Bollywood Bowl



The Hollywood Bowl had a huge Bollywood night with A R Rahman headlining with a wide variety of his music. I was mainly there for the opening act, Musafir, whom I am very very crazy about. They are a group of traditional Rajasthani musicians who seem to perform at various festivals in Europe, but not so much in the United States. I have a couple of their albums and have wanted to see them for some years, so even a very quick performance was worth it for me. Their songs are really meant to build over time, but at this point I'll take what I can get. So that was a huge thrill! I wasn't really that into the other music, but there was a ton of talent on stage and a great crowd so it was great! The first sketch is of some members of Musafir and the second is of some of the singers who performed with the very talented A R Rahman. I would have painted more, but I could not even see which colors I was using by the time I did the last one. Had to guess by where in the palette they were located. Here are some sketches from the last Rajasthani folk music performance I went to.