In partnership with Halcyon Arts New England, we have launched a Global Music Institute:

Our mission is to provide an intimate space, via concerts and workshops, in which students and lovers of music can connect directly with master musicians and…

I'm excited to announce that my collaboration with poet and flutist Gordon Korstange, Raga Poems, is set to release on digital streaming platforms September 29, 2023! 

Raga Poems is a collaboration with poet Gordon Korstange presenting spoken word poetry set…

Thrilled to invite you all to this concert at IHC, REGISTER FOR FREE HERE

From L to R: Anand HS, me, Anshu Anand and Shahana

Something exciting and totally surprising happened at the recent concert at the TaalMagic Annual Concert in Bangalore (you can still watch the live-stream here):

I was incredibly…

With Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (center) and Guruji Pt. Alok Lahiri (right) from the Alaap Festival in Madhyamgram 

"During a fateful study-abroad trip to Delhi in 2007, a chance encounter with a CD by Indian slide guitarist VM Bhatt led…

At the 68th Sawai Gandharva music festival in Pune, India - pic by Mr. Sanjay Kelkar, who has been taking portraits at the festival for the last 30 years. 

Season's greetings from India! 

I reached Mumbai in the beginning of…

I'm happy to be able to share with you a very special recording from earlier this year. The album 'Interior Landscapes' features two tracks of alaap, a collaboration with Amit Singhal, recorded and produced by myself. The tracks are available…

Interior Landscapes is releasing August 31, 2022 on all digital platforms. This album features two alaap recordings from Amit and my reunion in Delhi earlier this year. We rented out a large restored 1930s flat in the center of the…

I'm thrilled to share with you that there are now 8 (EIGHT) exclusive releases available on my Bandcamp patronage hub. 

For those you don't know.... 
  

• For $50/year you get all of these exclusive releases, plus my entire discography of already…

I'm pleased to announce that I will be performing with two of my good friends and musicians who I respect and inspire me on June 25 in Putney, VT: Jake Charkey, one of the only people performing Hindustani music on…

Many people have asked me about the name 'Joel Veena', wondering if it is the name of an instrument or a person, and I am writing this in way of explanation. In winter of 2016 I started to perform under…

Patdeep is a late afternoon raga, we performed as the snow was settling down and the sun was setting. You can watch the full concert on Shanti Mandir Walden’s YouTube page, all beautifully produced by Dipanshu.

It was a great…