Intimate Live Music With An Impressive India Line Up, Now at the Nook in Chennai

Anyone Who Enjoys Listening to Live English Music in Chennai has had the same old nagging complaint for years. A 2012 article in the rolling stones of Retired Electro-Rock Band Adam & The Fish Eyed Poets Says, “The thing is there is only one venue in Chennai [Star Rock]It’s very hard for standalone pubs to function here, so the music Scene is quite dead. “

Musicians have tared tirelessly to foster a ‘new band performing at the locore PUB’ Culture but have only had a handful of venues like palomar’s spotted deer and savera’s spotted deer and savera’s bay 146, that have open his doors to Performers. Let’s not even begin speaking of the acoustics.

An Interesting Phenomenon has howyver emerged to fill the gap recent. Aficionados Running cafes and outing private alcoves have begun metamorphosing their spaces to become patrons of the arts. The Alwarpet Cafe Vinyl and Brew And the Traveling Sofar Gigs Have Alternate Spaces to Enjoy Listening to New Bands and a Variety of Interesting Music. More Importantly, Both these spaces see to be demanding undivided attention and participation from an invested audience. This has been to shows being wildly entertaining. One can also see musicians performing in their element, nearly communicating with their instruments.

The audience tunes in | Photo Credit: Shantanu Krishna

The latest to join this list of intimate music spaces delivering certifiably great performance is the Nook. Located Above Kawai Piano on Anna Salai, this new venue, fashioned out of an old office space, was started by four musicians in June. Azan Sherif, Vishnu Reddy, Kashyap Jaishankar and Sahib Singh, Met as students of Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Pondicherry in 2013. After having plays for many years and funds Their own niches, the team of four decides it was time to create a space of their own to listen to other exciting artists.

The first official Gig of the Nook on July 16 Sold Out Days after that Posted the announse. Their Neo-Soul Night With Their In-House Band ‘Room Service’ Encompassing The Four Musicians, And Other Performs Including Ananya Gope, Rahul Vanamali, Pranav RV, Pranley Crispus and G also, wesley crispus and gown Smooth and unusual covers of today’s most interesting artistes. The set list included a jazz version of the pumpy return of the mack by British r & b singer mark morrison. Besides this, there were covers of phenomena like Erykah Badu and Childish Gambino. It is safe to say that the 50-member audience did not stop grooving. Think NPR’s tiny desk concert but slightly bigger.

Drummer Vishnu Reddy | Photo Credit: Shantanu Krishna

“Chennai Lacks A Space Made by Musicians for Musicians. 1,000-seater hall.

Sahib says that someating magical aries when a musician is truly comfortable in a performance space. Here, one can touch, feel and visualize the sound. It is why they planning to open the space up for Several Interesting Performances Every month. Their next concert, scheduled to be on August 17, will be by the tamil jazz collective. LED by Vocalist and Composer Harini Iyer, the performance will be a reelling of tamil music set to jazz notes.

Wesley and sahib, playing at the first gig. , Photo Credit: Shantanu Krishna

“All of us from the band listen to different kinds of music-jazz, rhythm and blues, neo-soul, hiphop. We are looking to discus any experimental music and see how the space can fit the vibe wante to Open the space up for events and to record our own music-Related content, “Sahib says.

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