Organised by Smoke Inc with Princeton Club, Jamsteady is a live music platform. The event brought together our very own Lakkhichhara and Shonar Bangla Circus from Bangaldesh. The performances bridged epar and opar Bangla.
Shonar Bangla Circus with members Probal Ripon (founding member, songwriter and lead vocalist), Seth Panduranga Blumberd (lead guitarist and a part of the Grammy Award-winning group Kings of Rhythm led by Turner), Shakil Haque (bassist), Hasin Aryan (drummer) and Saad Chowdhury (keyboardist) performed numbers like Utpadon karkhana, Amar naam oshukh, Ondho deyal and Epitaph.
The popular rock band, Lakkhichhara with Rajiv Mitra (on vocals), Gaurab Chatterjee (on drums and vocals), Debaditya Chaudhury (on keys), Bodhisattwa Ghosh (on guitar), John Paul (on banjo and guitar) and their guest musician Mainak ‘Bumpy’ Nag Chowdhury (on bass) impressed the crowd with numbers like Jibone chaiche aro beshi and Kemon acho sohor. The two bands surprised the audience at Jamsteady with their tribute to Moheener Ghoraguli.
Team Shonar Bangla Circus and Lakkhichhara
“Jamsteady was launched at Princeton Club in 2012 as it was already known for the live music scene in Calcutta. The club, the team and the environment were perfect to host live original music evenings. We have taken this movement from Princeton Club, Calcutta to Goa and made it a national platform. But our sanctum sanctorum will be Princeton Club. We are planning more such music nights at here this year”, said Nishit Arora, the founder of Smoke Inc.
“Princeton Club has always been at the forefront of music. It patronises music of all genres. Jamstedy, a collaboration of Princeton Club and Smoke Inc, started off as a weekly live original musical event. Over the last decade, it has taken centre stage for live gigs, rock bands and other genres of musical movement in Calcutta. We have hosted over 200 such live performances here as part of the property and the live performance by Lakkhichhara and Sonar Bangla Circus is an extension of this property,” said Sanjay Karmakar, manager of operations at Princeton Club.
Pictures: Koushik Saha