bollywood |website=SFGate |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2 October 2016 }} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author=Andrew Gilbert |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/07/18/aki-kumar-makes-the-blues-his-calling/ |title=Aki Kumar makes the blues his calling |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=18 July 2014 }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |url=http://activate.metroactive.com/2016/10/channeling-memphis-by-way-of-mumbai-aki-kumar-crafts-bi-continental-blues/ |author=Nick Veronin |title=Bollywood Blues: Channeling Memphis and Mumbai, Aki Kumar Crafts a Bi-Continental Sound |newspaper=Metro Silicon Valley |date=19 October 2016 |pages=12+ }} 5. ^{{cite news |author=Jonny Whiteside |url=http://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/entertainment/tn-gnp-blues-harmonica-player-aki-kumar-seeks-to-find-the-truth-in-music-20160117-story.html |title=Music Review: Blues harmonica player Aki Kumar seeks to find the truth in music |newspaper=Glendale News-Press |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=16 January 2016 }} 6. ^{{cite web |author=Marty Gunther |url=http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/aki-kumar-dont-hold-back-album-review/ |title=Aki Kumar – Don’t Hold Back: Album Review |website=Blues Blast |date=9 January 2015 }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news |author=Kelly Whalen |url=https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/08/25/blowin-the-blues-bollywood-style-with-aki-kumar/ |title=Blowin’ the Blues Bollywood-Style with Aki Kumar |publisher=KQED |location=San Francisco |date=25 August 2016 }} Republished [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/mumbai-meets-muddy-waters-bluesy-tribute-bollywood/ Art Beat], PBS, 26 September 2016. 8. ^{{cite news |author=Tove Andersson |url=http://www.tronderbladet.no/kultur/2016/10/19/Fra-Bollywood-til-Hell-13667708.ece |title=Fra Bollywood til Hell |newspaper=Tronderbladet |date=19 October 2016 |language=Norwegian }} External links
8 : Living people|Musicians from Mumbai|Blues harmonica players|Blues singers|Year of birth uncertain|San Jose State University alumni|1980 births|Indian emigrants to the United States |
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